Moving Pictures, Film Installation, ZBC, Chicago, 2005

This is an excerpt of the essay that accompanied this dendrological survey of Billy Wilder's 1960 film "The Apartment":

“This 35mm film print of Billy Wilder’s 1960 film, “The Apartment”, reminds me of a cross-section of a tree. A film that’s been “plattered” (assembled to be projected as one object) like this begins at the core and moves outwards in rings until the end. The cellulose in this film was derived from plants. It has measurable qualities that make it unique, such as being black and white, mono and widescreen. It is nearly a mile long.”

pdf of essay accompanying Moving Pictures.

pdf of dendrological survey of Billy Wilder's 1960 film "The Apartment".