Iran, USA, 5′
Measuring the Level of Resistance is a hand-painted stop-motion animation that explores resistance as an everyday activity, using three basic foods: rice, eggs, and pickles. The puppet, who serves as the preserver of light in the first scene, is boiled and cooked by hands painted black. After each cooking scene, the puppet’s resistance is measured using a scientific diagram. The project was shot on 16mm film and later hand-painted directly onto the negative.
