Animated Concerto’s: Kirsten Winter, Mati Kütt
Kirsten Winter continues the tradition of the animators who see animation as a form of visual music. Restored Weekend is fictitious discovery based on Walter Ruttmann’s audio play ‘Weekend’ from 1930 – the first ever abstract sound collage. Clocks offer the impression of the working life of the 37-year old composer and pianist Elena Kats-Chernin. Escape deals with seeking isolation to flee loneliness, focussing on colour, texture, and rhythm the film expresses a period of turbulence. Kandinsky’s Violet was originally a commissioned work for performance with live-music, based on Kandinsky’s script from 1914.Lost in the shadows of Estonian animation is the work of Mati Kutt. His films blend surrealism, philosophy, and humour with diversity in style. All of his films possess an operatic grandiosity. Smoked Sprat… is a surreal and comic opera about a man who lives unhappily under the sea. A fish grants him three wishes. The man asks for a woman, a big penis and a ministers portfolio. Another unique anti-fairytale is Little Lily. This time it concerns a little girl who is angered at her father’s contradictory nature. He yearns to fly, yet continually kills fly. Kutt’s films seamlessly weave between dream and reality. The viewer is never certain about what is true or false. In Button’s Odyssey a button seeks to find freedom. At first it seems like free will has got a chance.
In this combined programme
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Little Lilly
A unique anti-fairytale. A little girl is angered by her father’s contradictory nature. He yearns to fly, yet continually kills flies. -
Escape
Escape deals with seeking isolation to flee loneliness. Focusing on colour, texture and rhythm, the film expresses a period of turbulence. -
Kandinsky’s Violet
Kandinsky’s Violet was originally a commissioned work for a performance with live music, based on Kandinsky’s script from 1914. -
Restored Weekend
Restored Weekend is fictitious discovery based on Walter Ruttmann’s audio play ‘Weekend’ from 1930 – the first-ever abstract sound collage. -
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Clocks
Clocks offers the impression of the working life of the 37-year old composer and pianist Elena Kats-Chernin. -
Smoked Sprat Baked in the Sun
Smoked Sprat… is a surreal and comic opera about a man who lives unhappily under the sea. A fish grants him three wishes. The man…
