Mechanical Mosaik

All the shots of the slapstick comedy A Film Johnie (1914) are shown simultaneously in a symmetrical grid, one after the other Each scene, from one cut to the next, from the first to the last frame, is looped. A pulsing visual polyrhythm is produced as a result, because of the shots' varying lengths. The total length of the mosaic film corresponds precisely to that of the original.
Austria
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2010


Script
Norbert Pfaffenbicher

Editing
Norbert Pfaffenbicher

Production
Norbert Pfaffenbicher

Music
All the shots of the slapstick comedy A Film Johnie (1914) are shown simultaneously in a symmetrical grid, one after the other Each scene, from one cut to the next, from the first to the last frame, is looped. A pulsing visual polyrhythm is produced as a result, because of the shots' varying lengths. The total length of the mosaic film corresponds precisely to that of the original.

Festivals
14th Festival on Wheels
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