Henrietta (2014)
12:56 / 16 mm / black & white
Henrietta is a found footage audiovisual journey made from decayed 16mm film about a 1938 expedition in southern southamerica. The movie explores the rotten acetate's past, memory and soul, and invites the viewer to meet its dark and hypnotic latency.
2016. A Landscape of Events, CC San Martín, Buenos Aires
2015. FAB Bariloche Festival, mention award
2015. Latin American Film Festival Rosario, mention award
2015. FASE7, Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires
2015. Second National Design Bienal FADU (UBA) at the Metropolitan Design Center
2015. Orphan Films, MALBA, Buenos Aires
2015. REC Festival La Plata, best experimental shortfilm
2015. Let it VJ Club Cultural Matienzo
2014. Satélite XI show at Centro Hipermediático Experimental Latinoamericano (CheLA)
Production, digitizing and editing: Javier de Azkue
Music: Ariel Schlichter
Thanks to: Horacio Ezcurra, Exequiel Ezcurra, Margarita Ezcurra, Clara Ezcurra, Pablo Ezcurra, Marina Slaimen, Miguel Cabrera Ezcurra, Guille Cabrera, Joaquín Ezcurra, Isabel Ezcurra, Cecilia Ezcurra, Daniel de Azkue, Juan Amutio, Tito Amutio, Florencia Zunana, Tamara Ciai, Leandro M. Depietri, Ariel Schlichter, Matías Matteri, Julz Lozada Schwartz, Gonza Moiguer, Rodrigo Melendez, Mariano Ramis, Mariana Grasso, Damián Zantleifer, Fermín Raviolo, Santiago Vaquero, Ian Hülskamp, people from cheLA and my peers from Campos Trilnick.
Installation
Satélite XI at Centro Hipermediático Experimental Latinoamericano (CheLA), Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires, December 2014.
Original transfer
The movie was digitally scanned frame by frame as it suffered from vinegar syndrome and was impossible to watch by mechanical means. It consists of 19.830 manually scanned frames. All the distortion and scratches are part of the original material.