The Incandescent Fruit

“Below the incandescent stars / below the incandescent fruit / the strange experience of beauty / its existence is too much / it tears one to pieces / and each fresh wave of consciousness / is poison” — Marianne Moore, “Marriage”, 1923

Type: video collage / glitch influenced

Sources: fragments from the films “Saturday Night Fever” (1977), “Bambi” (1942), “Labyrinth” (1986), “The Neverending Story” (1984), “9½ Weeks” (1986), “Bound” (1996), “Contempt (aka Le Mépris)” (1963), “The Bible: In the Beginning” (1966), “Grease” (1978), “Secretary” (2002) , “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937), “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” (1981), “Last Tango In Paris” (1972), “Striptease” (1996), “Thelma and Louise” (1991), “Jason and the Argonauts” (1963) and “Clash of the Titans” (1981)

File: .MP4 / 113.4MB — 1280x720 — 16.47 seconds — 30 FPS

Tools: iMovie, Topaz Video AI, Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro, PhotoMosh Pro

Process: video clips are sourced from the net, edited into fragments, upscaled via AI software, then processed via effects software (PhotoMosh Pro and Adobe After Effects). These fragments are then layered, edited and additionally processed in Final Cut Pro.

**A 4K file is available to collectors via WeTransfer for a reasonable time period. File is minted at 1280x720 because of platform / internet playback limitations.