Exploded Film

Sandy Claes & Daan Wampers, 2012

Concept: Sandy Claes & Daan Wampers | Thank you: Ief Spincemaille, Kurt D’Haeseleer, Peter Missotten, Culture Crew and Johan Spits | Produced by Werktank | With support of the Flemish Autorities

Previously
2012 - M-idzomer, Museum M, Leuven (Belgium)
2013 - Storm Op Komst, de Warande, Turnhout (Belgium)

Exploded Film offers an exploded view on film. The installation consists of a rollercoaster shaped track that represents the typical story plot of a movie. A camera follows this track up and down, producing a film that is simultaneously projected in the installation set up. Well-chosen key moments of the story plot are placed on the track, and when the camera passes them, short film sequences are injected into the projected film.

In this installation the spectator gains insight in the invisible construction of filmmaking. This reminds us of the techniques of pre-cinematic animation devices like the zoetrope and phenakistoscope. Exploded film harks back to these techniques, and combines it with new technologies.