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Electronics in the World of Tomorrow

Electronics in the World of Tomorrow

Erkki Kurenniemi | Finland | 1964 | 5' |

| IFFR 2014

Cut-out images from American magazine Electronics rotating on a turntable create a vertiginous effect and form the steady basis of this hypnotic film. The soundtrack features Kurenniemi’s own first recording, the blasting noise piece On/Off. Remastered and edited by Erkki Kurenniemi and Mika Taanila in 2002.

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