T is for Turnip

3,467 hand painted 16mm frames metaphorically explore three siblings’ collective childhood trauma. Repetitive and ritualistic acts provide structure amongst perceived uncertainty while compartmentalization offers a false sense of security and abets forgetting. T is for Turnip was hand painted frame by frame over the course of 1,000 hours; using the smallest paintbrush available to apply silk dyes to the film’s emulsion, while looking through a stereoscopic microscope to see the tiny objects on the film. T is for Turnip won the Creative Vision Award in 2017 at the Altered Esthetics Film Festival.

Year

2015

Director

Kiera Faber

Duration

2 min

Country

United States