One of the most absolute films ever conceived, this ‘metric’ film derives its title from the friendship (and sponsorship) of fellow artist Arnulf Rainer. The same radical reduction was also pursued in the ‘Flicker films’ made by Tony Conrad, Paul Sharits and others. With a very different outcome each time.
Also in this combined programme
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Miles from Anywhere
A study of surface and environment releasing energies from intimate objects. -
Magischer Schnittplatz
What and for how long does a camera see when it is sawed up from front to rear? -
One
Reproduction of Ono’s Lightning Piece, in which a match is struck and allowed to burn all the way down. -
Raw
An abstract film based on sensation and perception, which addresses the body rather than the mind. -
She Did See
With a fragment of a William Gibson text as the starting point, this tape also re-reads existing newsreels and documentary images. -
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Cricket Requiem
A hand-painted and step-printed film with a symphonic play of colours and blacks. -
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Staggerings
Elements of the natural world are cut up and re-ordered in a slow relentless state of transformation.
Film details
- Country of production
- Austria
- Year
- 1960
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2000
- Length
- 7'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
