Action Bog / Akcijsko močvirje
Winston Hacking (Rubber Cement Films)
2025, Canada, 1’23’’
A feverish stasis collapses into infinite distraction, spinning on the axis of an algorithm. Each pulse, an uncertain tone, breathes electricity into a half-alive world. Time stretches like soft polymer; metamorphoses creep forward frame by frame, suspiciously slow, as if the film were watching me back. Photographic fragments are transferred onto clay, not quite sculpture, not quite collage, but something in between: a Tonermorph.
Mrzlična statičnost se sesuje v neskončno distrakcijo, vrteč se na osi algoritma. Vsak utrip, negotov zven, vdihne elektriko v napol živ svet. Čas se razteza kot mehak polimer; metamorfoze se plazijo naprej, sličico za sličico, sumljivo počasi, kot da bi mi film vračal pogled. Fotografski fragmenti se prenašajo na glino, kar ni ne povsem skulptura ne povsem kolaž, temveč nekaj vmes: tonermorf.
Dialogue: None
Technique: Clay animation (New form of claymation called Tonermorph which is the animation of clay transfered photographs)
Recommended for children under 14 years of age: No
Team
Animation: Winston Hacking
Music: Andrew Zukerman
Sound Mastering: Sandro Perri
Production: Rubber Cement Films, www.winstonhacking.com
Winston Hacking
is a moving image artist originally from Peterborough, Ontario. His work often combines found footage, collage, compositing, and tactile animation. Hacking's work is economical, both in terms of his use of found materials and the techniques used. Despite this thrifty approach, his works are daedal due to his ability to transform the mundane into the sublime through creative re-contextualization. His films have been shown at festivals for experimental animation, including Videoex (Zurich), the Lausanne Underground Film Festival, EXiS (Seoul), and the Ottawa International Animation Festival, where he served as a member of the Official Competition Jury in 2025. His work has also been presented in microcinema and institutional contexts, including Other Cinema (San Francisco), RPM at Harvard CAMLab, UnArchive Found Footage Fest (Rome), Pleasure Dome (Toronto), Belvedere 21 (Vienna), and the Rochester Museum of Fine Arts. Hacking’s methodology has been documented in Found Footage Magazine and the Sternberg Press volume Frame-by-Frame Stop Motion. He has been invited to present his research and process at RISD and CalArts, and he continues to share his findings through artist-led workshops and a Substack documenting his creative process. A past resident of the Toronto Animated Image Society, he also creates limited-edition risograph zines, including No Sweat!, Fog Nozzle, and A Dopey Photo Slop, which are distributed by Colour Code Printing.
Find more: www.winstonhacking.com