Half of the film was captured through the lens of a hand-cranked 35mm camera, specifically a 1912 Bell and Howell 2709 - B. The remaining portion was filmed in high definition. Following meticulous manual processing and employing a color matrix and gamma derived from a personally crafted emulsion (utilizing my own tinted blood cells for grain, inspired by a 1930s patent), the film underwent a transformation into high-definition video. The essence of the work revolves around contemporary representation, navigating the realms of analog and binary, electricity, hydro power, British Columbia, the inception of cinema via Eadweard Muybridge, the energy certificates of the Technocracy party, the intrinsic value of noise, the pivotal year of 1957, regional Vancouver modernism, the cosmic origins akin to the Big Bang, Vermeer's timeless