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Collaboration with a Stream

16mm film transferred to digital video // 1 minute & 28 seconds with text, 1 minute & 15 seconds without text // 2011
version with titles // version without titles


Collaboration with a Stream (no titles)

Collaboration with a Stream still image

This cameraless film is the result of a collaboration between myself and a stream in Woodstock, NY at the Byrdcliffe Artists Residency. Using an exacto knife in my studio, I scratched a single long line into black film leader. Leader is black film that projectionists typically put at the beginning and end of a film so something goes through the projector before the actual film print. I then left this long strip of film in a stream for a week. The dirt, rocks, and water in the stream eroded and chipped off bits of the black, creating flecks and chunks of white, as well as the soundtrack.

documentation of the process of making the film
Collaboration with a Stream process documentation
Collaboration with a Stream process documentation
Collaboration with a Stream process documentation
Julie Perini is a filmmaker and artist in Portland, Oregon.