Interfering patterns based on a moving line provide a fine structure and an hypnotic film.Tekst 1999:Abstract composition of light and sound in which the mechanics and optics of cinema are not the means but the end. Images are generated using long stroboscopic exposures, resulting in a neo-primitive kind of op-art. A tribute to the scientists who laid the foundations for the film medium.
Also in this combined programme
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Cirkels
Again Van Munster tests the effects of his repetitive action on the medium, in this case video. -
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Waiting
Attentive delay and tranquillity on a station platform. Beautiful use of film material by an artist who usually works on video. -
Tourniquette
Static landscape film with one recurring action.tekst IFFR 1992:Tourniquet is an extraordinary landscape painting in time and motion. The makers used the tourniquets in the… -
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Tweeluik
Abstract animation in two parts: ‘Dutch Light’, a tribute to the source of light and ‘Nymphaion’, a tribute to the source that emerges in the… -
Cirkels
Visual artist Van Munster uses a repeated action to investigate the physical characteristics of film. How a film camera cuts an uninterrupted motion into pieces. -
Film details
- Country of production
- Netherlands
- Year
- 1999
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2004
- Length
- 23'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
