Devon Damonte

Rubbings of the historic Moviola editing machine from NW Film Center's School of Film are animated by cameraless methods using only photocopies and adhesive tape onto 16mm film leader. Inspired by NWFC's 40 second movies project, this is exactly 40 seconds long, 960 frames of picture. The variations in grid square size is the result of the Moviola's metal footpedal being worn down in the editing of countless movies. This evidence of millions of miles of film footage, lovingly cut by scores of editors is recast upon wings of light via crotchety projection contraptions in wishing NWFC all the best for the next 40 years.

A Mobius scratch loop, 16mm double perf processed black. Lettering scraped using Moonlighter Frisbee.

Color photocopies (in negative) of vintage graph papers brochure tapelifted and stuck onto clear 16mm. Grid variations creates the direct sound too, this time manipulated a bit on my Minicube amp.

made entirely during the shortest day of the year, cast afloat on wings of projected light entirely during the longest night of the year, made entirely camera-free using golden fern spores (and sporangia) taped directly onto black leader.

Photocopy tape lifts of the fantastic book "Tide Prints: surface tidal currents in Puget Sound " (1977, by Noel McGary and John H. Lincoln, Washington sea grant publication WSG 77-1; Department of Oceanography Contribution no. 940) are animated and taped onto clear 16mm leader.

Photocopies from "Li" book are tapelifted on 16mm clear with Hawaiian tablecloth color ink transfer.

Courtesy bag for your umbrella from Target store with lovely raindrop pattern is sliced into strips and loosely splice-taped onto clear 16mm.

Adhesive-backed many-splendored sail repair tape stuck onto clear 16mm.

Blue rubbing of a plastic Diana 35mm camera onto white Micropore paper surgical tape, then stuck onto clear 16mm film.

Wrappers from yummy fruit flavored Tootsie Roll Midgies are cut so just “Toot” is visible then splice taped down (no dubble stick) on clear 16mm.

Sandpaper scratch onto clear 16mm leader. Source circle was doohickie inside 35mm slide mount.

Another Mobius Loop (double perf with a twist, so it switches left and right with each rotation round the loop) this time scratched over a patterned tin pan.

Tapelifts of photocopies of checkerboard pattern from wrapping paper.

A 16mm film loop msg |;+}

Begins with unslit regular-8mm Kodachrome (r.i.p.), projected as 16mm, documenting the rubbing of a Kodak r8mm Brownie camera, then the actual rubbed Brownie stuff - rubbed with 'heelball' rubbing wax onto Micropore paper surgical tape, put directly onto clear 16mm, and finally the reveal in a fantasy of when Brownie met guillotine tape splicer.

Made with crazy Japanese sticky tape stuck onto clear 16mm leader. Said tape was procured at the magical convenience store that Dory and I found at the entrance to Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park last summer.

Anti-static drier sheet with india ink on clear 16mm.

Wasp paper chewed and collected at Sol Duc in Olympic National Park, then stuck onto clear 16mm in Oly, WA.

Dried Christmas Cactus flower blossoms from our happy home windowbox, taped onto clear 16mm leader.

Textured clear adhesive plastic contact paper on clear 16mm leader.