THE STRUCTURE OF A SECOND
2020, 2026
Postcard series, 2020
Overhead projection, acetate, prints, packages, 2026
The postcard works are produced from a formula of purchasing rolls of exposed 8mm film, presented for sale on eBay. The contents of the footage are briefly described on the seller’s page and these descriptions serve as prompts for my writing. Before the film arrives, I write a text titled The Structure of a Second, in which I imagine a second of the footage. This single second is broken down into 24 frames, referencing the characteristics of the medium of 8mm film.
Lucy Tevlin presents unopened rolls of shot and developed 8mm film sourced online, their contents unknown to both artist and viewer. Accompanied by speculative texts and projections, the work shifts attention away from the image itself and towards the fragile technologies and structures that produce it, questioning how images are made, withheld and imagined.
Exhibited
Online exhibition & via post 2021
CCA Derry 2026
Interview about project: https://paintingintext.com/2020/09/16/eye-of-the-beholder-lucy-tevlin/
https://www.ccadld.org/exhibitions/its-not-clear-from-here
Online exhibition & via post 2021
CCA Derry 2026
Interview about project: https://paintingintext.com/2020/09/16/eye-of-the-beholder-lucy-tevlin/
https://www.ccadld.org/exhibitions/its-not-clear-from-here