Country: Germany
Year: 2008
Duration: 11'
Glare, reflections and flashes of light illuminate and disturb the shots
of gazes, close-ups of human faces and appointments at the eye doctor.
“The look with which we comprehend the world and which it casts
back at us in response breaks up in ‘contre-jour’ into disquieting
fragments. Blurs, flashes and stroboscope montages disintegrate reality
into shadowy images that inflict pain on the eye. A spot light precisely
cuts the individual out of the darkness. ‘I wish you could see what I see’
remains futile hope. Blind spots gape between self-perception and the
perception of others.” (Kristina Tieke)
Biography
film director
Matthias Müller
Matthias Müller (Bielefeld, Germany, 1961) studied Arts and German Literature at the Bielefeld University. He has been guest professor at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University of Frankfurt and since 2003 he is professor for Experimental Film at the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. As a curator, he organized several avant-garde film events, such as the Found Footage Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
filmografia essenziale/essential filmography
Matthias Müller:
Home Stories (cm, 1990), Sleepy Heaven (cm, 1993), Vacancy (cm, 1998), Phantom (cm, 2001), Album (cm, 2004).
Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller:
Manual (cm, 2002), Beacon (cm, 2002), 10 - Uma série de 4 curta metragens (2002), Play (cm, 2003), Mirror (cm, 2003), Kristall (cm, 2006), Contre-jour (cm, 2008), Maybe Siam (cm, 2009), Meteor (cm, 2013), Cut (cm, 2013).
Christoph Girardet
Christoph Girardet (Langenhagen, Germany, 1966) studied fine arts at the Braunschweig School of Art. He started producing video installations in 1989 and started his collaboration with Matthias Müller in 1999. Solo exhibitions of his work have taken place at institutions such as the Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna and the Sean Kelly Gallery in New York. He now lives and works in Hannover.
FILMOGRAFIA
Christoph Girardet:
Schwertkampf (cm, 1991), Fieberrot (cm, 1993), Release (cm, 1997), Scratch (cm, 2001), Absence (cm, 2002), Nero (cm, 2006).
Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller:
Manual (cm, 2002), Beacon (cm, 2002), 10 - Uma série de 4 curta metragens (2002), Play (cm, 2003), Mirror (cm, 2003), Kristall (cm, 2006), Contre-jour (cm, 2008), Maybe Siam (cm, 2009), Meteor (cm, 2013), Cut (cm, 2013).
Cast
& Credits
regia, soggetto,
sceneggiatura, montaggio,
musica, suono, produttori/
directors, story, screenplay,
film editing, music,
sound, producers
Christoph Girardet,
Matthias Mu?ller
fotografia/cinematography
Christian Girardet
interpreti/cast
Elisabeth Masé,
Ralph Kostrzewa
vendita all’estero/world sales
Arsenal Experimental
sceneggiatura, montaggio,
musica, suono, produttori/
directors, story, screenplay,
film editing, music,
sound, producers
Christoph Girardet,
Matthias Mu?ller
fotografia/cinematography
Christian Girardet
interpreti/cast
Elisabeth Masé,
Ralph Kostrzewa
vendita all’estero/world sales
Arsenal Experimental
