A found 16 mm film, chopped up. In color, silent, probably from the late 1940s. A warning (or invitation?) to “do not screen.” A unique activation code to bring the bring the film to life, fragment by fragment.
This is not some fevered dream or nightmare, but a very real project awaiting your participation. If you’re interested, go here and e-mail Rumpus columnist Nicholas Rombes and you’ll be mailed a fragment from the original found film, an artifact from the site where it was discovered, and a unique code to activate and comment on your fragment of the film. There are only 99 mailings available.
