Elli consists of a seascape shot from the exact spot that marks the start of World War II in Greece. However, it is also a follow-up to my inquisitive interest in colour mixing in film. In this case, mixing created by various flicker effects. Strong sequential changes in the frames-per-second series can cause physical reactions and the beholder will sense seeing colours and shapes. In this case the shape of a frigate (Elli Cruiser), lying motionless in a bay at anchor, which only seems to appear as an afterimage in various coloured flicker sequences.
The sound you hear is caused by the optical noise of film grain. Mastered through a written piece of code which chooses the sample size of the image and is triggered by luma (light levels) and the separate colour values for RG and B.

Elli is filmed in a fixed camera position overlooking the sea. The changing reflection of the light on the water visualizes that time passes. It’s a seascape totally indifferent to the violence that took place and its role it played in history. In this case at 8:25 am on 15 August 1940 when, near the small island of Tinos in Greece, an Italian torpedo boat attacked the Elli during peacetime. It got hit, caught fire and sank. It was the beginning of Greece’s involvement in World War II.