Infinity Project: Camera

Captured with a LomoKino camera, designed to allow the user to create short analogue movies on 35 mm film, with the capacity to shoot up to 30 seconds of silent footage per roll. The LomoKino captures 4 frames per single frame of 35 mm (Figures 1-2).

Figure 1. 35mm frame. See Figure 2 for approximate comparison

Figure 2. LomoKino capture across span of single 35mm frame. See Figure 1 for approximate comparison

The negative

The negative has been cut into three strips for scanning and make it more manageable to work with in the darkroom. Figures 3, 4 and 5 present a sequential view of the native negative.

Figure 3. Infinity Project negative 1/3

Figure 4. Infinity Project negative 2/3

Figure 5. Infinity Project negative 3/3

Movie test

Although I have used the Lomokino for many years, this is the first time I have created a movie from the negatives. While I am considering ways to incorporate projection into the project, the movie currently remains a personal experiment. My goal is to present the project as a series of static silver gelatin prints; the sense of motion from the original movie manifests as viewers move through the installation.

Figure 6. Each frame must be cropped using a photo post-editing program such as Photoshop. I then loaded the individual frames into iMovie to create the film

Figure 7. “Infinity” movie created from individual frames of the film strip (Figures 3, 4 and 5)

Bibliography

“Circumference Calculator.” n.d. Pearson+. Accessed March 28, 2026. https://www.pearson.com/channels/calculators/circumference-calculator.