East 127th Street & Harlem River (2019)
3 minutes | super 8mm | color | silent
In August of 1945 my great grandfather Giovanni Pietro Faoro, an Italian immigrant, drowned in the Harlem River - a result of undetermined circumstances. His body was discovered near the corner of East 127th street and what’s now Harlem River Drive.
In autumn of 2019 I visited this intersection and retrieved some water using a bucket and rope. At my request, a friend of mine recorded the occasion on super 8mm. After processing the film, I submerged it in the river water for a number of days.
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