(In memory of artist filmmaker Stuart Croft 1970-2015)

THE CALIFORNIAN DESERT. Borderlands. TRACING PEOPLE. A ROLL OF KODACHROME SUPER 8.

A MEMORY VISUALLY ERASED OF A FACTORY AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED THERE. THE BORDERS AND LINE DRAWINGS BECOME INTERRUPTIONS  BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT. THE CULTURAL IMAGINATION OF THE DESERT AND THE CITY, ICONS OF A COUNTRY’S MYTHS SLIP. THE PEOPLE WHO ONCE LIVED AND WORKED ARE AN ENIGMA: AS ENIGMATIC AS THE MATERIAL LEGACY THAT IN TIME IS ABSORBED BY THE LAND.

CINEMATOGRAPHER: NOSKI DE VILLE; SUPER 8 AND ANIMATION; EDITH MARIE PASQUIER,ANIMATION CONSULTANT: RYAN EDQUIST; EDITOR: RODRIGO CANAS; MUSIC: ROSS LAMBERT; SOUND DESIGN: RODRIGO CANAS; USA LOCATION MANAGER: HYLAN BOOKER; USA CAMERA ASSISTANT: MARGARET WARWICK

 RECIPIENT OF THE ARTISTS FILM AND MOVING IMAGE AWARD, FILM LONDON, SPONSORED BY KODAK

Super 16mm film, Super 8 Kodachrome, negative drawings,  10 minutes