Farewell Transmission

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation opened the doors of the CBK Transmitter Station in 1939 to serve the prairie region of Canada. “Farewell Transmission” is equal parts an indexical record of the demolition of CBK in 2015 and a subjective response to the residual media documenting the event. The building is framed with tension preceding its destruction: emulsion pulsated as if with decades of radio transmission, creating an unsettled eulogy for a cultural institution. Selected screenings: Dobra Festival Internacional de Cinema Experimental (Brazil, 2017); Festival du nouveau cinĂ©ma (MontrĂ©al, QC, 2017); Antimatter Media Art (Victoria, BC, 2017) Best Short Film, Saskatchewan Independent Film Awards, 2019

Film Maker
Rollo, Mike
Year
2017
Country
Canada
Length
14
Category
Abstraction, Architecture, cameraless, Canada, Time + Space
Genre
documentary, experimental, hand-processed, short

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