Film frames competing to find a place in the viewers long term memory in an extremely slow development constituting a dense image reminiscence.

J.J. Murphy
Print Generation (1973–74, 50’00, 16 mm, stereo)

Print Generation by J.J. Murphy is a rarely screened structural gem that harnesses image and sound deterioration to its fullest. Murphy started with 60 one-second shots (a one minute film.) He then made 50 contact printed copies of each successive version, consciously degrading the film one ‘generation’ at a time. The film elegantly addresses the intricacies of memory and time: how we remember, what we remember, and how a fleeting ‘home movie’ reveals and recedes.

Separate tickets for Print Generation available.