In a series of reflections and reversals, this dual-projector film follows the flow of carbon from mountains to sea, as it is transformed from forest ecosystem into industrial landscape, and back again. Commissioned for the End of the World project by Iris Film Collective and funded by the Canada Arts Council. Although its interpretation was left entirely to us, the project title made reference to the West Coast as the edge or end of Canada; to global concerns over the compromised and fragile state of the planet; and to the often predicted “end of film”. To link the final films materially to these concepts, the commission imposed some production constraints, requiring filmmakers to shoot on film stock intended for striking a final print, not for shooting in cameras, and to hand-process negatives and prints in alternative chemistry.
