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GERMAN ART FILM - IMAF CM 03
Recent German Experimental
Film [at IMAF]
(curated by Michael Brynntrup)
Programm 1 (screenshots)
Konfrontationen, Irritationen, Sehnsüchte |
Confrontations, Irritations, Longings
(12 videos | 86 min | 1996 - 2002)
The first part of this program illustrates the tension between fact and
fiction, or
image and imagination. Here are poetic, documentary and narrative formats;
many of these videos include dancing people, who are sometimes observed
by hidden camera, sometimes choreographed with pleasure. These are films
somewhere between ready-made, ready-to-wear, and pop-obsession.
In the second part of this program are videos distinguished by reduction
and
minimalism in form. Their commonality is a focus in form and content on
a
specific phenomenon, using a concentrated look (even if this look might
seem
strange and foreign). The program ends with two videos which each bear
an
almost passionate melancholy. They fix their eyes towards a future
expectation, even if it's already gone by.
(MB) {translation: Wayne Yung}
Stanislaw Mucha
EIN WUNDER | (A Miracle)
7 min | 1998 | video (betaSP) | col | sound | D/Gattendorf
Is it possible to film wonders? The camera shows pilgrims, who watch a
window of a school in a small town in the East of Poland, where several
people already believed to have seen the Virgin Mary.
Stanislaw Mucha: Born in 1970 in Nowy Targ, Poland. After taking final
school examinations he studied acting at the “Ludwik Solski" Drama School
in Cracow, graduating with an M.A. in 1993. Then joined Cracow´s
´Old
Theatre´. Studied film directing at the Konrad Wolf College of Film
and
Television at Potsdam-Babelsberg from 1995-99. Was a fellow of the
Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart in 1999.
Matthias Fritsch
Kneecam No.1 | Kneecam No.1
4 min | 2000 | video (miniDV) | col | sound | D/Berlin
Real or set up? The camera as a voyeur in an extraordinary situation and
level
of intimacy. A fragment of the Berlin Fuck Parade, the anti-parade in
response to the Love Parade.
Matthias Fritsch: Born in 1976; he works with video since 1997. For his
works he got some prices in germany and italy. After learning carpenter
he is
studying "interaktive Videodesign" in Berlin. In a group of other filmentusiasts
he is organising the Independent Film- and Videofestival "Circles of
Confusion". (for more information see: www.circles-of-confusion.de)
Jannicke Låker
No.17 | No.17
11 min | 1997 | Video (HI8) | col | sound | D/Berlin+Norway
In no 17 you'll meet a Norwegian girl as she contacts a bemused American
tourist on the streets of Trondheim. She invites him to come home with
her.
He is offered tea and something to eat. Soon she starts to complimenting
him
on his physique. She makes him show his muscles and dance for her.
Jannicke Låker is a Norwegian video artist, who works and lives in
Berlin.
She has been working with video since 1995 and has until now done about
15
pieces. Her work has been described as a mixture between fiction and
documentary.
Annette Hollywood
snowworld | snowworld
8:55 min | 1998 | video (U-matic) | col | sound (stereo) | D/Braunschweig
so many times you're -- doing the same thing / and waiting for -- something
happening / open the door -- what are you waiting for / projection-reflection
--
connection-action / if you act and do -- something wrong / don't believe
you
cannot -- go on / cristallisation -- imagination / realisation -- solvation
/
reality-phantasy -- talk to me / I try to get in contact with Catherine
Deneuve
and Susan Sarandon, it is a game between reality and phantasy.
Annette Hollywood: Born in 1969; 1988-91 wood sculpturist, 1992-99
studied fine arts at the Braunschweig School of Arts, 2000 Master's degree;
2000 New York University.
Oliver Husain
RON & LEO | RON & LEO
12:47 min | 1999 | video (BetaSP) | col | sound | D/Frankfurt
Ron & Leo are twins, lovers, furry animals and a pop group in a crisis.
The
video shows their fights at the press conference, the artistic attempts
of a
solo carreer etc like a melodramatic musical. The computergenerated set
has
been constructed textures and elements found in public spaces and metro
stations.
Oliver Husain studied fine arts and film in Baroda (India) and Offenbach
(am
Main) until 1998; since then, he´s been doing performance art, music
videos a
monthly radio show; his cubicle/studio is located on the tenth floor of
an
officetower in downtown frankfurt.
Björn Melhus
NO SUNSHINE | NO SUNSHINE
6:15 min | 1997 | Video (BetaSP) | col | sound | D/Berlin
A short story about new bodies, the power of denial and a state of no
sunshine. - Two infantile bodies are floating in a cyberspace ball. They
are
simultaneously connected with two subconscious bodies in the background.
The attempt of unification and metamorphosis is interrupted by one part,
mean-while the other part is liberated. A glance over the shoulder means
destruction. The sources for the soundtrack are fragments of the childhood
voices of early Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder songs.
Bjørn Melhus studied film and video at the Braunschweig School of
Arts
(Germany) and the California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles. In 2001
he
received a one year residency at the International Studio and Curatorial
Program in New York. He works with film, video and installation since 1986.
Frank Bretschneider
BLUE TIME | BLUE TIME
4:50 min | 2001 | DV | col | sound (stereo) | Berlin
BLUE TIME is part of a series of nine films, created for the live performance
of
"Balance" (a cooperation with Taylor Deupree, N.Y., released on Mille
Plateaux). Actually they aren't films or music videos, but visual realizations
of
frequency- and amplitude behavior of the music. As they are quite reduced,
the form chosen for the visuals was as similiar. Just like the music, the
visuals were created by the aid of a computer.
Frank Bretschneider: Frank Bretschneider - born 1956 in
obercrinitz/erzgebirge; lives and works as musician in berlin; numerous
musik-cds (komet and_or_vs. bovine life, bip-hop; balance, mille plateaux;
curve, mille plateaux) and live performances (frequencies,
frankfurt/m;steirischer herbst, graz; mutek, montreal; ars electronica,
linz;
sonar, barcelona; documenta X, kassel); 1996 co-founder of
rastermusic/raster-noton.
Caspar Stracke
No Damage | No Damage
12:20 min | 2002 | video (miniDV) | col | sound | Hamburg+USA/New York
This video work is composed of approximately 80 scenes from feature
and
documentary films framing the architecture of New York City as a backdrop.
Almost all of these movies attempt to add excitement into their stories
by
including the grand Manhattan cityscape and featuring dramatic camera
angles.
Other short zoom shots and pans, that were originally intended to
indicate a location change in the film narrative , are now juxtaposed with
each
other. This results in an impression of a hybrid, distorted image
of
New York City.
Caspar Stracke: is a Video Artist from Hamburg, Germany, living and
working in New York City since 1993. Until 1996 he worked in the realm
of
Experimental Film before he religiously converted to Digital Media. His
films,
videos and installation work has been shown in numerous exhibitions,
retrospectives and festivals in the US, Europe and Japan.
Hanna Nordholt und Fritz Steingrobe
PA TAK | PA TAK
3:50 min | 2002 | miniDV (BetaSP) | sw | sound | Experimentalfilm | Hamburg
PA TAK is a love declaration to three writers and their special relationship
to
sound recording machines: Rainer Maria Rilke - phonograph; William S.
Burroughs/Gysin - tape recorder; Thomas Pynchon - brain recorder.
Hanna Nordholt and Fritz Steingrobe: live and work in Hamburg. Diverse
co-operated short films since 1985.
Volker Schreiner
RACK | RACK
5:58 min | 2000 | video (BetaSP) | col | sound (stereo) | D/Braunschweig
Three cameras on one, two, three floors of a staircase, in one time at
one
place, in one, two, three times at one place, in one time at one, two,
three
places, in one, two, three times at one, two, three places.
Volker Schreiner: since 1980 objects and sculptures; since 1988 video
works; since 1993 lectures and seminars, 1993 lectureship Staatliche
Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe, 1994-98 lectureship Hochschule
für
Bildende Künste Braunschweig, 2000/01 associate professor Hochschule
für
Bildende Künste Braunschweig
Wayne Yung
Search Engine | Search Engine
4:00 Min | 1999 | video | col | sound | CDN+BRD/Hamburg
With phone personals, databases, and internet searches, a young man uses
digital technology to remember boyfriends past, in the search for boyfriends
future.
Wayne Yung: was born in Edmonton Canada in 1971, and has since lived in
Vancouver, Hong Kong, Berlin and Hamburg. As a writer, performer, and video
artist, he has explored issues of race and sexuality from a queer
Chinese-Canadian point of view. His videos have screened around the world,
and was featured in solo exhibitions at Toronto Reel Asian Festival (1999),
Seoul Queer Film Festival (2000), Toronto Inside Out Festival (2001), and
Vancouver Out on Screen Festival (2001).
Maxi Bade
Jahrtausendwende | (Turn of the Millenium)
4 min | 1996 | Video (HI8) | col | sound | D/Köln
We look at a flock of sheep that stares at us. The view doesn't change.
In the
lower half of the picture we can recognize a digital clock that shows the
count-down. The distance between the sheep and the viewers cannot be
bridged over despite the intensive sight-contact. Do both sides stare at
each
other or do they observe an object that lies between them- maybe the
projection spot? Sheep and on-looker (viewers) stare at each other really
tense without being able to get into contact. The flock remains automative,
chewing, grazing and staring.
Maxi Bade was born in Munich in 1975. The year 1995 he spent in the
Ukraine. East Europe is the topical base of his work. He receives a grant
of
the German Academic Exchange Service in 2000 and goes to Tomsk in
Siberia. Mainly he works installative with photographs, video and performance.
Maxi Bade lives in Berlin.
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GERMAN ART FILM - IMAF CM 03
Programm 2 (screenshots)
Works by Michael Brynntrup
Works Michael Brynntrup | Portrait
(10 film/video/media-art-projects | 82 min + x | 1990 - 2002)
Michael Brynntrup has been a vital and very active part of the German
underground over 15 years, having completed numerous experimental features
(including the Super8 feature »Jesus - der Film«...) and an
incredibly strong
body of short personal works. Working from a decidedly queer bent,
Brynntrup often integrates a personal diaristic strategy, using humour
and
pathos to subvert and stimulate while creating films which are both intimate
and visually stunning.
(The Blinding Light!!, program notes, Vancouver, Fall 1999 - Alex MacKenzie)
THE STATICS - Engineering Memory Bridges
21 Min. | 1990 | 16mm | bw | sound [MBCFILM#32]
(puzzle film)
Rests and tests from the inquiry into prototypes.
Formal proofs through pregnant experiments on one's own body.
{Information sheet of the film, 1990}
Test cards, doodlings, film techniques and visual experiments - the
mechanics of film itself form the narrative of »Die Statik der Eselsbrücken«.
And again, the result is hypnotic.
(headpress Manchester, 3/91 - David Kerekes)
ALL YOU CAN EAT
5:30 Min. | 1993 | 16mm + 35mm | col | sound [MBCFILM#42]
(head film)
Safe sex in the 70ies. Bigger than life in 35mm. All you can eat in 5 minutes.
{Information sheet of the film, 1993}
Using found footage from the early 70s porn films, Michael Brynntrup creates
a humorous and titillating moving collage of mediated erotic imagery -
one
that keeps promising the viewer always anticipated cum shot, as well as
asking the question, "How 'graphic' does an image have to be before it
comes
pornographic?"
(Mix '95 New York, Festival Catalogue)
»All You Can Eat« by Michael Brynntrup takes the 'cum-shot'
to new heights
with a montage of some of the wildest, orgasmic, facial expressions ever
composed to a mellow, easy listening sound track.
(Boys On Film No.6, cover text, dangerous to know 1996)
AIDE MÉMOIRE - ein schwules Gedächtnisprotokoll
AIDE MÉMOIRE - Gay Document For Remembering
16:00 Min. | 1995 | BetaSP + 16mm | col | sound [MBCFILM#46]
(Dokumentarfilm) | (documentary)
Photographer Jürgen Baldiga (1959-1993) and filmmaker Michael Brynntrup,
-
privat discourses and personal investigations of how to deal with images
of life
and death.
{Information sheet of the film, 1995}
»Aide Mémoire«, a 16-minute short, is decidedly not
a documentary about
Baldiga's life and work. Twice Brynntrup visits his friend at home, who
is sick
with AIDS, to ask a few informal questions and to get him on tape. This
"Gay
Document for Remembering" ("Schwules Gedächtnisprotokoll"), as Brynntrup
subtitles the film, is full of gaps: it reproduces few of Baldiga's photographs
and mentions only a couple of dates from his life, one of which is his
death in
December 1993. This reticence, even omission, makes the photographer's
life
seem all the more transient and the loss that much more poignant.
(Alice Kuzniar, "The Queer German Cinema", Stanford University Press, July
2000)
HEART.INSTANT/IATION II (Autogenous Manipulations)
7:15 Min. | 1996 | BetaSP + 16mm | col | sound [MBCFILM#50]
A medium is not an abbreviation that brings one thing to another, but rather
a
third added to two. A medium is not static, not a bridge, but develops
a life of
its own whenever activated. The ECG of metempsychosis (from the genes to
the zodiac). Electrographics of the 4th Dimension.
{Information sheet of the film, 1996}
»Herzsofort.Setzung« is under no cirumstances a mindless rehearsal
of
various mediaforms. In spite of different forms like Super8, CD-Rom,
VHS-Video, colour copy or computer print, that are presented sometimes
in
an absurd manner, the single generation of the pictures are linked by the
pleasure lying in - the uncertainty of the process, also in the formulation
of the
question. What remains from the transformed man after his bath in the
media?
(Filmwinter, Festival Catalogue 1996 - Ulrich Wegenast)
TABU V (About Which One Cannot Speak)
13 Min. | 1998 | 16mm | col | sound [MBCFILM#52]
(film diary)
About which one cannot speak, one must make films.
(loosely based on Ludwig Wittgenstein)
{Information sheet of the film, 1998}
TABU V plays with the medium of film in a light-hearted and inquisitive
manner; a concentrated, intelligent and multilayered film in which wit
is
juxtaposed assuredly with profound, searching analysis.
(New York Film Academy Award - Best Short Film, Panorama 1998)
KEIN FILM
NO FILM
1:20 Min. | 2000 | 35mm + internet | bw | stereo [MBCFILM#54]
(film festival film)
One film - two originals: the internet version in online quality
(www.brynntrup.de/nofilm) and the 35mm version: coming soon to a film
festival near you! - "Film is no longer what it should have been." (Rhythm
in
the age of its digital producability, - an oscilloscope loosely based on
Eadweard Muybridge).
{Information sheet of the film, 2000}
Brynntrup's film that actually is not a film (and therefore on 35mm) reproduces
the motions of the human body, alluding to 100 years of filmmaking. Now
follows -apocalyptically spoken- the odyssey as a computer-controlled dream.
(catalogue Circles-Of-Confusion, Berlin 2001 - Thomas Kliche)
ACHTUNG - Respect (concentration chair)
14 Min. | 2001 | 35mm | bw + col | stereo [MBCFILM#56]
(sensation film)
There can be no doubt that all our knowledge begins with experience.
(Immanuel Kant, Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason, opening
sentence)
Born in the body (...and in time...)
{Information sheet of the film, 2001}
Certainly even today some viewers will be affected by this work. Respect
for
the true art of filmmaking demanded that even the closeup be kept in, where
a
razor slices through an eye.
(Warning introduction to the German archival copy of UN CHIEN ANDALOU)
TV-X-PERM. (mein Schwulsein als Auftragsarbeit)
TV-X-perm. (Being Queer As A Commission)
3:20 Min. | 2002 | DV | col | sound [MBCFILM#57]
(TV Portraitfilm) | (TV film portrait)
My Gay Self-Portrait For Arte TV. Being queer as a commission. Elastic
Reality[TM] as program.
{Information sheet of the film, 2002}
Cela dit, il existe aujourd'hui outre-Rhin des cinéastes gays qui,
vu l'évolution
des m&brkbar;urs, n'hésitent plus à se référer
à leur sexualité dans leur travail
cinématographique.
Court-circuit a donné carte blanche aux trois cinéaste allemands
Michael
Brynntrup, Ades Zabel et Philip Brüning, qui thématisent leur
homosexualité
sous des facettes très différentes.
(http://www.arte-tv.com/emission/emission.jsp?node=27207&lang=fr -
June
2002)
SILENT MOVIE For Deaf People (online)
5:40 Min. + x | 2002 | flash | bw | sound [MBCFILM#58]
(a differently abled film)
From still photography to moving pictures, from silent film to sound film,
from
celluloid to internet - "It's the viewers who make the pictures." (Marcel
Duchamp).
{Information sheet of the film, 2002}
Preis der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart für Neue Medien (ex aequo) »Stummfilm
für Gehörlose« (Deutschland 2002) - Die didaktischen Tendenzen
dieser
Arbeit strukturieren Sprache und Humor um. Das Werk, einfach in Form und
Botschaft, hat das Interesse und die Aufmerksamkeit der Jury am meisten
gefesselt. Indem auf einen zu komplexen Gebrauch von Technik verzichtet
wurde, macht diese Arbeit vielen anderen technologisch sehr determinierten
Arbeiten, die heute produziert werden, einen Strich durch die Rechnung."
(Internationaler Wettbewerb Filmwinter - Festival For Expanded Media 2003,
Begründung der Jury: Joseph Delappe, Ulrike Gabriel, Johannes Milla)
NETC.ETERA - The Film To The Film
13:20 Min. | 2000 | CD-ROM + DV | col | sound [MBCFILM#55]
(a visit to the studio)
A visit to an interactive curio cabinet - the film artist's own private
internet. - "I
have been gathering (and gathered myself into digits)." (Michael Brynntrup)
{Information sheet of the CD-ROM, 2000}
»NETC.ETERA« is an interactive visit to the studio of
filmmaker Michael Brynntrup. Brynntrup sends the visitors on a quest through
his absurdist Wunderkammer, his "personal internet." The work is a private
archive that consists of film fragments, interviews, and other characteristic
documents of his ego.
(catalogue IMPAKT Festival Utrecht, October 2001)
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