# Cellular Reconstruction

> The "Hologram Tupac" Film

- Canonical URL: https://artificial-images.com/project/cellular-reconstruction-16mm-experimental-film/
- Year: 2023
- Medium and tools: 16mm Film, Moving Image, Pen Plotter
- Pathways: [Material Machines](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/material-machines.md), [Printed Intelligence](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/printed-intelligence.md)
- Media: 4 images, 2 videos
- Artist: Derrick Schultz

## About this work

*Cellular Reconstruction*

2min, digital video found 16mm film and optical sound

[Review on Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/cellular-reconstruction/)

While not explicitly a machine learning film, conceptually it is an exploration of the harms science can create trying to solve pre-existing problems. Also a companion piece to [Floral Zombification via Attention Node Networks](https://artificial-images.com/project/floral-zombification-text-to-video).

I wrote custom software to laserprint the lost cyan layer back to this found footage film.

Screenings:

[Connectivity through Cinema](https://www.vsw.org/vsw-salon/salon-spring-2023/feb-23-connectivity-through-cinema-the-mono-no-aware-film-community/) (Visual Studies Workshop, 2023)

Cine de vanguardia en el Jardín II: Magiæ Naturalis (2023)

[Suspaustas Laikas](https://suspaustaslaikas.lt/en/2023), (2023)

[Modern Technology](https://mononoawarefilm.com/ctc_2024_derrick-schultz) (Solo screening at Mono No Aware, September 2024)

Mixed Media (Solo screening at Whammy! Analog Media, December 2024)

[Analogica 15 (2025)](https://www.analogica.org/)

[Labocine: Archives issue](https://www.labocine.com/issues/archives) (January 2026)

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

## 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 `stuttering-video-of-distorted-flowers-in-motion`
- Description: Stuttering video of distorted flowers in motion
- Caption: Stuttering video of distorted flowers in motion
- Source: Vimeo video 779918004
- Vimeo title: Cellular Reconstruction
- Duration: 2 min 1 s
- Video description: A 2-minute film from 2022.
- Watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/779918004
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/cellular-reconstruction-16mm-experimental-film/?media=stuttering-video-of-distorted-flowers-in-motion

### 2. Diptych `diptych-000000035`
- Image `000000035`
  - Alt text: Red flower shape with laserprinted cyan restoration on degraded 16mm film frame
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/cellular-reconstruction-16mm-experimental-film/?media=000000035
- Image `000000054`
  - Alt text: Tulip bud with cyan laserprint halftone overlay on magenta film stock
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/cellular-reconstruction-16mm-experimental-film/?media=000000054

### 3. Diptych `frames-from-cellular-reconstruction`
- Caption: Frames from *Cellular Reconstruction*
- Image `000000111`
  - Alt text: Degraded floral forms with green laserprint hatching on peach-toned film emulsion
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/cellular-reconstruction-16mm-experimental-film/?media=000000111
- Image `000000112`
  - Alt text: Ghostly flower silhouette with white laserprint lines on cyan decayed film frame
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/cellular-reconstruction-16mm-experimental-film/?media=000000112

### 4. Video `commentary-for-cellular-reconstruction`
- Description: Commentary for a stuttering video of distorted flowers in motion
- Caption: Commentary for *Cellular Reconstruction*
- Source: Vimeo video 1128934273
- Vimeo title: Cellular Reconstruction (Creator’s Commentary)
- Duration: 6 min 6 s
- Watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/1128934273
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/cellular-reconstruction-16mm-experimental-film/?media=commentary-for-cellular-reconstruction

## External links

- [Review on Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/cellular-reconstruction/)
- [Connectivity through Cinema](https://www.vsw.org/vsw-salon/salon-spring-2023/feb-23-connectivity-through-cinema-the-mono-no-aware-film-community/)
- [Suspaustas Laikas](https://suspaustaslaikas.lt/en/2023)
- [Modern Technology](https://mononoawarefilm.com/ctc_2024_derrick-schultz)
- [Analogica 15 (2025)](https://www.analogica.org/)
- [Labocine: Archives issue](https://www.labocine.com/issues/archives)
- [Video Musics](https://www.not-nowhere.org/on/video-musics-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.
- [Printed Intelligence](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/printed-intelligence.md): Machine-made images that become prints, plots, pages, and physical artifacts.

### Tags

16mm Film, Moving Image, Pen Plotter

### Related work

- [The Fossil Record](https://artificial-images.com/project/the-fossil-record-looping-animations.md) (2023): An archaeological dig
- [Anime](https://artificial-images.com/project/anime-manga-machine-contact-printing.md) (2024): Moving manga
- [Black Sun Electro Static](https://artificial-images.com/project/black-sun-electro-static-neural-cellular-automata.md) (2023, 2024): laserprinted into the mind’s eye
- [•](https://artificial-images.com/project/dot-handmade-animation-ai-guidance.md) (2024): Guided by machines

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