The Limits of Certainty
2026 · 2m · USA
Directed by Ed Quinn
Genres: experimental
Tones: contemplative, surreal
Handmade experimental film where physical textures are created by hand, filmed, and manipulated in editing.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Brakhage namechecks are doing a lot of heavy lifting here for what is, in practice, a 101-second loop. The series has a method but no surprise.
Quinn's serial output through this handmade method begins to resemble a sustained practice rather than discrete films, which is interesting but flattens evaluation. As one tile in a larger mosaic, fine; as a standalone work, modest.
1:41, another Quinn handmade abstract, seven likes — at this length the sculpture-photo-film collapse either crystallizes or it's a moodboard. The repeated process Quinn is building across these pieces (See You Later/Microplastics/Limits) is more interesting as a series than any single entry.