Like Rothko’s ‘Colour Field’ paintings, Tina Frank’s vertical experiment is an intense experience between viewers and image, but this time it’s all about a line. Played through the Synchronator – a device that translates audio into images – the film is a visual manifestation of sound.
Also in this combined programme
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Louver
A hypnotic mechanical dance of fluorescent light fittings slowly swaying into an abyss. Horizontal images against a vertical backdrop. -
Lunar Storm
Vertical explorations of lunar maria, swarms of unstable lunar particles swirling in the ‘glowing dust fountains’ caused by solar radiation. -
Pyramid Flare
A vertical film about the most enigmatic of man-made structures, and an exploration of basic cinematic mysteries: time, form and structure. -
Deorbit
An observation mission with a mind of its own – a journey from outer space to the celluloid grain. -
V~
Geometric figures and lines come to life as an ancient creature forever creating and destroying itself. An organic geometry thriller. -
Chrome
Chrome is inspired by the Autochrome process, a colouring technique for black-and-white photographs invented by the Lumière brothers in 1903. -
Walzkörpersperre
What happens when you laser-bomb a WW2 anti-tank wall? An uncompromised barrage of light and sound explode in this 11-minute megaton film. -
Bring Me the Head of Henri Chrétien!
There’s no sentiment as bold as the one in a duel shot in cinemascope, no emotional drop as high as the one in a vertical… -
#43
Similar to cells absorbing energy from the environment to sustain themselves, the pixels in #43 feed on beautiful noise to stay alive.
Film details
- Country of production
- Austria
- Year
- 2013
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2014
- Length
- 11'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
