A history of austrian avantgarde cinema, edited by peter tscherkassky, filmmuseumsynemapublikationem, a book by sixpackfilm, vienna, 2012. Peter tscherkassky peter tscherkassky to view with netscape 4. Watch dreamwork and other films by peter tscherkassky on. Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. A confrontation with the codes of narrativerepresentational cinema is one of peter tscherkassky. He is currently working in creative partnership with soundperformance artist vicky langan. Index edition 008 peter tscherkassky films from a dark room. Kurt kren september 20, 1929 died in vienna on june 23, 1998 was an austrian avantgarde filmmaker. Brad stevens, monte hellman, guy maddin, peter tscherkassky, eve.
It appears as if the film with the depicted train has to work its way across the screen with a. An initial mapping of an expanding territory, in film unframed. Peter tscherkassky is an austrian avantgarde filmmaker who currently works exclusively with found footage. The label index was founded in 2004 to release audiovisual publications relevant to the history of international and austrian film, video and media art. While engaged in a process of deconstruction, peter tscherkassky also recognizes the power of cinema, utilizing its control over space and time, in. Analogue was a given, but we all know how quickly its become an anomaly.
Lebenslauf peter tschernig wurde 1945 in chemnitz geboren. Tscherkassky not only presents beautiful and haunting images, but also forces the audience to rethink the traditional conception of film and film narrative. Archdaily chinas 2020 building of the year awards are now open for nominations. As the door closes behind her, both the physical space and the surface of the projection begin to splinter, collapse and rupture. He is best known for his involvement with the vienna aktionists and the group of films that resulted, although this accounts for only a part of his career, and he later returned to the structural roots of his third film 360.
Peter tscherkassky born october 3, 1958 is an austrian avantgarde filmmaker who works primarily with found footage. Advanced traffic analysis of aerial video data aerial monitoring overcomes the limitations of traditional methods of traffic data collection due to its mobility. The 68th cannes film festival was held from to 24 may 2015. The countershot shows a smiling woman, and her wholly unambiguous facial expressions call our attention to the images lefthand side, where film clips take shape in a flickering split screen. Our agreements with the content provider dont allow purchases of this title at this time. Culture film features short films brief encounters of the increasingly popular kind short films are the fastestgrowing section of the movie business, with major directors, big brands, and. Trailer music for viennale 1999 get ready produced by peter tscherkassky. He collaborates with artist esperanza collado in the multidisciplinary art project operation rewrite and with. Since the coen brothers each received a separate vote, they were joined by seven other jurors to form the customary ninejuror panel. All of his work is done with film and heavily edited in the darkroom, rather than relying on recent advances in digital film. Tscherkassky radically reworks the original, and what results is a 15minute hallucinatory piece that can only be described as filmic demonology. Boston cambridge newton, manh spokane spokane valley, wa.
The title is borrowed from the game invented by the surrealists in paris in the 20s, where players blindly contributed a. Maximilian le cain has made more than ninety short, medium and feature length experimental films and videos over the past decade. Andrea tscherkassky aus mistelbach niederosterreich andrea tscherkassky fruher aus mistelbach in niederosterreich hat folgende schulen besucht. Coming attractions and the construction of its images are woven around the idea that there is a deep, underlying relationship between early cinema and avantgarde film. Myriad fragments are melted into a single sensuous, humorous, gruesome, and ecstatic dream. Master class of peter tscherkassky starts with the screening of instructions for a light and sound machine, premiered at cannes iff as part of the independent section, quinzaine des realisateurs. Towards a critical aesthetics of cinematographyo 198586. The exquisite corpus is based on various erotic films and advertising rushes. Short films brief encounters of the increasingly popular. Watch outer space and other films by peter tscherkassky on.
It was the first time that two people chaired the jury. In the space of only a few years, peter tscherkassky s forays into the physicality of celluloid, its sprockets and optical soundtrack strips is now quaintly labelled as analogue work whilst digital has become the norm. Peter tscherkassky quoted by alexander horwath, ibid. They are not publicized or talked about and, if they are. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. A dream narrative of a sleeping beauty a nudist found unconscious on a beach intertwining different films, different bodies, caresses, screams of shock and cries of ardour, the exquisite corpus works to collapse the line between the filmed body, tscherkassky.
Cinelecture strictly handmade by 25 fps on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love. He was a key founder of paramount pictures with adolph zukor and william wadsworth hodkinson, and father of screenwriter jesse l. A negative image of a mans eyes in a cars rearview mirror. Peter tscherkassky s latest archive film orgy the exquisite corpus ends with a suggestion that the bulk of this 20minute film was the dream of one of its characters, but even with the above fact in my head i cant credit it. This compilation of short film works brings together jonas mekas many forms of expression throughout his career. Noone has a brain that can process a peter tscherkassky film in a second or two. Larrivee from peter tscherkassky is difficult to grasp and describe but exciting. The master class itself focuses on an analysis of this film. How peter strickland discovered peter tscherkassky on. Outer space by austrian avantgarde filmmaker peter tscherkassky in full length and high quality. The first entry is a blackandwhite film called outer space by the director peter tscherkassky.
Peter tscherkassky s short the exquisite corpus is a sensuous and hallucinatory blackandwhite dreamscape elegantly shaped together in hypnotic rhythms from found footage sourced from erotic films and porn of decades ago. Peter tscherkassky in halflight and fractured, staggering visuals, a young woman enters into a suburban house at night. Watch more films by peter tscherkassky and many other austrian avantgarde and experimental filmmakers, as well as. Stateoftheart technology, highquality design and craftsmanship, a functional, elegant and futuristic form, put the nalcom ftl synchro zoom super 8 camera in a. Stream and download films and series directly from their creators on vimeo on. Set in the neonlit nightclub environments of tokyo, the story follows oscar, a young american drug dealer who gets shot by the police, but continues to watch subsequent events during an outofbody experience. If one attempts to distill a constant from his films, then this must surely be the oscillation between the abstract and the concrete, between the dry and the sensual, which is the source of energy of his work. If you prefer to stream or download the films via this vimeo channel, we would like to. Today he is acclaimed as one of the most significant film artists in the world. All of his work is done with film and heavily edited in the darkroom, rather than relying on technological modes. They are shown, if ever, belatedly and isolated, in small theatres, or must be searched on dvd through the internet. At times funny, subversive, provacative, ironic, and fundamentally free, this panorama also shows us the sharp eye and acerbic wit that makes jonas mekas more than a filmmaker. Full version of outer space by austrian avantgarde filmmaker peter tscherkassky in high quality.
Let me first say that i think this is one of the best dvds index dvd has offered us so far, mainly thanks to the high quality of the films presented here. Fergus daly, brad stevens, monte hellman, guy maddin, peter tscherkassky, eve heller, claudio caldini, bill mousoulis, claudia siefen, brecht andersch. Joel and ethan coen were the presidents of the jury for the main competition. It appears as if the film with the depicted train has to work its way across the screen with a great deal of effort. The new release will precede a series of dates that include a. This new dvd compiles eight short films made by peter tscherkassky. The exquisite corpus 2015 directed by peter tscherkassky.
His films have been honored with more than 50 awards including the golden gate award san francisco, main prize at oberhausen, and best short film at the venice film festival in 2010. A tangled network woven with tiny particles of movements broken out of found footage and compiled anew. It concerns an attractive young girl entering a suburban house at night, walking tentatively down corridors while the lights flicker and pulse all around her. Peter tscherkassky and the exquisite corpus by daniel kasman. Watch peter tscherkassky ballett 16 online vimeo on demand. A woman, terrorized by an invisible and aggressive force, is also exposed to the audiences gaze, a prisoner in two senses. Peter tscherkassky has quite a unique approach to filmmaking, resulting in some of the most exhilarating avantgarde films ive encountered. Outer space agitates this construction, which is prototypical for gender hierarchies and classic cinemas viewing regime, and allows the protagonist to turn them upside down. While engaged in a process of deconstruction, peter tscherkassky also recognizes the power of cinema, utilizing its control over space and time, in order to uncover watch index edition 040 peter tscherkassky attractions, instructions and other romances online vimeo on demand on vimeo.
Invasions of all sorts occupy the film, and the frames from the original begin to reference other genres, including science fiction, the psychological thriller, even, in a strange way, melodrama. Tom gunning was among the first to describe and investigate this notion in a systematic and methodical manner in his well known and often quoted essay. They show models, cups and various types of vehicles, which are then worked over thoroughly in the next 25 minutes. It would have indicated how the films introduced here from my early super 8 phase already evidence an artistically consistent path leading to my most recent production to date, the exquisite corpus, and highlighted my endeavor since the 1980s to make the. Peter tscherkassky born october 3, 1958 is an austrian avantgarde filmmaker who works. The index vimeo channel is the platform for streaming or downloading videos legally and hence supporting the artists films by valie export, lisl ponger, kurt kren, peter tscherkassky, gustav deutsch, dietmar brehm and mara mattuschka are already available. From the off, from outer space, foreign bodies penetrate the images and cause the montage to become panic. Jesse louis lasky september, 1880 january, 1958 was an american pioneer motion picture producer. Voir is an editor and distributor of dvds and books on experimental cinema. Alexander horwath describes the film as a fake lumiere film ibid.
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