Choreography For Copy Machine (Photocopy Cha Cha)
''Choreography for Copy Machine (Photocopy Cha Cha)'' is a four-minute experimental animation film by independent filmmaker Chel White. Technique All of the film's images were created solely by using the unique photographic capabilities of a photocopier to generate sequential pictures of hands, faces, and other body parts. It achieves a ghostly, dream-like aesthetic with elements of the sensual and the absurd. Completed in 1991, it is widely considered the first noteworthy animated film to use this technique. (See Xerox art for historical context.) For the film, Chel White developed a customized set up that could achieve the level of detail he was looking for in the images. After removing the platen cover, four side lights were added along with a top light that would shine through a sheet of frosted glass, allowing for his subject peoples’ silhouettes to be visible. In order to avoid potential eye damage from the bright light of the scanner, he instructed his performers not ...
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