Rawfilm
Birgit Hein, Wilhelm Hein Rohfilm, DE, 1968, 20', 16 mm
Sound: Christian Michelis
This grinding collection of images, patterns and textures made from all the physical, "raw" aspects of film focuses on the act of celluloid as it runs through the projector. It is an extreme reduction to a purely material aesthetic. The film image is "disrupted" in different ways: traces of dirt, frame lines or perforation holes appear in the picture, at other points the image freezes or melts. Positive and negative images are used. Since the original material was chosen at random and taken from existing 8mm and 16mm films, the image sizes are sometimes parallel, sometimes alternate. The velocity of the editing rhythm and mounting signal noise reinforce a "rawness" directed persistently against narration.
Wed 24/9 Kino SC 16:00
