35mm laser etched moving picture show by jurg lehni

35mm laser etched ‘moving picture show’ by jürg lehni 

remains of the emulsion removal process 

developed by los angeles-based designer jurg lehni, the ‘moving picture show’ demonstrates a scenario of the production of animated drawings, where visualizations are created by reappropriating a process normally used by the film industry. by etching subtitles into the emulsion layer of 35mm film using a high-powered precision laser, the process reflects on the current migration from analogue to digital movie projections in cinema, as the medium of 35mm motion picture film becomes obsolete. in etching away the emulsion, only the clear base of the film remains – projected onto the screen, as the lines appear bright and clear.

moving picture show by jürg lehnivideo courtesy of  jürg lehni

moving picture show by jürg lehnivideo courtesy of  jürg lehni

 laser emulsion process

animated visualizations on 35mm film

installation process

real time emulsion screen view

setup

laser bed 

view inside the jesuit chapel in chaumont

screen animation

project contributors:

james goggin (US)maximage (CH) karl nawrot (NL)jonathan puckey / moniker(NL)david reinfurt (US)

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