In Waking Hours
In 1632, Dr Plempius from Amsterdam conceived an experiment into vision. One sets up a freshly deceased cow’s eye in a darkened room and the painting that emerges perfectly depicts all the objects in the outside world. Sarah Vanagt films her niece, historian Katrien Vanagt, meticulously following the master’s instructions.
Also in this combined programme
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NOT AND OR
As Simon Payne flips, reverses and refilms black-and-white quadrilateral shapes, our brain’s powers of perception are stretched to their absolute limi
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cinéma
Concentrated work with a subtly moving mobile that creates the word ‘cinema’ with light and shadow – extending lines to a wondrous art collection.
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Sightings: Habitat
Ratté bring depth to the otherwise flat surface of the video screen by intricately layering a series of moirés and checkerboards.
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Black
At the cinema, auditorium and screen are unified in a boundless space when the lights go off. A simultaneously personal and collective experience.
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Zu Hanne Darboven/Abschliessend
1853 photographs from Hanne Darboven’s exhibition The Order of Time and Things in Madrid are rhythmically edited to her music piece Requiem, op. 22, b
Film details
- Country of production
- Belgium
- Year
- 2015
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2015
- Length
- 18"
- Medium/Format
- DCP
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