Country: USA
Year: 2003
Duration: 3
Callisto was made by placing frothy liquid
crystal paint onto orange film leader. The colors in the film were achieved by
manipulating the light bending properties of the paint with the heat from the
projection lamp and the coolness from the evaporation of rubbing alcohol" (C.
Hoskins).
Callisto keeps her distance from Jupiter, her brothers
and her sisters. Her distance from Jupiter make her vulnerable to attacks from
the meteors that Jupiter's great mass attracts. Hers is the most heavily
cratered body in our solar system. Bacause of her size and Jupiter's luminous
presence, these craters seem to glow with a light from within, explosing and
beautifying her dusty and scarred surface. Her name comes from 'kalliste',
meaning most beautiful" (M. McE).
Biography
film director
Courtney Hoskins
Courtney Hoskins (Colorado, USA, 1977) graduated from the University of Colorado in Boulder in 1999 and now lives in Brooklyn, where she studies astrophysics. Her films are based on optical techniques, the manipulation of light and color, and the use of refracting material, creating an experimental and poetic cinema that unveils the complexity of objective reality and tries to create a relation between Art and Science.
FILMOGRAFIA
Gossamer Conglomerate (2001), The Light touch Dust Nebula 2001), Munkfilm (2001), Ether Twist (2001), The House of Equal and Opposite Reactions (2001), Sweet Intuition (2002), «The Galilean Satellites» - Europa, Io, Ganymede, Callisto (cm, 2003).
Cast
& Credits
Regia/Director: Courtney
Hoskins