# NYcelium Network

> The trees tell a story

- Canonical URL: https://artificial-images.com/project/nycelium-network-artist-labs/
- Year: 2023, 2024
- Medium and tools: 16mm Film, Moving Image
- Pathways: [Material Machines](https://artificial-images.com/pathways/material-machines.md)
- Media: 4 images, 1 video
- Artist: Derrick Schultz

## About this work

5min, Digital film from 16mm elements, silent

[Review on Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/nycelium-network/)

An abstract ode to New York’s artistic networks. Original elements were filmed in Rochester (near Visual Studies Workshop) and Brooklyn (near Mono No Aware). NN is created completely from in-camera and contact printed 16mm elements.

Screenings: [Modern Technology](https://mononoawarefilm.com/ctc_2024_derrick-schultz) (2024)

## 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 `abstract-tree-branches-in-various-forms-and-colors`
- Description: abstract tree branches in various forms and colors
- Caption: abstract tree branches in various forms and colors
- Source: Vimeo video 1009541917
- Vimeo title: NYcelium Network
- Duration: 5 min 5 s
- Video description: A 5-minute silent film from 2024 made from in-camera and contact-printed 16mm elements filmed in Rochester and Brooklyn; an abstract ode to New York's artistic networks.
- Watch on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/1009541917
- View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/nycelium-network-artist-labs/?media=abstract-tree-branches-in-various-forms-and-colors

### 2. Diptych `diptych-frame-0048`
- Image `frame-0048`
  - Alt text: White tree branches spreading like neural networks against dark grey 16mm film grain
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/nycelium-network-artist-labs/?media=frame-0048
- Image `frame-0098`
  - Alt text: Pale green branches crisscrossing on lime green background with film texture
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/nycelium-network-artist-labs/?media=frame-0098

### 3. Diptych `frames-from-nycelium-network`
- Caption: Frames from *NYcelium Network*
- Image `frame-0233`
  - Alt text: Bare tree branches silhouetted against cloudy sky with blue and brown film tones
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/nycelium-network-artist-labs/?media=frame-0233
- Image `frame-0270`
  - Alt text: High contrast white branches with bud tips against dark foliage on 16mm negative
  - View on the page: https://artificial-images.com/project/nycelium-network-artist-labs/?media=frame-0270

## External links

- [Review on Letterboxd](https://letterboxd.com/film/nycelium-network/)
- [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

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