On a Planetary Scale

Three Suns

Three orange circles, like afterimages on the retina. Bodies in constant motion, they get bigger and smaller again, inevitable on their paths. Their orbits leave traces whose touchpoints, overlaps and gaps bear witness to the fact that in this galaxy, too, everything is related. Direction LIA Duration 8' Country Austria Year 2013

Under the Microscope

Metaprocesses in stroboscopic macro shots. Bubbling, flickering, pulsating. Forms explode, flourish, bloom. Through the adoption and disassociation of scientific films of the 1920s, entire universes are captured in miniature. Direction Michaela Grill Duration 7' Country Canada, Austria Year 2021

Shut up Moon

Feelings, musings and dreams teeter in the dozy state between sleep and wakefulness. They form delirium. A wolf howls outside – or is it a whale? – while the moon scurries by and bares its teeth. Alongside the befriended Epson printer, the body floats through the starry sky.  Direction Gudrun Krebitz Duration 4' Country Austria Year 2014

All das All

Howling werewolves, the full moon like a disc. All the space collapses in on itself and puts itself back together. Loss of control and a state of uncertainty. A space walk through planetary conflict zones. It’s not just on earth that things are blowing up in people’s faces.  Direction Sabine Groschup Duration 3' Country Austria Year 1989

Es gibt allerdings Unaussprechliches

A poem and a cup of black coffee. Everything is floating. A dream, magic, a chain reaction – this creates a cycle beyond formalised reality. Illusion and uncertainty. A new world forms away from the familiar regime.  Direction Marzieh Emadi Duration 4' Country Austria Year 2020

Kompass

Motion study and restless exploration. How do you achieve an undefined goal? Signs from the outside world – they unmistakably and unequivocally take everything in. Internally it remains coded and inconsistent. A question of choice or circumstances? 

  Direction Omani Frei Duration 6' Country Austria Year 2021

subotopic

Deeper and deeper into unknown waters. Bubbles rise between thick algae and insect legs. An abysmal habitat, mysterious noises and creepy movements, the occasional ray of sunlight. The surface of the water becomes the bottom of the lake, surfacing and submerging, crossing parallel universes.  Direction Nikki Schuster Duration 7' Country Austria Year 2023

Market Sentiments

Yellow and red lines infiltrate the landscape. Forests, fields and coastlines are dissected, filleted and divided into a geometric grid. Ever faster, to the rhythm of the music. Rumours on land. Market Sentiments sketches out the violent fragmentation of the world.  Direction Barbara Musil Duration 4' Country Austria Year 2007

In erster Linie

Cloudscapes, billowing shapes in their outlines. Political speech acts tell of violence and excessive demand. Landscapes are reflected, upside down. Empty phrases uttered about people on the move. About escape. The vocabulary skews the perception. Over 3,000 frames, celestial bodies and experiences illustrate the gulf between narrative and experience.  Direction Veronika Schubert Duration 5' Country Austria Year 2016

Wüste

A pool? Or is it a desert? Overlays of sand and water. Flooded images, fragile textures and fluid masses form a projection room and trick observers from the dry reality into the shipping channel of imagination.  Direction Susanne Jirkuff Duration 2' Country Austria Year 2015

Aquamarine

The expanse of the ocean extends bleak, dark, sparkling across the screen. Yelling, stuttering images. Distortions and shifts destabilise perception. With threatening dynamics and violent clamping force flowing through it, an abyss appears on the impenetrable surface of the water.  Direction Billy Roisz Duration 5' Country Austria Year 2019