[ pink noise ] | 2025 | SRT -> HD | 10:37

Synopsis

A cinematic text. An anti-immersive experience. An inner odyssey.

Critical Discourse

Enns’ film is a conceptual piece, but unlike many such works, the concept continues unfolding over the course of the screening and for quite some time afterward. This is a silent film, and Enns begins with his own version of the “Put on 3D glasses now” card, prescribing the insertion of earplugs. [pink noise] is essentially a black field with subtitles, almost all of which allude to some unheard noise. It’s clear Enns is referencing captioning for the hearing impaired, but on occasion he slips in some apparent dialog which, again, does not exist in the film. Intellectually, [pink noise] is a distant cousin to Michael Snow’s So Is This, in the sense that language that is typically a supplement or substitute for cinematic meaning is displayed as the meaning itself. By extension, [pink noise] operates just inside the boundaries of what can be considered a film. Nice work. – Michael Sicinksi, “Ten Selections from Light Matter 2025” Obscure Alternatives (November 24, 2025).

Screenings/Exhibitions

October 16, 2025. Magic with Small Apparatus, Antimatter, Victoria, British Columbia.

November 7, 2025. PersonalEyes, Light Matters Film Festival, Nevins Theater, Alfred, New York. Curated by James Hansen.