Six SeventyTwo Variations Variation 1

In this live projection performance for 16mm film Tomonari Nishikawa explores the material specificity of the cinematic apparatus through a realtime manipulation of its physical elements Scratching directly onto the emulsion of a looping filmstrip in the midst of projection Nishikawa creates animated abstractions in a pattern of horizontal lines and also generates the films score a percussive throbbing of noise