‘Henry James had his figure in the carpet, Da Vinci found faces on the wall. Within this Baltimore wallpaper: a floral forest of hidden depth and concealment, the hues and fragrance of another era. Surface decoration holds permeable planes, inner passages. There emerges a hypnotic empyrean flower, a solar fossil a speaking anemone, of paper, of human muscle, of unknown origin, delivering an unreasonable message of rare tranquility.’ (Mark McElhatten)
Also in this combined programme
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Glacier 60000
A photographic image of a glacier is gradually broken down – ‘melted’ – via a series of transformations, into an entirely abstract composition. -
Sync Up Element
An incantatory and self-combustible mix of images, as seen while having epileptic seizures. By an erratic master of low tech DIY video. -
Two Times 4’33”
Based on John Cage’s composition 4’33” (1952), the artist filmed two performances of the same piece to explore the impact on the viewer. -
Pasajeros peregrinos pilotos
Pasajeros pelegrinos pilotos shows commuters and pedestrians on their daily track. Each person has an imaginary Doppelgänger. -
Infection Transmission Event / Cloudy November
A bleak laboratory experiment in the vein of Wittgenstein’s and Burrough’s investigations into the enigma of language. -
Once
An excerpt from Rilke’s Ninth Elegy introduces this silent film which evokes the beauty and brevity of life. Images shimmer in an uncanny light. -
10,000 Copyrighted Images
This exercise in maximum velocity copyright infringement is poised between the logic of intellectual property and the limits of human perception. -
Without You
A colourful exploration of London’s industrial suburbia, focusing on an imaginary circle drawn at a 10 mile radius from Charing Cross.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2008
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 5'
- Medium/Format
- DV cam NTSC
