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Blätter im Herbst (Leaves in Autumn)
2018 16mm colour silent 4min
Distribution: Canyon Cinema · Light Cone

In Blätter im Herbst (Leaves in Autumn) a color negative was exposed multiple times and cross-processed to a positive by hand. The motif of leaves moving in the wind, which fascinated audiences with the invention of film, is taken up and transformed into an other-worldly experience.

A breeze gently brushes through the branches, light violently flashes in the cracks of celluloid. It used to be summer, now it is autumn.

The title is an homage to Kurt Kren's structural film Bäume im Herbst (Trees in Autumn).

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Austrian Filmmuseum, Austria Blickle Kino, Austria Dresdner Schmalfilmtage, Germany filmkoop wien, Austria Fracto, Germany University of Chicago, USA GROW II, Blickle Kino (curated), Austria Cinema Expanded @ Diagonale Forum, Austria 16mm double projection @ Austrian Filmmuseum, Austria Analogfilmwerke Hamburg, Germany