# B.K.S.O.M.

> Wandering and pondering

- Canonical URL: https://artificial-images.com/project/bksom-16mm-brooklyn-film/
- Year: 2022—2026, ongoing
- Medium and tools: 16mm Film, Moving Image
- Pathways: [Material Machines](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/material-machines.md)
- Media: 4 images, 2 videos
- Artist: Derrick Schultz

## About this work

Wandering and pondering in a post-Covid Brooklyn. All effects are done in-camera using laserprinted mattes and prisms.

*B.K.S.O.M. (2026 not/nowhere Edit)*

5min, digital video from 16mm elements, with sound

Screenings: [Video Musics](https://www.not-nowhere.org/on/video-musics-derrick-schultz) (Solo screening at not/nowhere, London, August 2026)

*B.K.S.O.M. (2024 Mono Edit)*

8min, digital video from 16mm elements, silent

[Review on Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/bksom-mono-2024-edit/)

Screenings: [Modern Technology](https://mononoawarefilm.com/ctc_2024_derrick-schultz)

## Media

Videos cannot be watched by text agents; each entry gives its alt text, caption, Vimeo title and duration, and a description of the video.

### 1. Video `bksom-2026-not-nowhere-edit`
- Description: B.K.S.O.M. (2026 not/nowhere Edit)
- Caption: *B.K.S.O.M. (2026 not/nowhere Edit)*
- Source: Vimeo video 1216537843
- Vimeo title: BKSOM (2026 not/nowhere Edit)
- Duration: 5 min 25 s
- Video description: The 2026 not/nowhere edit: a re-edit of the 2024 edit with additional footage.
- Watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/1216537843
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/bksom-16mm-brooklyn-film/?media=bksom-2026-not-nowhere-edit

### 2. Video `scenes-from-a-post-covid-brooklyn`
- Description: Scenes from a post-covid Brooklyn
- Caption: Scenes from a post-covid Brooklyn
- Source: Vimeo video 1011379124
- Vimeo title: BKSOM (2024 Mono Edit)
- Duration: 8 min
- Watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/1011379124
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/bksom-16mm-brooklyn-film/?media=scenes-from-a-post-covid-brooklyn

### 3. Diptych `diptych-frame-0006`
- Image `frame-0006`
  - Alt text: Brooklyn building kaleidoscoped vertically against cloudy sky on 16mm film
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/bksom-16mm-brooklyn-film/?media=frame-0006
- Image `frame-0151`
  - Alt text: Dark silhouetted rooftop shapes mirrored against deep blue dusk sky
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/bksom-16mm-brooklyn-film/?media=frame-0151

### 4. Diptych `frames-from-b-k-s-o-m-2024-mono-edit`
- Caption: Frames from *B.K.S.O.M. (2024 Mono Edit)*
- Image `frame-0095`
  - Alt text: Tree branches and sky seen through circular laserprinted matte on sidewalk
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/bksom-16mm-brooklyn-film/?media=frame-0095
- Image `frame-0443`
  - Alt text: Apartment building refracted through prisms creating dreamy distortion
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/bksom-16mm-brooklyn-film/?media=frame-0443

## External links

- [Video Musics](https://www.not-nowhere.org/on/video-musics-derrick-schultz)
- [Review on Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/bksom-mono-2024-edit/)
- [Modern Technology](https://mononoawarefilm.com/ctc_2024_derrick-schultz)

## Related

### Pathways

- [Material Machines](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/material-machines.md): Digital systems returned to film, paper, plotting, and handmade image-making.

### Tags

16mm Film, Moving Image

### Related work

- [Acoustics of Light](https://artificial-images.com/project/so-will-b-now-audioreactive-16mm.md) (2026): The soundtrack does the editing.
- [Heavens](https://artificial-images.com/project/heavens-clouds-mattes-film.md) (2025): Looking for answers
- [Selfie Song](https://artificial-images.com/project/selfie-song-walt-whitman-illustrip.md) (2021–2025, ongoing): Walter Whitman White
- [Stop Making Sense](https://artificial-images.com/project/stop-making-sense-sorting-randomness.md) (2025, ongoing): Anything, Everything

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