Aépta

Aépta

1982 · 5 min

Experimental xerofilm shot on Super 8 and made in New York in 1982, developed from experiments with moving sewing threads over a slide mount frame, projected onto a color Xerox machine through a mirror. Mutations and effects arise from alterations also produced by the machine, together with chance. The xerofilm opens a new field for animation and experimental cinema.

Directed by Paulo Bruscky

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