For Locks, I re-recorded television with an outdated, consumer-grade digital camera. Its limited frame rate and shot duration emphasized the flaws of compression, mismatched syncing rates, and the LCD TV's rainbow artefacting. I isolated short loops from commercials to highlight the weird scripted moments of joy and human connection acted out in shampoo and fabric softener advertisements. In repetition, a hair toss becomes eerie, hypnotic, even violent.
Locks (2009) from Nathan Altice on Vimeo.