‘A heliocentric, obsessive mediation about our natural source of light. Affection, which can destroy, can also produce solace. The intense brightness (and implied heat) and flicker suggest a sexual intensity and yet a kind of ominous destructiveness. We live in a material and a luminous world. Shot with a cell phone.’ (YB)
Also in this combined programme
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Dawn
A face and a streetlamp in the background, flashing on and off. We produce the motion in between the frames ourselves. -
SHU
Shot in 2004, SHU shows an isolated high-security prison in the Californian Mojave Desert at the time of the Blue Hour. -
Quiero Ver
On the 13th of each month, hundreds of people gather at a site in the Mojave Desert to see visions of the Virgin Mary appear… -
12 Explosionen
Twelve times Johann Lurf sets off firework in the nocturnal streets: cheerful images without words. -
They Shine
The Mojave desert. Endless rows of solar mirrors slowly revolve, reflecting their surroundings. A voice recounts local stories. -
Easter Morning
A hypnotic blur of colour and multiple exposures. The last completed film of the legendary Conner, with music by Terry Riley. -
1859
A meditation on light, filtered through a Fresnel lense, which can ignite objects on contact. ‘LSD is illegal, 1859 is not.’
Film details
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2008
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 6'
- Medium/Format
- DV cam PAL
