Potemkin Piece

Justin C. Rhody · 2022 · 2 minutes

Screening as part of Flicker and Wow Shorts
Nov. 17 · Regal Riviera · 2:00 p.m.

A collaborative deconstruction/destruction of a Battleship Potemkin 35mm trailer created with nearly 80 collaborators through the mail during lockdown. Each person was sent half-second long strips of the film to manipulate in any way they wanted. Once returned, the film strips were spliced together in a new sequence creating a chance-driven score from the optical soundtrack. A messy experiment in montage and cut up techniques made by a diverse cast of artists, friends and loved ones.