Karissa Hahn

…..the moment the shadow swells is the moment the image is realized….

A video is a stream of information, and this moving image relies upon the relationship of static frames, which are algorithmically determined. In the language of video compression, the (I) frames are the reference points between which movement is interpolated. Manual deletion or misplacement of (I) frames results in a video glitch known as a datamosh: the stream of nformation d srupted, d sorgan zed … nterupeted … lost … the ( ) frame removed, rejected … BUT, reclaimed, the (I) frames, the burning bolts of the machine, are at once reasserted in this dance macabre ... (I) FRAME is a mechanical ballet set to the original tempo that characterizes motion on screen at 24 "(I) frames" a second...

In Karissa Hahn’s enigmatic silent film, a series of dizzying whip-pans seems to reveal a sunlit woodland scene, which quickly dissolves into abstracted shapes, flickers of shadow and light, and curious traces of the natural and human-made.

flowers bloom like unknown creatures before the helmet of astronauts, astronauts, astro-nots; for fiction of the views are tangled in the knowns of this planet

An old Regal Cinemas pre-show animation is further degraded as it’s run through a ringer of format transfers, each layer representing a different viewing space.

A recital: Things said to me while working for a cat-sitting company in Beverly Hills

…..the moment the shadow swells is the moment the image is realized….

A video is a stream of information, and this moving image relies upon the relationship of static frames, which are algorithmically determined. In the language of video compression, the (I) frames are the reference points between which movement is interpolated. Manual deletion or misplacement of (I) frames results in a video glitch known as a datamosh: the stream of nformation d srupted, d sorgan zed … nterupeted … lost … the ( ) frame removed, rejected … BUT, reclaimed, the (I) frames, the burning bolts of the machine, are at once reasserted in this dance macabre ... (I) FRAME is a mechanical ballet set to the original tempo that characterizes motion on screen at 24 "(I) frames" a second...

In Karissa Hahn’s enigmatic silent film, a series of dizzying whip-pans seems to reveal a sunlit woodland scene, which quickly dissolves into abstracted shapes, flickers of shadow and light, and curious traces of the natural and human-made.

flowers bloom like unknown creatures before the helmet of astronauts, astronauts, astro-nots; for fiction of the views are tangled in the knowns of this planet

An old Regal Cinemas pre-show animation is further degraded as it’s run through a ringer of format transfers, each layer representing a different viewing space.

An old Regal Cinemas pre-show animation is further degraded as it’s run through a ringer of format transfers, each layer representing a different viewing space.

A recital: Things said to me while working for a cat-sitting company in Beverly Hills

2021, super 8 to 16mm, black & white, silent, 03:00, double projection

short film by Karissa Hahn

a distraction of simple thoughts while waiting on hold and aging.

2017, thermochromic ink on 16mm film

mounted a super 8 camera on a selfie stick and it collapsed, it bent right in half. The ‘weight’ of it.. the ‘wait’ing time of the film…. the (turn-around) time, whilst turning around the camera… the selfie. one roll of super 8 film

a mockumentary.

collaboration with Christina Nguyen

A super-8 film shot on the east coast is brought west, bleached and splattered with paint. Remnants of home remain as frames and stills.

2021, super 8 to digital, black & white, sound, 02:10

one roll super 8, in camera cross dissolves / edit

A busted projector on an otherwise gorgeous day. Shot on 16mm.

$16.00 Manager's Special

digital8>mac reverb

short film by Karissa Hahn

Staged for 'Take 3' to be the shot, the 'perfect shot.' The rest are bloopers, this film is called 'BLOOPERS' a staged shoot for the perfect shot without consideration of chance. One roll of super 8 film, duration of 8 takes, 3 actions, 8 shots made. How can we edit a pre-planned shoot in which one shot is planned to make it?

The year 2021 – experience the duration of 1 year in 24 frames for 24 hours of the day – 365 strips of film inkjet printed with the precise amount of light per day, including accurate twilight times.

commissioned by "GirlTrip", an online gallery space founded by Harrison James. "CROSSING-FRAME"

The image happened, no?

one roll of expired super 8, in camera cross dissolves

A cinegel swatchbook is scanned onto clear leader using an HP-Deskjet household printer. A rhythmic exploration of pure color traveling through a digital space. Color information; translated.

And suddenly the last time in a home.

made with video synths

Karissa Hahn's 16mm SIMMER is a forced landscape which is soon realized familiar. SIMMER was originally used in a live-projection in which it was burned. The subject no longer exists as well.

One roll of 16mm - in camera edits - sound collaboration with Kyle Hamon

short film by Karissa Hahn

short film by Karissa Hahn

A structuralist documentation of young music producers. The act of sitting down to 'start up' their macbooks.

One roll of Super 8 film with a painted UV filter and a piece of a broken beer bottle found while filming. Shot while on a class hike in Gorman, CA

A film printed directly onto 16mm clear leader.

super 8, black and white, sound, 03:30

traversing screen

Metal metamorphosing to a surveying macro lens- bending reflections of the mundane. Reflections only made on the surface of objects - transposing into new forms.

experiments in photogrammetry super 8