Totem - Alex MacKenzie

(single channel preview) 2015 16mm, single channel 6 mins, 18fps 16mmX2 performance 8 mins, 2015 It’s late in the day and we’ve waited too long. Man vs nature in a battle to the finish. Black and white print stock takes on a sickly hue, disrupted and solarized using hand-applied film bleach; chemical spills rupture emulsion. Filmed primarily at the Chevron Refinery located on the fragile shores leading to Indian Arm near Vancouver. [A part of the Iris Film Collective End of the World Film Commission where members were given a limited amount of Orwo black and white print stock to create a themed film. Funded by the BC Arts Council.]