Archive for April, 2005

Songs (N°1): Alice 2005

02.04.2005

single channel video
4min
SD Pal

Series of short videos interpreting pop songs: ‘Song for Alice’ by Keren Ann.

Alice: The sequence shot evokes a street at night and a fire of which one believes responsible a homeless woman. An installation with suspended hairdryers and flying plastic bags as stagecraft elements.

performer: Christoph Oertli

Songs (N°2): Orfeu 2005

02.04.2005

single channel video
4min
SD Pal

Series of short videos interpreting pop songs: ‘Orfeu’ by Maria Bethania

Orfeo in the world of the dead; urged by Euridice, he turns around and looks at her and she immediately dies. An intimate and passionate text spreads out on the grounds of a hospital.

Performer: Christoph Oertli

Still seeing disappeared the sailors 2005

02.04.2005

single channel video
9min 50sec (2min 20sec excerpt)
SD Pal

The video shows a group of men, gathered in the hall of a public building. The men speak, laugh and observe. Some leave and return later; they behave strangely. The unconscious rules of social behavior are disrupted by unexpected dynamics and gestures.

performer: Jean-Paul Bezzina, Mauro Bordin, Nicolas Buchoux, Nicolas Carpentier, Massimo Carrozzo, Daniel Collados, Antoine Colnot, Jean-Marc Coudert, Alexandre Delawarde, Jean-Christophe Laurier, Franklin Roulot, Ydire Saïdi, David Seigneur, Gregor Siber, Clemens Stolzenberg, Jonas Zipf.

sounddesign: Thomas Jeker