Chris Basmajian / Work /
Unspooled (Series)
2007
Interactive video (video camera, custom software, computer, film excerpts)
“Unspooled” is Hollywood jargon describing the event of a film’s screening. As the viewer stands in front of the works in this series, iconic moments from popular cinema play onscreen. The sequence of each scene is algorithmically altered in real-time, suggesting new meanings or heightening the original effect. As the viewer moves in front of the screen, a video camera detects the movement, and the scene plays back in its “correct” sequence. Unintentional movements from the viewer obscure the boundary between the temporally manipulated and the more familiar original imagery.
Contains an excerpt from 2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick
“All Right Mr. DeMille, I’m Ready for My Closeup.”
Contains an excerpt from Sunset Boulevard, directed by Billy Wilder
Contains an excerpt from Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Contains an excerpt from Apocalypse Now, directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Contains an excerpt from A Clockwork Orange, directed by Stanley Kubrick
Contains an excerpt from Citizen Kane, directed by Orson Welles
Contains an excerpt from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, directed by George Roy Hill
