To Lavoisier Who Died in the Reign of Terror

To Lavoisier Who Died in the Reign of Terror 1991 is a collaboration with filmmaker Carl Brown who specializes in homebrewed chemical film development In a series of tableaux people perform everyday tasks sleeping dining reading cardplaying as the camera arcs past and over them the replete set of positions recalls La région centrales movements Brown abraded the film stock creating a continuous dynamic surfaceeffect tension with the comparatively static views and cueing the soundtrack the crackle of fire The physics and chemistry of combustion were the scientific focus of Lavoisier the 18thcentury savant