A bilaterally symmetrical (west to east) fusion of human, biomorphic and mechanical shapes in motion. Has to do with the spontaneous generation of electrical energy. A fairly rare (forty years ago) demonstration of the Sabattier effect in motion. Numbered after the film stock of the same name. (Pat O’Neill)
Also in this combined programme
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Documentary Footage
Morgan Fisher’s rarely seen early masterwork, in which an artist’s model gives an endlessly nuanced performance of self-investigation. -
By the Sea
Pat O’Neill’s first film (made with Robert Abel) is an observation and transformation of the fascinating forms to be found at Muscle Beach in 1963. -
Olivia’s Place
In 1966, Thom Andersen knew that Olivia’s Place would soon be gone, so he decided to make a film in order to save something of… -
Future Perfect
A camera follows a map through a defined space, while markings representing the camera’s movements appear on the film strip itself with increasing fre -
Dead Reckoning
A hand-held shot of a cross in the desert is reframed via optical printing, translating its pictorial movements to explicitly cinematic ones in a subt -
Hand Held Day
An entire Arizona day in six minutes of Kodachrome, breathtakingly contained in a small mirror held in the filmmaker’s hand. -
Mirror People
Kathy Rose’s absurdist animation features numerous grotesque characters noisily inhabiting an uncertain and uneasy environment. -
Venusville
The two filmmakers had a bet: how easily can you tell the difference between a moving image of a still object, and a freeze frame…
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 1967
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2011
- Length
- 11'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
