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Work continues on my 35mm slide project.

My friend, musician Dina Maccabee asked me to prepare the visuals for a show she’s playing later this month. I agreed gladly because it’s a great collaboration opportunity and because I have been meaning to start playing with the possibilities of fabricating slides. And so Dina has transmogified “playing with the possibilities” into “forcing me to experiment until I make something usable under deadline,” which is typically more productive.

So after a little reconnaissance at SCRAP (one of a few creative-resuse meccas in town), I discovered the  reusable and creative plastic slide frames that open up to allow you to interchange 35mm film clips between two glass plates.

A simple play session demonstrated that, to my joy, it is entirely possible to cram all kinds of shit in the frame, lock it, and successfully project.

This opens up an exciting avenue of projecting 35 mm collages and screenprinted slides.

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I am starting a project that involves making and projecting 35mm slides from scratch.

I figured my first step should be to test my found projector with some found slides. To my delight, it worked great.

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Soundtrack thanks: Ben, Joe, Nowell, Shal