Kinotaph – Perspectives on Projections

The aim of this work is an exploration of the relation between projections and space by reflecting upon the space as a surface of projection and the surface of the projection in space. In order to understand the space of projection, the perspective of the projectionist is taken here, which is the perspective behind the projector in the interior space of a projection. This concept is elaborated by projecting analog film on convex, transparent surfaces, intending to change its properties by achieving an effect of mirroring. The projection onto the convex surface is viewable from inside and outside while the mirroring effect conceals and also shows the process which is taking place inside of the model.

This is a transformation of conventional cinema, which by an opaque spatial separation hides technical processes of projecting film on screen, instead it shows the process of screening as an interpretation of the perspective of the projectionist.