Monolithoscope, 2010
Installation, 16mm film projector, turntable, LP record, amp, speakers, wood, bio-chart recorder, black leader, sound
4 x 4 x 8 feet

Description: Monolithoscope is a camera-less film and sound installation existing as an autonomous closed system with all parts exposed. The installation involves a 16mm projector, a turntable, an LP record, a bio-chart recorder, a stereo amplifier, speakers, and a 16mm black leader film loop. These machines all activate together to scratch a sound signal onto the black leader film. The projector then reveals the image as it appears on the film. The scratch lines are continuously overlapping as the loop goes from an all black projection to one of light blasting through the scratched emulsion of film. The film projector and turntable work together to create a soundtrack for the film while the bio-chart reader records the soundwaves, simultaneously creating the image. Duration is ongoing.

Artist’s Concept: Like a dissected organism awaiting formal analysis, all parts of this mechanical symbiotic system are exposed, though interdependent of each other, simultaneously construct and deconstruct the film in harmonious oscillation. The film loop then becomes an artifact for this installation that reads like an archeological dig of the viewer’s mind.

Variations: Installation / Single-Channel Video / Single-Channel Film / Archival Inkjet Prints / / Mixed Media film on wood