My short films and installations describe experiences of memory and perception. I use time-lapse photography and high-speed video to observe patterns and rhythms of nature, drawing attention to phases of movement and small changes over time. Working frame-by-frame through intricate projection and re-capture processes, I manipulate film and video images into illusory sequences that flicker, pulse and swell.
I am fascinated by ways light and glass interact - by the optical effects created when one meets the other, and by our sensory and imaginative reactions to them. I am interested in ways images we receive in the present merge with those we recall from the past - that these are indeterminate and in a constant state of flux. By combining projected moving imagery with glass and mirrored surfaces I find ways to explore these complex and fleeting sensations.
Michaela Nettell, 2011