10min | 1,37 | 35mm or DCP
A material study on original Disney classic with the same title. The 35mm experimental film is created by using SEM, Field emission scanning electron microscope and by re-shooting the original Bambi again with Oxberry 1700 Optical printer. What is discovered is the skin of the film, the focus is on one scratch of the gelatin emulsion.

The installation version played with 35mm projector, includes also four glass plates covered with silver filtered from the fix bath. The silvery glasses are lightened by candles. There is no electric light in the exhibition. The projectionist is working in the gallery space, re-winding the screening copy and reloading the film.

Building off of her recent film, Animal Bridge U-3033, which used night vision technology to film deer crossing a motor highway via a green bridge, Viita is exploring deeper into the crossroads of art, technology and our animal neighbours. Using a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), she is examining the surface of Disney’s classic Bambi. What we discover, is the skin of the film, the gelatin which originally once was sentient animal. ” (LIFT Announcement 2019)

Screenings:
2025 Taidekaupungin elokuvajuhlat, Mänttä
2023 61. Ann Arbor Film Festival, USA
2023 Time and Space Exhibition, Kuva/Tila gallery, Helsinki (exhibition)
2022 Body in Micro & Macrocosm; AV-arkki X Orion
2022 Midnight Sun Film Festival, Sodankylä
2022 68. Internationale Kurtzfilmtage/Conditional Cinema, Oberhausen DE
2022 Light Cone/Scratch Collection/Le LUMINOR Hôtel de Ville, Paris
2022 Bambi 35mm installation, Porvoo Art Hall, Porvoo (exhibition)
2022 Bambi – Darkness Washed Away, Photographic gallery Hippolyte, Helsinki (exhibition)

Produced with the assistance of the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT)
Thanks to: Pyhäsalmi Volunteer Fire Department’s cinema, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, The Finnish Cultural Foundation, Kone Foundation, University of Arts Helsinki, Saastamoinen Foundation

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