Magic Relighting Candle is Alexander Barton's first Super 8 expose of the trickery of ritual. Alexander Barton is a New York based visual artist whose work centers on the perversions of cultural debris by deconstructing sacred forms and collaging images of degradation. As a friend and collaborator of Daughters, Barton complimented six minutes of experimentation with a familiar household performance to “City Song”, the introductory track on the bands new album, You Won’t Get What You Want. The flame teases the hopeful youth and rhythmically refuses his satisfaction. Flickering in and out of grain and noise, disappointment and smoke, Magic Relighting Candle challenges the creative and superstitious.
CREDITS:
Magic Relighting Candle
2018 / Super 8 Film / 6 Minutes
\"City Song\" by Daughters
Filmed in Beacon, New York
Created, directed, photographed and edited by Alexander Barton
Cast: Torben Enright and Brock Enright
Developed at Negativeland Motion Picture Lab, Brooklyn, NY
Transferred at Metropolis Film Labs, New York, NY
