Flash in the Metropolitan
The flashing strobe light used in the filming allows the viewer to see the objects as if in animation. The viewer is only granted a fleeting glimpse of a series of artefacts, which, with any detail removed, reduces their status to an icon without a narrative.
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Fata morgana
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Der Spiegel
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Goude Revolution
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Mapping Journey
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Pauillac, Margaux
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Five-Minute Romp Through the IP
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Marcel Broodthaers °1924
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Afghanimation
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4_Wheel WarPony
The Apaches absorbed modernity in the 1880s, yet they managed to continue refining and retaining their way of life; so too do today’s White Mountain A
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Hopp
Still images show the result of the many attempts made by mother and son to make the perfect action photo of the boy on his snowboard.
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Pas de deux
A duel in parliament transformed into a duet; meaningless words from two right-wing politicians turn into a dance of word, sound and gesture.
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Earth of Delightful Gardening
A sparkling walk through a garden in which time and space do not behave in a linear fashion and targeted viewing is briefly irrelevant.
Film details
- Country of production
- UK
- Year
- 2006
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 3"
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
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