Jonathan Calm combines video, animation, sound, sculpture and drawing to create his own narratives around the architectural and psychological spaces of New York. Reflecting the complex, and often tense, process of
gentrification in neighbourhoods such as Brooklyn, Calm1s work presents “fly-through” journeys around urban grids and their changing social infrastructures. His interest in how different systems interact is made visible in the visual parallel between urban grids and bar code graphics; an implicit commentary on how people are, in his view, ‘pigeon-holed, automated
and processed’ in contemporary societies.
Also in this combined programme
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Blame
One of the first presentations of this new work by artist David Krippendorf, who explores the connection between glamour and power, eroticism and political ideology.… -
Old Men Trilogy
Glasgow-based artists John Beagles & Graham Ramsay use the content of TV comedy shows, pop music lyrics, and junk food marketing ploys as ‘fodder’ for… -
Light Park #1
Masakatsu’s mesmeric Light Park #1 and #2 derive as much from his interest in the medium of video as in that of music, for which… -
Oh Mein Papa
Zilla Leutenegger references the aesthetics of video games and animation, creating often slow-moving, other-worldly ‘narratives’ such as Oh Mein Papa and Peak. Evoking the power… -
The Oral Thing
Drawing on the often inane and repetitive nature of daytime television, Melhus creates complex, almost surreal scenarios that parody the formats of TV religious programs,…
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2001
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2003
- Length
- 3'
- Medium/Format
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