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This program features a stunning collection of Tscherkassky's 16mm and 35mm films including Coming Attractions, winner of the Best Short Film at the 2010 Venice Film Festival.
Peter Tscherkassky will be in attendance at the screening.
Films screen courtesy of sixpack film
Urlaubsfilm (Holiday Film)
Peter Tscherkassky, 9 mins, 1983, 16mm (S-8 blow up), Col/B&W, Sound
An enchanting holiday film repeatedly refilmed begs the question of what is real and what is replica whilst offering an enthralling voyeuristic experience.
Manufraktur (Manufracture)
Peter Tscherkassky, 3 mins, 1985, 35mm, B&W, Sound
Crafted in his childhood dark room in just six days, Peter Tscherkassky's mezmerising choreography fashioned from car tyre and women's pantyhose advertisements marked his debut using the contact copying method and awoke his interest in creating films in the darkroom.
Parallel Space: Inter-View
Peter Tscherkassky, 18 mins, 1992, 35mm, B&W, Sound
“Everything written about this film is an intellectual exercise at best; experiencing this film cannot be compared with anything else” Olaf Möller.
Get Ready
Peter Tscherkassky, 1 min, 1999, 35mm CinemaScope, B&W, Sound
An idyllic day at the seaside literally slides off the screen in this quick-witted cinema trailer for the 1999 International Film Festival Viennale.
Instructions for a Light and Sound Machine
Peter Tscherkassky, 17 mins, 2005, 35mm CinemaScope, B&W, Sound
Sergio Leone's classic The Good, The Bad and the Ugly provides Tscherkassky with a canvas on which to create a hyper-kinetic marriage of sound and vision that celebrates and deconstructs the very nature of the filmstrip.
Coming Attractions
Peter Tscherkassky, 25 mins, 2010, 35mm, B&W, Sound
The trinity between early cinema, the avant-garde and advertising is playfully explored in Coming Attractions. Winner of the Best Short Film at the 2010 Venice Film Festival.
