Disorientating image consists of fragmentary 16mm shots of large numbers of walking people, printed in reverse. Visible spots and stripes add to the unrest. Slowly, cracks and tears appear, until eventually the emulsion completely flakes off. What remains is blank film, and silence.
Also in this combined programme
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Sound over Water
The sky and the sea meet in a deep blue underwater evocation on 16mm. Floating particles, schools of fish and film emulsion converge. -
H(i)J
Hand-processed 16mm film, extremely rich in contrast, visualises solitary silence, a figure at sea, change and conception. -
Drop
Psychedelic bubble bath, made by staining 16mm film strips, thus creating a vivid range of flowing colours and textures. -
Sahara Mosaic
From ancient Egypt to Las Vegas and McArabia: Sahara Mosaic puts the old and the new world on top of each other in an experimental… -
Dorothy (Ragged Film #4)
Hybrid film experiment encompasses both a love poem and a noise film. With music by the Japanese experimental turntablists BusRatch. -
Groundplay
Life is like a speck of dust. In Groundplay, the daily focus shifts and the camera noses about in a world on a different scale. -
28.IV.81 (Bedouin Spark)
Close-up cinematography turns a simple object into a site of meditative, celestial beauty.
Film details
- Country of production
- Japan
- Year
- 2008
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 7'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
