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Untitled Project
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Iceland Spar

Very Similar To

On the Logic of
Dubious Historical
Accounts,
1969-1972


Seajon

Micro-Film

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Richard Brautigan
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Micro-Nations
(Sealand)


On the Logic of Dubious Historical Accounts, 1969-1972
in collaboration with Peter Miller
16mm (18fps)
2008

excerpt:


On the Logic of Dubious Historical Accounts, 1969-1972 is a short film showing Hasselblad cameras falling through space and hitting the surface of the moon. This piece lies at the intersection of forged documentation, camera fetishism, and questionable histories.

On each of the NASA moon missions, astronauts brought along specialized Hasselblad cameras to take pictures. Though expensive and highly prized, the cameras brought to the moon were left behind by the astronauts in order to cut down on weight for the return trip to earth. Supposedly, twelve Hasselblad cameras remain on the moon.

On the Logic of Dubious Historical Accounts, 1969-1972
is a documentation of twelve Hasselblad cameras falling to the lunar surface. By using high-speed filming techniques similar to what could have been used to simulate low gravity in a staging of the NASA moon landing, this film recreates the descent of the Hasselblad cameras from the hands of unseen astronauts to the surface of the moon.

Slected screenings:
International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2009
EXiS, Seoul, South Korea, 2009
Images Festival, Toronto, Canada, 2009
Chicago Underground Film Festival, 2008
25fps Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, 2008