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Tuned Decay

This work deconstructs digital video, transforming technical limitations into aesthetic potential. By zooming into pixels, slowing time, and layering footage, I reveal the hidden poetry of electronic imagery. What conventional videography sees as failures - pixelation, tearing, algorithmic artifacts - become my primary artistic language. This piece is a meditative journey that challenges our rapid visual consumption, inviting viewers to drift and contemplate the microscopic dance of digital matter.

  • John Berzins
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Experimental
  • Runtime:
    14 minutes 53 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 28, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - John Berzins

I have been making short films since 1995. I started with super8, graduated to 16mm. With the advent of mini-dv I jumped into the video world, exploring the limitations of this medium. In 1999 I started a small independent film festival in San Francisco at a local bar that had a backyard that seated 300. After 10 years of selling out 3 shows per summer, I turned back to creating my own videos, exploring and exploiting the boundaries of the video medium.

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Director Statement

In a world that is perpetually accelerating, my work seeks to decelerate perception, transforming digital video from a transparent medium into a textural landscape of pure visual experience. I challenge the longstanding aesthetic hierarchy that privileges film's materiality over video's digital essence, instead celebrating the fundamental building blocks of electronic imagery.