UNTITLED FILM DISINFECTION PROJECT: PERFORMANCE
Untitled Disinfect Film Project: Performance is a 30-minute performance-installation exploring
censorship
and information control through the live chemical manipulation of film. Wearing full protective gear, I
apply precise mixtures of hydrogen chloride and sodium chlorite onto the developed yet image-less
Ektachrome, triggering rapid reactions that alter the emulsion within seconds. These transformations -
images forming, distorting, or disappearing - are projected in real time, exposing the fragility of the
medium and the instability of what can be recorded or remembered.
After the performance, the chemically altered film is presented as a continuous projection loop, with the
treated strips displayed as physical artifacts. Together, the performance and installation form a compact
narrative about erasure, control, and the traces that survive intervention.
PERFORMANCE AT BAL
Pilot Performance at Baltic Analog Lab, Riga, Latvia, Aug 2025 as part of the BAL Artist Residency presentation.
Photos by Andrejs Strokins