Screening:

vulture (57:00, 2019) by Philip Hoffman

16mm, b&w, col., conventional & flower/plant hand-processed to digital.

Live Cinema version upon request

Direction & Camera: Philip Hoffman

Edit and Sound Mix: Isiah Medina & Philip Hoffman

Sound: Clint Enns, tones/originating music by Luca Santilli and Kennedy

Description:

`vulture’ sets its sight on farm animals and their surrounding flora. Static shots and slow moving zooms, follow the grazing animals in their minute inter-species exchanges. When left to roam together the sensibilities of these “beasts” are allowed to surface. The film was shot and processed with various means including flower/plant processing carried out as blooming occurred, from 2016-18,. In some cases a salt bath was used for fixing the film which was left soaking in the dark for 3 days. Vultures hover over the barn, from high, with razor sharp eyesight, and a keen sense of smell. Together, they stalk and share their decaying sustenance. Intense acid in their stomach allows them to digest great quantities of their dead prey, without falling ill.