For this series we sent artists a Super-8 camera and a single roll of film and asked them to document a day in their lives. A finite amount of film. No playback. What would they choose to record? This is what Ken Okiishi sent us.
Our occasional A Day series invites artists to document a 24-hour snapshot of their life, revealing ordinary, creative, and professional routines. Artist Ken Okiishi chose to document a day that straddled two years, starting at the final sunrise of 2024 and ending with the first day of 2025, “which felt like an extreme 24-hour transition, not just because of the change in years, but because we all know that the shift from 2024 to 2025 carries a particular weight.” Encompassing both the historic use of Super 8 for home movies and the creative possibilities of working in film, his project includes intimate moments, sweeping family histories, aesthetic experiments with the film strip itself, and a visit to Manhattan’s legendary B&H Photo shop because “you always have to go to B&H for something.” Read an interview with Ken Okiishi that explains how he sets out to capture what a day actually feels like inside the mind here:
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