Made up of previously unreleased films, this program offers a new perspective of urban aesthetics and artistic interpretations by video artists and experimental filmmakers. Since the dawn of cinema, cities have inspired artists through their creative energy, mechanical forces, and architectural geometry. The birth of the metropolis coincides with the invention of new forms of art – photography and cinema – that seem to be the ideal medium for their representation. Today cities continue to fascinate filmmakers and video artists, who draw inspiration from their shapes and energy for their shooting and editing of images in movement. The CITY2CITY DVD offers ten different visions by ten different artists and invites us to take a cinematographic trip from one city to another. Using a diversity of techniques, the works can be described through their original artistic approaches. Whether it be Worst Case Scenario by John Smith, a montage of mainly black and white photos, Exchangeable Cities by Kentaro Taki which aims to re-invent the split-screen by reconstituting a homogenous space through fragments of different places, or Marina Chernikova who with her film Crossings uses and abuses the super positioning of layers through horizontal scans. Je n’ai pas du tout l’intention de sombrer by the talented French video artist Augustin Gimel can be summed up in a simple phrase: behind buildings, there is sky. The montage consists of a rapid succession of scenes of building facawdes that invade the screen until they finally allow a bit of blue sky to appear. Another fine example of expression through editing is Sarajevo Vertical by Toby Cornish, an impressive portrait of Sarajevo that reveals itself vertically after so many years of war. The urban rhythm and musical score of the Hors Chants by Dudouet & Kaplan (trio including two video artists and one musician) results in an energetic graphical symphony that uses video shots of the unfinished cité de la musique in Strasbourg and overlays it with computer-generated motion graphics.

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	Crossing directed by Marina Chernikova, and Netherlands, Art / Artist, 2004, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:10 Through her travels, the film maker reconstructs her own patchwork city as she searches for the most condensed form of visual information possible, which also happens to be the most poetic.... more info
	Nil directed by Nose Chan, and Hong Kong, Narrative, 2001, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:11:00 The beginning of Nil starts off with a strange silence amongst landscapes void of humanity… and yet little by little Hong Kong reveals its living citizens. With scattered sources of lights, dialogues without ... more info
	Worst Case Scenario directed by John Smith, and United Kingdom, Art / Artist, 2003, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:18:30 John Smith’s film, a montage in black and white, takes place in Vienna. From his upper floor hotel room overlooking a crosswalk, the artist takes his photos then invents funny rhythmic situations. ... more info
	Sarajevo Vertical directed by Toby Cornish, and United Kingdom, Art / Artist, 2004, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:10:31 The portrait of a devastated city that runs after lost time, faster and faster, with images that repeat and resist as a audiovisual symphony, a black and white montage that leaves room for the viewers imagina... more info
	From 7PM to 7PM directed by Alli Savolainen, and Finland, Art / Artist, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:31 Sovolainen condenses 24 hours in Helsinki, into five minutes. At supersonic speed, with its cars as overexcited toys, she become a Dadaist.... more info
	Exchangeable Cities directed by Kentaro Taki, and Japan, Art / Artist, 2002, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:08:57 The videomaker rebuilds large spaces using a technique similar to « split screen » but which produces a completely different form of puzzle, open to many different interpretations.... more info
	Street Crossing directed by Pablo Altes, and France, Art / Artist, 2004, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:40 A New York street scene filmed in Super-8, and then deconstructed and reconstructed in video with a noisy sound track.... more info
	Es geht auch schneller directed by Ulrich Fischer, and Switzerland, Art / Artist, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:09:24 This film is created from slides, over a linear soundtrack that leads us to one or several stories, depending on our point of view. A station, a train, a sky…... more info
	Hors chants directed by Dudouet & Kaplan , and France, Art / Artist, 2004, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:06:44 The madness of a hungry drawing gives rise to a strange form of life within the deserted building site of the Cité de la Musique et de la Danse (Dance and Music Center) in Strasbourg (France).... more info
	Je n'ai pas du Tout l'intention de Sombrer directed by Augustin Gimel, and France, Art / Artist, 2002, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:49 A brilliant montage of photographs of tall building that seems to dance along to a magnificent abstract ceremony. ... more info

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