2018, Australia, 2x16mm, color, approx. 15 min.
Expanded film work by Sabina Maselli
with live sound by Erkki Veltheim

‘satellite’ is a ritual in film that performs the fracturing of the self and its dispersal into the surrounds by the act of spinning and altering time. This ritual is concerned with the nature of time, memory and magic. Through the act of repetition (both the camera and the body), an animist transformation can occur - a merging of the female and celestial body.
The film is accompanied by a live soundtrack composed of a single fragment of a woman’s voice that is replicated and modulated, circling around the image at different speeds. Using two 16mm projectors, side by side, the film reel moves through both projectors continuously, producing a delayed, double image.

“I wanted this film to not only represent a sensation of movement but also embody it, through an act of physical endurance. The two viewpoints (I myself as the camera person and as the subject) document both the internal and the external space, in an attempt to fuse the two.”