Matthew Ripplinger builds stuff with wood and nails, is a commissioner of marriage, and creates art in the 16mm format.  His work is created primarily using darkroom applications, and spans the thematic realms of the double,  surrealism and the destruction and reconstruction of the medium itself.
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Meshes of the Evening is a multi-channel expanded cinema piece, immersing the viewer inside and out of a physical structure surrounded by 16mm projections.  The piece evolves through the night, starting with familiar imagery, and slowly blurs to abstractions, transporting the viewer to engage in new subjects and spaces.