808.838 / grandfather paradox

id pop

Breaking The 4th Wall

Mystic Mnemonic

808.838 / grandfather paradox
1967-1977 / 2010

A gateway between the living and the dead.

In 808.838 / grandfather paradox, nova Milne recast the celluloid bodies of Richard’s infant self and his deceased grandfather; extracted from a collection of his father's Super 8 home films spanning from 1967 to 1977, the year the artist was born.

The archival performers, together with the artist in his present state, are recalibrated in an act that literalises the theoretical loop of the grandfather paradox, a familiar trope in science fiction. It is part speculative resuscitation; a raising of the dead, and part autoinfanticide horror.

Peformed by:
2010 The artist
1977 The artist as infant
1967 The late grandfather of the artist

Work Details:
6 channel installation, with sound. Super 8mm home movies (1967-1977) transferred to digital, HD Video (2010), animation, time, distance, wood (dimensions variable), paint, book foil, electrical cords, tape, styrofoam, light, original sound, narration captured from J.A. Milne’s basement screenings of found educational film, containing the voice of unknown narrator.
6:00 min

This Project was supported by Artspace, Sydney.