Conner’s freewheeling camera chases morning light in a hypnotic blur of colour and multiple exposures. This is his last completed film, derived from the 8mm footage of Easter Morning Raga (1966). Originally shown with a Beatles soundtrack, the film was never released. Conner reset the earlier material to a version of Terry Riley’s In C (1964) recorded by the Shanghai Film Orchestra in 1989. This shift in timbre beautifully matches the radiance of this optical poem. (Mark McElhatten)
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Dawn
A face and a streetlamp in the background, flashing on and off. We produce the motion in between the frames ourselves. -
SHU
Shot in 2004, SHU shows an isolated high-security prison in the Californian Mojave Desert at the time of the Blue Hour. -
Quiero Ver
On the 13th of each month, hundreds of people gather at a site in the Mojave Desert to see visions of the Virgin Mary appear… -
Affection exonérante
A heliocentric, obsessive mediation about our natural source of light. Shot with a cell phone. -
12 Explosionen
Twelve times Johann Lurf sets off firework in the nocturnal streets: cheerful images without words. -
They Shine
The Mojave desert. Endless rows of solar mirrors slowly revolve, reflecting their surroundings. A voice recounts local stories. -
1859
A meditation on light, filtered through a Fresnel lense, which can ignite objects on contact. ‘LSD is illegal, 1859 is not.’
Film details
- Productieland
- USA
- Jaar
- 2008
- Festivaleditie
- IFFR 2009
- Lengte
- 10'
- Medium/Formaat
- Betacam Digi PAL
