Abinadi Meza, still from Aka 赤, 2024

Abinadi Meza, still from Aka 赤, 2024

Abinadi Meza, still from Aka 赤, 2024

Aka 赤, 2024

color, sound, 6:00

16mm film transfer to HD, single channel screening or multi-channel installation


Aka 赤 is made from 31 meters of hand-painted 16mm film and contact microphone recordings made on a shinkansen/bullet train in Japan. The film explores passage and memory - branching out of a linear flow of time into sensory immersion and temporal complexity. "Aka" is Japanese for "red."