Death of 192 Frames

As the time preceding a beginning, the countdown leader's descending numbers evoke both anxiety and anticipation. As a temporal medium, 16mm film is material, tactile, and intrinsically bound to time. By collecting, retrieving, salvaging, washing, and splicing together strips of film—fragments inscribed with time—I confront the anxiety and restlessness brought on by the awareness that the time available to me is slipping away and that I am moving ever closer to a certain "end."