Computers Serve
Tietokoneet palvelevat
The futuristic aesthetics of Computers Serve offers an illustrative account of the history of computers, their prospects and the risks within, as seen in 1968. The voice-over accentuates the highly topical promulgation set against the dangers of monotonous office work and computer totalitarianism.
Also in this combined programme
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Electronics in the World of Tomorrow
Cut-out images from American magazine Electronics rotating on a turntable create a vertiginous effect and form the steady basis of this hypnotic film. -
Flora & Fauna
Techno buff Kurenniemi also got ‘good vibes’ from nature. In the fantastically colourful Flora & Fauna, close-ups of inchworms and spiders merge. -
The Jump
Deafening composition by Erkki Kurenniemi paralleled visually by a brief sequence shot in a street – a group of men and children seem to cover… -
Spindrift
In 1965 Swedish composer/musician Jan Bark proposed an experiment for a new kind of ‘music for black-and-white TV’. Bark’s friend Erkki Kurenniemi pro -
The Punched Tape of Life
In this satirical film Kurenniemi intuitively explores the possibilities of a symbiosis between man and machine in the light of contemporaneous knowle -
Kinescope
Eino Ruutsalo’s cinematic testament: discarded footage, kinetic experiments and unexposed stock. Treated by throwing them on the floor and walking on -
EMS Nr 1
Visionary film featuring electronic sounds Ralph Lundsten recorded at the Electronic Music Studio of the University of Helsinki on machines built by E
Film details
- Country of production
- Finland
- Year
- 1968
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2014
- Length
- 14'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
