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At what speed do moving images become a movie? Most films move at 16, 24, or 60 frames per second. Yet, as a 90-minute “film without film” by filmmaker and interdisciplinary artist Cauleen Smith demonstrates, a series of images that move at a much slower pace works perfectly well. Involving a 35mm slide projector, a pair of vinyl records, and a sound system, Smith’s evolving, revolving multimedia project Black Utopia LP is expansive in both its setup and content. She performed the work at the Kunsthal Rotterdam as part of the 2019 edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam.