Six Seventy-Two Variations, Variation 1

Six Seventy-Two Variations, Variation 1 — Plot

In this live projection performance for 16mm film, Tomonari Nishikawa explores the material specificity of the cinematic apparatus through a real-time 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 film’s score, a percussive throbbing of noise.

• Release date
• September 7, 2021
• Runtime
• 25 min
• Director
• Tomonari Nishikawa