D E E P - TRANSMISSION 7 (Teaser)
2018 · 1m · USA
Directed by Chris Osborn
Genres: experimental
Tones: contemplative, dark, surreal
Seventh and longest teaser in Chris Osborn's D E E P transmission series, released July 2018 — the serial dispatches from his curatorial project of experimental internet cinema reach their longest installment.
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The seventh transmission, and the longest yet — forty whole seconds. Osborn is basically making a slow cinema piece out of the act of advertising experimental cinema. Serial form as the format. Watch all seven and see what I mean.
Forty seconds of trailer for an experimental internet cinema program — at this length it's curatorial dispatch rather than work, and the value lies in the program it points to rather than itself.
A 40-second teaser is the work itself, and at this point the D E E P series is essentially a long-running serial about the experience of curating internet weirdness. Featured artists list is strong, but it's still 40 seconds.