Author: Janie Geiser
Excerpts from Ghost Algebra
Film by Janie Geiser
Digital video (shot on 16mm film; finished on HD digital video)
Sound collage: Janie Geiser
7:30 minutes 2009
Under erratic skies, a solitary figure navigates a landscape of constructed nature and broken bones. She peers through a decaying aperture, waiting and watching: the fragility of the body is exposed for what it is: ephemeral, liquid, a battlefield of nervous dreams.
Using found and natural objects, rephotographed video, medical illustrations, and other collage elements, Ghost Algebra suggests one of the original meanings of the word “algebra”: the science of restoring what is missing, the reunion of broken parts. “
Video source Vimeo