loop pool - Graw Böckler (Ed.) 50 video loops by 55 artists
Find narrative, documentary, hypnotic, animated, mysterious, reduced, decorative, critical, subversive, hip, sad, effective, found, artistic, technozoide, drawn, photographed, silent, loud, flickering and more loops, between 6 frames and 10 minutes duration. They all last forever.
Loops from:
Steven Ball, Anders Bojen & Kristoffer Ørum, the Books, Mariola Brillowska, Mariano Cassisi, François Chalet, Szigeti Gábor Csongor, Dienststelle, Drehort St.Georg, Markus Frohnhöfer, Christoph Girardet, Ulrike Göken, Graw Böckler, Wiebke Grösch & Frank Metzger, David Hopkinson, Oliver Husain, Industriesauger-TV, Timothée Ingen-Housz, Sabina Jacobsson, Céline Keller, Nik Kern, Yvette Klein, Michel Klöfkorn, Angelika Lepper, Marta Galvão Lucas, Gabriel Malaprade, Daniel Martinico, Sandeep Mehta, Erik Moskowitz, Gregor Passens, Sig. Pipoli, Rafaël, Juan Carlos Rey, Stefan Römer, Corinna Schnitt, Michaela Schwentner, Raul Arroyo Solis, Solitonwave, Kosei Takasaki, Telematique, Myriam Thyes, Alejandra Tomei & Alberto Couceiro, Jan Verbeek, Maria Vedder, visomat inc., Britta Wandaogo, Markus Wambsganss, Herwig Weiser, Herma Auguste Wittstock & Declan Rooney, Ondi Zahora
DVD, PAL, all regions, published by www.raumfuerprojektion.de
"loop pool" is a Graw Böckler project, commissioned by the 51st International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2005.
More detail information from the inlet:
a loop is like a crack in a record
a perpetuum mobile of visual emotion
repetition brings filmic motion to a halt
it´s like a magic moment that never ends
Life
is a loop
Life
leads us to a final point. But the “everyday” seems to
repeat itself endlessly. It´s like a loop.
Perpetuum
Mobile
The
loop is the shortest form of filmmaking: a “perpetuum mobile”
of audio-visual emotion. Comparable to a never-ending rhyme or a
crack in a record, repetition brings filmic motion to a halt.
Group
Project
We
had always wanted to organize a group project with “Raum für
Projektion” and work with the filmmakers and artists who we find
interesting. Because we know from our own experience how much time
and effort it takes to make a film, we always shy away from asking
filmmakers to get involved without financing. Interesting loops can
be created with any amount of effort. They can be a by-product of
editing or an elaborately-produced sequence.
The
Spectrum
The
creative spectrum of the 50 video loops by 55 artists is broad. There
are narrative, documentary, hypnotic, animated, mysterious, reduced,
decorative, critical, hip, sad, amusing, longwinded, dramatic, found,
artistic, technozoid, drawn, photographed, flickering and
finely-observed loops between 6 frames and 10 minutes. Many loops are
silent; others have sound or music. The spectrum of the “loop
pool” DVD shows how the short format is dealt with today.
Included in the list of participants are music-video or short-film
directors, as well as visual artists and VJs.
Technical
Prerequisite
On
a DVD, contrary to on a CD, tracks can be looped. That means: At the
end of a film, one automatically jumps back to the beginning. Via the
“Menu” button on the remote control, one can exit the loop.
On
TV
It’s
fun to flip from loop to loop, or to leave one sequence on for the
whole evening: The TV becomes a “moving picture”.
Communicative
Loops
don’t demand as much attention as films do, and they create more
of an atmosphere. Because they repeat themselves endlessly, one can
also turn away once in a while to talk with someone.
Presentation
At
“Raum für Projektion” the loops are set to music by
DJs and musicians. Each piece is autonomous. The loops are not mixed.
At the premiere during the 51st International Short Film Festival
Oberhausen, Adam Butler, Christian Fennesz and Tujiko Noriko played
live to the loops. Bettina Latak, Hanna Bächer, Lars Henrik
Gass, Jade, Steffen Irlinger, Veronika and Anima played as DJs. In
the exhibition situation the 50 video loops are shown on the same
number of monitors or projections, or on a single monitor with one
loop each day for 50 days.
Raum
für Projektion
“Raum
für Projektion” is a DVD label and a temporary projection
space for showing video projects. The center of the space is a screen
which is visible to viewers from both sides. The space is intended as
a pathway between the classical cinema presentation and visuals that
one knows from clubs.
Graw
Böckler, Köln 2005
Introduction
by Graw Böckler, with Niobe, Tujiko Noriko, Bettina Latak.
Music: Donna Regina, loop from "my melancholy man", CD
"Slow Killer", Karaoke Kalk 2005. 1)
Steven Ball (London), "Beamerlooper"
2) Anders Bojen &
Kristoffer Ørum (København), "maelstrom"
- real imaginary system 3) The
Books (New York), “Get Saved Again“ 4)
Mariola Brillowska (Hamburg),
"Horrorskitown", Music: Felix Kubin 5)
Mariano Cassisi (Buenos Aires), "Viejo"
6) François
Chalet (Zürich), "hin und zurück und hin"
7) Szigeti Gábor
Csongor (Budapest), “Live Forever” 8)
Dienststelle (Frankfurt), “Neue
Stadt (Skizze 8)”, directed by Karl Kliem, Music: Alva Noto,
Composer: Carsten Nicolai, Publishers / Label: raster-noton 9)
Drehort St.Georg (Hamburg), „Kay Ida 2“ 10)
Markus Frohnhöfer (Frankfurt),
"Hightec“ 11) Christoph
Girardet (Hannover), "untitled" 12)
Ulrike Göken (Köln), "Niemand
weiss...“ 13) Graw
Böckler (Köln), "mas“, starring Leo Garcia
14) Wiebke Grösch/
Frank Metzger (Frankfurt), "Singapur“ 15)
David Hopkinson (Bristol), "ramp-loop“
16) Oliver Husain
(Frankfurt), “Gondeln” 17)
Industriesauger-TV (Köln), “Vintage
96” 18) Timothée
Ingen-Housz (Köln), "untitled" 19)
Sabina Jacobsson (Oslo), “Milk”
20) Céline
Keller (Buenos Aires), “no importa” 21)
Nik Kern (Köln), “postcard reality” 22)
Yvette Klein (Köln), “you”
23) Michel
Klöfkorn (Frankfurt), "untitled", Music: zero /
werktag 24)
Angelika Lepper (Berlin), “wr_f_th_wrlds”, Camera:
Joerg Henning 25) Marta
Galvão Lucas (Lisboa), "Gasometer" (fragment)
26) Gabriel
Malaprade (Paris), “Scooter” 27)
Daniel Martinico (Los Angeles), “Kiss
Me Loop” 28) Sandeep
Mehta (Köln), “hihi” 29)
Erik Moskowitz (New York), “AB
1-8”, Music: Erik Moskowitz 30)
Gregor Passens (München),
“Unterdruck” 31)
Sig.Pipoli (Milano), “Never never plan”, Sound:
Stefano delle Monache 32) Rafaël
(Bruxelles), “Denis” 33) Juan
Carlos Rey (Berlin), “0:0” 34)
Stefan Römer (Köln), "The
Analysis of Beauty" 35) Corinna
Schnitt (Köln), "untitled" 36)
Michaela Schwentner (Wien), “kool
loop” 37) Raúl
Arroyo Solís (Barcelona), "25 enero" 38)
Solitonwave (London), “The fine
structure constant” 39) Kosei
Takasaki (Tokyo / Köln), "Mann in weiss",
Actor: David Köhne 40) telematique
(Berlin), “construction”, Music: Aaron Day 41)
Myriam Thyes (Düsseldorf), “EU
2020?” 42) Alejandra
Tomei & Alberto Couceiro (Berlin), “Passato rennt!”,
Production: Animas-Film. 43) Maria
Vedder (Berlin), “Surfing”, Actor: Wolfgang Vollmer
44) Jan Verbeek
(Bonn/ Tokyo), “Tokyo” 45)
visomat inc. (Berlin), “Jugando por
la vida”, Audio track: Un Caddie Renversé dans l´Herbe
"Rewinding on no (still there)” from the CD "Some Nenu
Songs" 46) Markus
Wambsganss (Berlin), “Splitter” 47)
Britta Wandaogo (Köln), “winneba”,
Camera: Susanne Freibichler 48) Herwig
Weiser (Köln/ Wien), "untitled", courtesy of
Galerie Lisa Ruyper 49) Herma
Auguste Wittstock & Declan Rooney (Braunschweig /
Amsterdam), “Duo” 50) Ondi
Zahora (Köln), “Bad news from the Stars 2”,
Music: Skua Lovelle "Nansen Ridge", taken from: The Morris
Jesup Rise. Label: Italic
“loop
pool” is a project by Graw Böckler, grawboeckler@gmx.de
Commissioned
by the 51st International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2005
www.kurzfilmtage.de
Translations:
Victoria Riccio, DTP Operator: Andrés Krause, Artwork: Graw
Böckler
DVD
mastering and replication: SVK Media-Service GmbH,
www.svk-mediaservice.de
A
"Raum für Projektion" DVD release,
www.raumfuerprojektion.de
Many
thanks to Lars Henrik Gass, Jessica Manstetten, Wolfgang Burat, Anna
Prangenberg, Heike Thelen, Carlos Alberto Ulloa Uribe, Lena Böhm
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