Radiant ExposuresâFacts Run on Light Beams These Days
The story
The new 16mm film Radiant ExposuresâFacts Run on Light Beams These Days (the latter part of the title quotes from Donna Haraway) returns to Rosa Barbaâs long-standing motif of the desert and its exploration of modern archives as a manifestation of humanâs desire for progress. As in previous films, Radiant ExposuresâFacts Run on Light Beams These Days appears to portray a site out of time and spaceâethereal, timeless and unearthly. The predominant motif of the film is the human-made landscape with large expanses of rectangular panels reflecting the sun light. These reflective panels are in fact concentrating sunlight, creating and collecting energy. The presence of the sun is made palpable by the shimmering light and the and the blurring of the imagery.
