ESP (2.5 min, 4K, 2024)
A brutalist monument to the Empire State as manifested by a malfunctioning inkjet printer. Chroma and luminance are made audible as architectural and printed lines converge and dissolve into pattern and noise. Photographed in the Capitol City, Albany, N.Y.
"Glitchy, warped photographs of Albany’s modernist Empire State Plaza are paired with percussive digital noise. The erratic imagery was 'co-created with a malfunctioning Canon inkjet printer,' a complete accident that Kraning interpreted as the machine “asserting its agency.” In a time where the use of generative AI is hotly debated, the unintentional intervention of a broken printer could be interpreted as degenerative image making, a ghost in the machine.” - Alex Truong
AWARDS:
Ribalta Animata Best Film Award, Ribalta Experimental Film Festival
SELECTED SCREENINGS:
New York Film Festival
Crossroads, SF Cinematheque
ULTRA Cinema MX
Light Matter Film Festival
Revolutions Per Minute Film Festival
Ribalta Experimental Film Festival
Cosmic Rays Film Festival
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Athens International Film and Video Festival
Oberhausen International Short Film Festival
Istanbul Experimental Film Festival