Fictions: Brakhage’s Dæmon

I once had a friend who taught cinema theory at La Fémis in Montmartre.  Dr. Stefan Fischer was an expert in early film art and was particularly interested in the role of celluloid in early screenings and installations.  It was the celluloid, so he often told me, that allowed early film art to proliferate towards abstraction.  Though we taught at different institutes and on differing … Continue reading Fictions: Brakhage’s Dæmon

Fictions: The Horsefly

35mm photographs by Andrew Bartram and The Neptune Project Risley Moss is a wildlife reserve in Warrington famed particularly for its array of insects.  It is a reserve dominated by various dragonflies which buzz in the air, bullying many insects from the territory; an echo from a Jurassic past.  I was taken there when younger on a day that, with the help of an expert giving … Continue reading Fictions: The Horsefly