OffOn

OffOn
OffOn

1968, USA, 16mm, colour, sound, 10 min.

The film is composed of a series of film loops which Bartlett manipulates through various re-photographing and video colorization techniques to create an intense cybernetic journey which elevates both the consciousness and the external sensibilities of the viewer. It is a video-graphic jam of imagery combined with a blasting electronic sound-track, rendering a harrowing vision of the future of cinema/video constructs. Beginning with an extreme close-up of a blinking pale blue eyeball that pulsates with the sound of a heartbeat, a sense of horror and uncertainties is thereby built up, which lures the audience to penetrate into a psychedelic mind.

Gene Youngblood