Peter Rose: SpiritMatters

SpiritMatters (1984, 6 min.) is a silent monologue on the simultaneous perception of space and time. The film was constructed without a camera by writing directly on clear celluloid, and then "translated" by refilming the resulting strips on a light table so that they appear as "subtitles" beneath the original inscription. The film functions as both process and object-an interactive experiment in reading, writing, and seeing.

"Rose's work continues to push at the boundaries of perception. Unlike "The man who could not see far enough," which rhapsodizes the fusion of vision with space, "SpiritMatters" celebrates and interrogates a seeing beyond time, offering an almost comic structural metaphor for our inability to imagine death." Thelma Hayek, "The Abyss of Becoming"

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Film & Animation

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