Christmas Unwrapped

Thing 84

Die Wahrheit

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Op... The opening ceremony for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, held on 24 August 2021 at the Japan National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.

Makan Malam Siska, a zoo keeper who knows bad things are happening at work, prepares an odd way to make things better.

Der Komdienstadel - Das ...

Life of Charlie Charlie, content coasting through life in small town Canada, wastes his days drinking with friends that he has little in common with. He dreams of being a successful musician, but his complete lack of drive prevents any progress. When he meets Sarah, who recently moved to town from the city, she opens his eyes to a world of possibilities. Reluctant to change, Charlie is forced to address the roadblocks in his life as the worlds of his past failures and his newly blossoming relationship collide.

Der Komdienstadel - Kraf...

Film blanc The history of modern painting includes white paintings . So why not a "white film"? This film includes images, from the oldest Romanesque cloister in Aragon, dating from the 10th century. These are diaphanous images, devoid of temporality and materiality, bordering on visibility. The repetitive and evanescent character is peculiar to a meditative state, to an illumination. The rhythm is that of the metamorphoses of the shapes of the clouds.

Jaleo The Jaleo is a summer festival on the island of Menorca (Spain) based on a parade of horses native to the island and exemplary docility, ridden by funny riders, dressed as clergymen or academicians wearing bicorns. The party lasts 24 hours without interruption. The most reckless among the public, often under the influence of alcohol, must raise the animal and move it forward on its two hind legs as long as possible. The musical motif is constantly repeated and becomes a haunting, obsessive tune. The images were captured with what I had on hand: a mobile phone that forced me to record very short sequences. The montage highlights the power of enchantment by repeating situations, gestures and musical motifs. JMB

Ombre blanche de l'homme... In The Strange Story of Peter Schlemihl written in 1813 by Adelbert von Chamisso, out of necessity of money, the hero decides to sell his shadow to the devil; this shadow is of no use to him; as much as having money. But his life of a being without shade soon becomes unbearable; he is stigmatized as a being apart and is the laughing stock of everyone he crosses. Strange story of a being become strange. So he decides to re buy it back but for that will have to sell his soul to the devil. The shadow (black) is a double that never leaves the Being. The white shadow, negative of the previous one, is obtained by means of a china plate with bas-relief motifs and lit by the back. The expression "White Shadow" thanks to its poetic power became the title of a film by Flaherty, then the name of a bookstore, which was so flourishing that by consulting google today I could not find the origin of the word.