Autoselbstreparatur (Auto-repair)

This video documents the hand-cranked projection of a found West German Super 8 film, circa the 1970s. This digital trace from the twilight of a more tactile, mechanical era was created using a molded plastic recreation of an 8mm projector. Transmitted via the juxtaposition of contemporary and obsolete technology, the mundane events in the images seem more poignant and more distant in time than the 40 years since they were photographed, thereby inviting reflection on the tectonic changes in human technology and culture.