The Disintegration Bloops (2016)
2016 · 25m · USA
Directed by Chris Osborn
Genres: experimental
Tones: contemplative, dark, surreal
An experimental short by Chris Osborn, consistent with his broader practice of formally adventurous work at the intersection of internet culture, digital aesthetics, and personal cinema — likely an exploration of digital video degradation or formal disintegration as subject matter.
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Osborn makes a 25-minute film called The Disintegration Bloops. The title is doing enormous work. This is from the same year he started the D E E P program — he's exploring the formal language of internet-era video decay from the inside.
NBA bloopers in slow motion set to William Basinski's Disintegration Loops — that pairing is genuinely inspired, finding tragedy in athletic failure through the score of all scores. Chris Osborn's curatorial mind at work.
Slow-motion NBA bloopers set to William Basinski's 'The Disintegration Loops' — that supercut idea is hilarious, sad, and aesthetically defensible all at once. 25 minutes is generous, but the conceit can sustain it.