Digital scan of hand-painted 16mm film used to color I, Destini: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A digital scan of hand-painted 16mm film used to color several scenes in the short film I, Destini. The video shows abstract, broad brush strokes and droplets of paint moving across the screen. It starts out with the colors moving in a slow, liquid-like motion. Toward the end, the colors become deeper, denser and flow across the screen faster.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 2013-2016
• Created by: Destini T. Riley, American
• Type: silent films
• Type: digital media - born analog
• Type: color films (visual works)
• Medium: digital
• Dimensions: Duration: 4 min.
• Dimensions: File size: 281 MB
• Place made: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Animation
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Film
• Topic: Independent films
• Object number: 2018.94.3.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Destini T. Riley, Nicholas Pilarski, Lattina Lennon Riley, Sarah M. Bassett, Kathleen Lingo and The New York Times Company
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Destini T. Riley, Nicholas Pilarski, Lattina Lennon Riley, Sarah M. Bassett, The New York Times Company Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.