Hollis Frampton - Palindrome (1969)

1969 / 22’ / color / silent Frampton on Palindrome: “The menacing latin palindrome ’In Girvm Imvs Nocte Et Consvmimvr Igni’ (By night we go (down) into a gyre/and we are consumed by fire) serves as epigraph to this animated film. Anima is imparted to 12 variations on each of 40 congruent phrases, metamorphosed from the chemically mutilated flesh of color film itself.“