Break Even Store
Overview of films
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The Cost of Living (Break Glass Upon Reflection)
Initiated by Mark McElhatten, this realisation of a collective project is a hommage to the originator of the idea, the late Mark Lapore. Compilatio
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In Place of Capital
A picture of the Royal Exchange building in London (1844) is used to illustrate the impossibility of capturing economic movements in a photograph.<
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010101
This loop is an ever-shifting motion painting comprised of continual waves of saturated colour. The title mimics the binary code.
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Nachrichten aus der ideologischen Antike – Marx – Eisenstein – Das Kapital
In 1927 Eisenstein had the idea of filming Das Kapital by Karl Marx. Eighty years later, Kluge rises to the challenge.
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Cold Morning
When shown in a loop, the observations of a homeless man and two pigeons, in midwinter on a boardwalk, turn into contemplation.
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Steal This Book
The publication Steal this Book documents eleven recent performance projects and, as a sculpture, is meant to be stolen. The artist explains.
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I Choose Darkness
For this deadpan, and yet moving puppet animation, Karen Yasinsky used Robert Bresson’s film Au hasard Balthazar as a starting point.
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Starting to Go Bad – New Narratives
Best known for his densely layered abstract films, Pat O’Neill now carries his concerns into a new terrain of digital video with three short films.
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Monolog
Prouvost parodies her own role as a director while turning the viewer’s attention to the ‘studio’ room.
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I Want to Run in My Mountains
For this dance macabre, Al and Al transformed their performances into animations, using motion tracking biometric technology.
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Congo Love
Warming up for the Where Is Africa programme, a live mix of imported Congolese 1970s and 80s music videos and DVDs.