dissociative blue
©2022 Tyler Nykilchyk
Dissociative Blue uses hand-drawn 2D animation and an alternative photographic process (cyanotype printing) to explore the cycles we often find ourselves stuck in.
“Please help me.”
“I’m tired.”
“I’m stuck.”
Time slips by as we run in circles. The details change and blur, but our internal narrative repeats. Can we ever move forward if we remain the same? Or does part of us need to die so that we can see the way? In this short film created by artists Tyler Nykilchyk, Linh Nguyen and Jaime Nesrallah, the questions are asked without answers offered. The cheetah runs and runs and runs. It is only when it ends that loop that things change– for a moment. It falls back into old habits just like we do. The cycle begins anew.
Digital illustrations used as negatives with the printing process of cyanotype (chemical reaction caused by UV light to form blues prints) makes each frame unique– offering frame by frame variations in texture, colour, and form. The details change but the results stay the same.
PRODUCTION TEAM
TYLER NYKILCHYK
director | animator | sound designer | editor
Tyler Nykilchyk is a queer neurodivergent interdisciplinary artist, working with woven textiles/fibre arts, photographic processes, film and sculpture, in Ottawa, Ontario. Nykilchyk combines traditional craft practices with alternative processes and technology. They’ve received the 2021 Young At Art Ottawa Mixed Media Award for their tapestry “Болото” and have exhibited and sold work at the Ottawa Art Gallery, SPAO centre and the Niche Gallery.
LINH VH NGUYEN
producer | darkroom assistant
Linh VH Nguyen is a neurodivergent lens-based artist exploring inner landscapes, dreamscapes, and the nuances of multiple perspectives. She uses a variety of digital and analogue photographic techniques to layer images on top of each other, reflecting the complexities and layered realities that she confronts everyday.
JAIME NESRALLAH
producer | darkroom assistant
Jaime Nesrallah is a queer photo-based artist based on the traditional unceded land of the Anishnaabeg People, in what is now called Ottawa, Canada. They employ traditional and alternative analogue photographic processes. Their work seeks to bring compassionate yet critical dialogue to our everyday conversations about our relationships with our bodies - how fraught, alienating, and how complex these relationships can be.