According to the publicly available Olympic Torch Relay (OTR) technical manual, backup flames operate "at all times and may be used periodically to relight torches that fail for technical or other reasons".
NACTUS from latin nanciscor = obtained by chance, is founded in 1996 by me zoe tati.
A playground for lost and found. Forgotten footage compiled and curated.
Brought from the private sphere to the public gaze; I re-imagined them, name, touch and tag them.
The practice is not about a restorative vision of history, but rather, about how we are all participants in creating and,
in the end, receiving, the world around us.
I welcome your comments and any donations of found footage to the Nactus Archive.