Melvin Moti was born in 1977.
He lives and works in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The Prisoner's Cinema - Melvin Moti - 2008
35mm film, 22 minutes
Extract from the film "The Prisoner's Cinema": A spiral is moving towards me, it made out of tiny wee dots, and it's faint. It's come in from the left. And although it seemed to be rotating towards the centre, it's now stuck. It appears to be about a hand-stretch, so about three feet.
What's the size?
Well that's hard to establish, size keeps changing. It's getting brighter all the time, but the brightness is fluctuating. I have to concentrate very hard to see the dots, if I don't, the spiral simply becomes a single line. It's still getting brighter, it's also gaining in colour ... this is all happening gradually and consistently though. It is still stuck in its original position, so it's still on the left hand side, slightly tilted towards the centre.
What's the colour?
Uuhm, well, something like a sea green ... but it's not distinct enough to establish with certainty. The colour appears more dark towards the centre of the dots and lighter towards the edges, which gives it an semblance of plasticity. If I close my eyes ... the spiral is gone. So it's definitely occurring in front of the eye, like a projection. The pulsating aren't pulsating so much anymore and the spiral is a lot clearer now. Everything around the spiral is totally dark ... dark to the extend I've never experienced ... I've actually never experienced this silence either; whenever I don't speak ... there is the most amazing silence.
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