In a forgotten corner of film history, a three-second clip from 1888 captures four figures walking in circles in a garden — a fleeting moment of life, now preserved as the oldest surviving film. This brief glimpse, “Roundhay Garden Scene” by Louis Le Prince, forms the foundation of UC Santa Barbara art professor Jane Callister’s latest work, “Movie Minds: Memories of Film.” Callister’s project, which she began two years ago with a Faculty Research Grant, dives into film history and blends it with surreal imagery. Her work combines black-and-white photographs, life-sized sculptures and images of them printed on aluminum inspired by Victorian-era photography.