July’s Wet Dreams

3:34 / Canada / 2003 / Super 8 / Sound

Synopsis: A hand-processed recipe for a fountain of youth. Comprised of one continuous slow-motion shot, July’s Wet Dreams reveals several silhouetted figures amidst a fountain’s watery spray. The hand-processed Super 8 material was manipulated using a variety of coloured toners and application techniques to accentuate the liquid tactility of the image. An evocative portrait of a summer’s day.

Director: Kara Blake

Artist bio: Kara Blake is a Canadian filmmaker whose projects range from short films and music videos to live projections and installations. Her work has been shown internationally at festivals and venues including the Museum of Modern Art New York, Centre Pompidou, Telluride Festival, and CPH:DOX. In 2009, Blake's film about the electronic music pioneer Delia Derbyshire, entitled The Delian Mode won both the Genie Award and HotDocs Award for Best Short Documentary. In 2011, Blake was named national winner of the RBC Emerging Filmmaker Competition hosted by the Toronto International Film Festival. Blake's multi-channel works include Lasciare Suonare for Place des Arts in Montréal and The Offerings, part of the contemporain de Montréal's touring exhibition Leonard Cohen : A Crack in Everything, 2017-2021.

Blake holds a Master's of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University in Montréal where she continues to live and work.