In A Radical Film, Canapa experimented with thin slices of black radish on unexposed film, a reference to film’s roots. Further Radical is the same material taken to its logical extreme on an optical printer. An effective explosion of light goes right through the dark photochemical emulsion.
Also in this combined programme
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A Proposal to project in Scope
Widescreen film format CinemaScope not as a window on the world, but a sculpture in a subtle interplay of light and shadow, sun and trees. -
The Machine
Goethe’s poem Wanderer’s Nightsong is systematically analysed. Poetry is, however, more powerful than any analysis or restructuring. -
THORAX
Informed by Marcel Duchamp’s Anemic Cinema,THORAX is an ingenious game with dazzling light, stroboscopic flickering and matching sound. -
Making a Diagonal with Music
Short film about Argentine electro-acoustic composer Beatriz Ferreyra, a pioneer of musique concrète. Featuring creaking doors and more. -
TESTFILM #1
Telcosystems attempt to hack into digital film projection to open it to chaos and creativity. Will they find the cracks in the system?
Film details
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2020
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2020
- Length
- 7'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm
