My Brain Is Smooth Like a Highway
by Michael Bucuzzo
synopsis
Through a patchwork of archival footage, audio interviews and miniature setwork,‘My Brain Is Smooth Like a Highway’ speculates on the life and death of a deep sea data center. Inspired by an experimental program researching underwater computing, the film revolves around the construction and eventual breakdown of these machines beneath the ocean. Through a cycle of death and rebirth, the film reflects on the societal implications of our growing digital world, and the finite resources required to maintain it.
biography
Michael Bucuzzo (b. 1990, United States) is an Amsterdam-based filmmaker and sound designer. Using experience borne out of the US commercial film industry, he explores the emotional architecture of popular media. Through a play of sonic textures, illusory set design and archival media, his work constructs atmospheric dream worlds. Michael’s films and performances have been included in festivals and venues such as European Media Art Festival (Germany), Eye International Conference (Netherlands), Onion City Experimental Film Festival (United States), Antimatter Media Art (Canada) and International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Netherlands). He also works professionally in sound post-production for film and television, with credits including Ondi Timoner’s Mapplethorpe and Daniel Goldhaber’s Cam. Additionally, he was an editor on Laurie Anderson’s Heart of a Dog and Alexandria Bombach’s On Her Shoulders, which received the 2018 Sundance U.S. Documentary Directing Award. Michael is a recent graduate of the Master of Film artistic research program at the Netherlands Film Academy.