out of touch (franklinia still life) (2023)

overview : the franklinia flower, now extinct in the wild, appears here as a printed image (a drawing from 1782) pinned against a kitchen wall. hand and figure move disjointedly. the light of day gives way to electricity, to darkness, and to morning. recorded on a video camera built in 2002: an obsolete image tracing some accidental gestures and capturing a form of life existent only in cultivation. some fragments of vermeer, general electric, and chiquita brands international.

Release Date : Mar 19, 2023

Runtime : 4m

Genre : Documentary  

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Countries : United States of America

Keywords : wild flower, experimental, still life