Projections
16mm film transferred to digital and 4k video, 16:13, 2026
Projections begins at a defunct 1960’s planetarium in Canada named after Queen Elizabeth II. A planetarium is, put simply, a domed surface upon which to project a representation of the cosmos for entertainment and educational purposes. In its exploration of projection as a both a delivery system for moving images and psychological process of imposing the internal on the external, Projections follows the history of projection, visiting La Ciotat, France, where the Lumière Brothers first projected their films, as well as the Cannes red carpet where tourists pose and imitate the “stars,” and finally a satellite station in Leuk, Switzerland where earthly communications are beamed into outerspace, possibly intercepted and surveilled along the way. Borrowing the format of a planetarium show, Projections is concerned with scale and the way that the very small often resembles the very large.
Projections is the first film in a 3-part series entitled Constellations which considers ways that humans engage with the stars both aesthetically and ideologically. Drawing a relationship between the cosmos and the internet, Constellations examines how, in the face of that which is vast and unknowable, (like the cosmos or the internet, for example), we look to see ourselves reflected back and attempt to project our identities out into the ether.
“Projections” 16mm transferred to digital and 4K Video, 00:16:13 (2 min. trailer - full video available upon request)
Score by Collin Johanson
Narrated by Emily Jan and Hanh Nguyen