T is for Turnip

3,467 hand painted 16mm frames metaphorically explore siblings’ collective trauma. Repetitive and ritualistic acts provide structure amongst perceived uncertainty while compartmentalization offers a false sense of security and abets forgetting.

T is for Turnip was hand painted frame-by-frame over the course of 1,000 hours; to apply silk dyes directly to the film’s emulsion, while looking through a stereoscopic microscope.

2015. Hand painted 16mm reversal film, 2:42.
2017 Creative Vision Award at the Altered Esthetics Film Festival.