The Sun to Me Is Dark

synopsis

A digitally animated glitch composition layers, abstracts, and mutates technological traces of remnants—Pompeian relics, torsos, X-ray images, shots of animals—into a rhythmic whole. The field alternately fills and empties, while the sound purrs and hums; the minimalist audiovisual composition achieves absolute, albeit elusive, precision.

“Like a creation myth, [the film] represents the potential to create and release something new, like a pixel primordial soup. It emphasizes the act of watching, observing, perceiving, and receiving images. It shows the relationship between photographic technology, the apparatus itself, ‘the machine,’ and the complex distortions of perception and imagination. Made with a malfunctioning 1990s special effects device.” — accompanying material for the film

biography

Lina Selander (born 1973) is a Swedish filmmaker and visual artist who explores the relationships between memory and perception, photography and film, language and image. In her films and installations, she often focuses on turning points in history, when a particular system, physical place, or medium collapses and something new begins to emerge. Her work has been shown at festivals and in solo and group exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale.

Oscar Mangione (born 1971) is an artist, author, and editor who has collaborated with Lina Selander for many years. Their joint works have been featured in a number of exhibitions. From 2006 to 2012, he was the editor of the magazine and art project Geist.

film details

director:	Lina Selander, Oscar Mangione
producer:	Lina Selander
script:	Lina Selander
photography:	Lina Selander
editing:	Lina Selander, Oscar Mangione
music:	Lina Selander, Oscar Mangione
sound:	Lina Selander
sound design:	Carolina Jinde