Can machines take control of their components to show what accumulates as time moves? In Stating the Real Sublime, the material guides the machine: a 16 mm projector is suspended from the ceiling, held in balance by the support that generally ‘governs’ it, the celluloid. The film it projects is a square of light without an image, other than the dust scratches that breed on the surface of the celluloid, slowly accumulating over the course of the exhibition.
Stating the Real Sublime, 2009
16mm film, modified projector Images: Installation view at Tate London, 2010 © Rosa Barba