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Pinhole Camera and No Camera

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"In this film, it is just a question of light and the absence of light, and how these fundamental elements of cinema evolve over time. The simple succession of these two states creates an energetics of movement." (...)

1305

Maximal intensity obtained by the simplest means of recording moving images, a hand-made camera obscura.

La Palombière

"The first sound film with a 35mm cardboard pinhole movie camera. Shot in the corridors of Monsieur Roumégoux’s wood pigeon trap in Baillon forest. Sabres, April 2002. Sound effects and voice: François Bon." (...)

Roeien (Rowing)

Shots of a rower in a boat, initially created to be shown as a loop in an installation.

New York Zero Zero

"Film on New York and its surroundings. My eye wanders around the city, I investigate the question: how does one inhabit the city today?" (J.S.)

Amsterdam Reconstruction

" A portrait of Amsterdam, through a stroll across the building sites where the Maison Descartes fi lm theatre, the Rijks Museum, the Stedelijk Museum, and the W139 are being reconstructed. The visit comes up against a poetic vision of (...)

Machin-Oog (Machine-Eye)

"The quest for the perfect image of the late modern apartment district the Bijlmermeer in Amsterdam South-East. It is a chronological report on archiving the essence of the honeycomb apartment buildingcomplex being demolished." (A. A., J.-F. (...)

Degradation #1, X-Ray : Shroud of Security

An experiment to test the sensitivity of 16mm film to the rays of airport detection gates.
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