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24 Frames Per Second
UNITED STATES · 1977

24 Frames Per Second

Shirley Clarke
experimental film found footage film as physical material process documentation performance art
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Synopsis

I first started by taking a black 16mm film leader and holding a magnifying glass above the film. I then used the sunlight to burn each frame in the film leader. At the same time that I was burning the film leader, I was also filming the process of burning each frame. After developing the film, I then physically burned each frame with a soldiering iron in the exact same area that it was burned by

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