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Flicker On Off is a trilogy applying the idiom of experimental film and artist's video to big-budget movies in order to speak about world affairs in what could be described as an alternate essay format. Repeat Photography and the Albedo Effect, Part 1 of Flicker On Off (2008, 8:12, sound, b&w, 16mm to digital, available on miniDV, DVD, BetaSp) Intermixes unlikely suspects to reflect upon the impact of global warming on glaciers. Boxing scenes from Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull are re-shot with a Bolex 16mm camera and then hand processed and juxtaposed against National Public Radio (NPR) reportage and British artist Katie Paterson's audio project. Sunroof (Benazir Bhutto Assassination), Part 2 of Flicker On Off (2008, 6:10, sound, b&w/color, 16mm and web to digital, available on miniDV, DVD, BetaSp) Reconsiders the December 27, 2007 assassination of Benazir Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan and leader at the time of the Pakistan People's Party. Gun shootouts in Miller's Crossing by the Coen brothers are re-shot with a Bolex 16mm camera and then hand processed and clashed against nonfiction images of rioting and a multi-lingual audio collage. All the House (Haditha Massacre), Part 3 of Flicker On Off (2008, 5:50, sound, b&w/color, 16mm and web to digital, available on miniDV, DVD, BetaSp) Collects and reconfigures far-ranging source materials to ponder the November 19, 2005 killing by US Marines of 24 unarmed civilians in Haditha, Iraq. Featured is ten-year-old Iman Walid, who witnessed the slaughter of her family. The Atlantic City massacre scene from Godfather III by Francis Ford Coppola is re-shot with a Bolex 16mm camera and then hand processed.
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Llengua: Inglés. Països: United States of America
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Master es mini dv cam NTSC falta sinopsis en catalan falta sinopsis en castellano The Flicker On Off trilogy is made possible in part by residencies at Squeaky Wheel Media Arts Center and the Experimental Television Center, and by the Experimental Television Center’s Finishing Funds, which is supported by the Electronic Media and Film Program at the New York State Council on the Arts. Note that it is possible to present either the 3-part entirety of Flicker On Off or the individual parts on their own. Selected Screenings: Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland. Festival of (In)appropriation: Contemporary Found Footage Filmmaking, Los Angeles, California. European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany. Abstracta International Exhibition of Abstract Cinema, Rome, Italy. Oblò Film Festival (OFF), Lausanne, Switzerland. Directors Lounge, Berlin, Germany.
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- Caroline Koebel (Accumulator)
- Caroline Koebel (Subject)
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