Diane (wrapped in plastic)
A super 8 hauntology. Reimagining a series of one-way conversations with the permanently off-camera Diane, foraged in fragments from the screen of a cathode ray TV - onto an expired Ektachrome 160 super 8 sound cartridge (best before 1990). The film was home-processed, then wrapped in plastic and buried in the woods.
‘Diane…’ is a collaboration between the original source material, ourselves, the body of the film, and the earth it was buried in. The soundtrack was recorded directly onto the magnetic strip of the film, firstly in camera, secondly using a super 8 motorised editor, adding to the fragmentation and abstraction of the soundtrack (No additional digital editing has taken place).
The film can be screened in its original form on a sound super 8mm projector, or as a digital video.
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Joanna ByrneDirector
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Mark ByrneDirector
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Joanna ByrneSound
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Project Type:Animation, Experimental, Short
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Runtime:3 minutes 30 seconds
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Completion Date:August 15, 2022
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Country of Origin:United Kingdom
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Country of Filming:United Kingdom
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Super8mm
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Aspect Ratio:4:3
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Film and Foraging Symposium (Mayes Creative and the Sustainable Darkroom)Bournemouth / London
United Kingdom
July 18, 2023
World Premiere -
Light Matter Film FestivalAlfred, NY
United States
November 5, 2023
North American Premiere
Official selection -
New York Filmmakers Coop (Light Matter tour)New York
United States
February 23, 2024
NYC Premiere -
No Name Cinema (Light Matter tour)Santa Fe
United States
March 1, 2024 -
Museo Nacional del Ecuador (Light Matter tour)Quito
Ecuador
April 27, 2024
South American premiere -
Kino Palais (Light Matter tour)Buenos Aires
Argentina
June 7, 2024
Argentinian Premiere
Joanna Byrne is a UK-based artist-filmmaker working with tactile, sustainable and collaborative approaches to film and moving image. She works with analogue film (super 8, 16mm) in a hands-on, tactile way: home-processing, editing by hand, and incorporating found footage, hand-manipulation and physical traces of her body into her work. Byrne is interested in the therapeutic and transformational potential of experimental film and expanded cinema practices.