#23.2, Book of Mirrors
Inspired by concepts found in medieval and Renaissance optics, #23.2, Book of Mirrors was made with a set-up in which elementary optical principles are used to generate images.
12'
Netherlands
IFFR 2017
The composition of this film was influenced by the work of logician G. Spencer Brown, who wrote Laws of Form (1969), providing a wonderful account of a new kind of logic. The empty pages on which this book was written form the beginning and the end, as well as an integral part of the argument.
Also in this combined programme
#37
#37 was inspired by the work of James Whitney and in some ways is a tribute to his abstract animated film Lapis (1966).
29'
Netherlands
IFFR 2017
#67
A homage to the videos Reminiscence and Telc by Steina and Woody Vasulka, both from 1974.
16'
Netherlands
IFFR 2017
- Director
- Joost Rekveld
- Country of production
- Netherlands
- Production Year
- 2013
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 11'
- Medium
- DCP
- Language
- no dialogue
- Producer
- Joost Rekveld
- Sales
- Joost Rekveld
Programme
Joost Rekveld
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Featuring images generated by revisiting the chronophotographic techniques of Étienne-Jules Marey, this film deals with the discontinuity that lies at the heart of the film medium.
21'
Netherlands
IFFR 2017
#2
Hommage to the way daylight changes colour during the course of the day, linking this to how film as a medium captures and radiates light.
12'
Netherlands
IFFR 2017
#23.2, Book of Mirrors
Inspired by concepts found in medieval and Renaissance optics, #23.2, Book of Mirrors was made with a set-up in which elementary optical principles are used to generate images.
12'
Netherlands
IFFR 2017