Memory Eye
- Alfonso Alvarez |
- 1989 |
- 6 minutes |
- COLOR |
- OPT
Rental Format(s): 16mm film
MEMORY EYE examines the process of remembering: a flickering memory, images emerging from childhood glimpses of an old photo, a familiar sound or smell. This is a filmic exploration of the places where memory is held and the importance of its flickering images.
The main body of the film was shot on VHS, video 8 and S8mm, then rephotographed and optically-printed as many as six to eight times, creating a stylized, flickering multilayer of color and black-and-white imagery reminiscent of childhood memory.