Independent Exposure

Relevant Edition 2008

CATALOG NO. 848

TYPE Shorts Compilation, Mixed Genre

YEAR 2008

RUNNING TIME 66 minutes

DVD, REGION0 (All)

TV SYSTEM NTSC

LABEL Blackchair Collection

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For Independent Exposure's 13th year premiere edition we assembled a program of 15 works from seven countries which speak to these turbulent and energized times. In the wake of the FLDS Polygamist compound raid in Texas we present Fourteen, a film which exposes the inner working of an unfamiliar society. Power, oil and war are dealt with head-on in Missile Command and Gemini 6. This program also features this year’s Grand Prize winner, Rise, which recounts the creation of humankind. This powerfully relevant compilation shows the effect our daily news and world events have on the art created by international emerging and established filmmakers.

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	Batterie RK - Schlagzeugen directed by Carsten Aschmann Germany, Experimental, 2004, Beta, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:00 There are six passages that show the relationship between drummer and drums. The drums get his own life, and leading the drummer and the drummer has his life, and played the drums and inverse the process. The... more info
	Missile Command directed by Dr. Woohoo! USA, Music, 2008, 00:00:28 What happens when brushstrokes and paint can listen to and are driven by the emotionally provocative music of Hecq? Dr. Woohoo created software to take control over Photoshop in order to find the answer in th... more info
	6 Gemini directed by Rossana Jeran USA, Political / Social, 2007, digital video, Color, Dolby SR, 00:04:44 6º GEMINI is an experimental short film about the insatiable drive for the power, wealth and domination of oil. The films' title comes from the Sabian Symbol system, which is a set of 360 images, one for each... more info
	100 Objets Pour les Femmes directed by Sylvain Cappelletto France, Experimental, 2007, digital video, 00:03:15 "To recognize a usual object is to know how to use it." (Bergson) Women always know... (or maybe it's only the director...)... more info
	Fourteen directed by Nicole Barnette USA, Narrative, 2005, 00:07:00 A young woman comes of age in the community.... more info
	Left directed by Scott Pagano USA, Music, 2007, HD Video, Color, Other, 03:26:00 Music video for Michael Fakesch's track "Left" from his 2007 release "Dos".... more info
	Energie! directed by Thorsten Fleisch Germany, Experimental, 2007, HD Video, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:05:09 From a mere technical point of view the tv/video screen comes alive by a controlled beam of electrons in the cathode ray tube. For 'Energie!' an uncontrolled high voltage discharge of approx. 30.000 volts exp... more info
	Close & Low directed by Jeff Winch Canada, Documentary, 2006, digital video, B&W/Color, Dolby A, 04:30:00 An unassuming black-and-white foxhound offers clues to understanding loss, loyalty and forgiveness. Using x-ray images and home movies, close & low explores the dog’s raw and noble qualities and how they elud... more info
	Rise directed by Ryan Jeffery USA, Experimental, 2007, 16mm, Color, Dolby A, 00:07:00 Each film plays as a chapter recounting the creation of humankind in a fantastical manner. The first chapter Fallen, depicts an Eve-like character’s introduction to technology and the divine consequences of ... more info
	Trespass directed by Jym Davis, William Haun and Kenny Jensen USA, Experimental, 2008, HD Video, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:23 Trespass could be described as falling somewhere between a loose narrative short film and an experimental music video. The action is as follows: (1) two figures wander in the ruins of a settlement, overgrow... more info
	The Raftman's Razor directed by Keith Bearden USA, Mixed Genre, 2005, 35mm, Color, Dolby SR, 00:07:00 An existential fable for kids.... more info
	Relax Yourself directed by Diego Mauricio Alvarez Colombia, Music, 2005, digital video, B&W, 00:03:44 A young man is lost in time and space in a strange city of strange characters.... more info
	Infinite Range directed by Erik Rasmussen USA, Video Art / Film Art, 2006, HD Video, Color, Other, 00:01:53 Inspired by The Beatles' 'Happiness (Is a Warm Gun)' and Radiohead's 'Paranoid Android', Infinite Range is a reaction against traditional character driven animation. Noticing the songs switch in rythym and un... more info
	Yinwanggitarre directed by alexander Herzog and Bernd Norbert Würtz Germany, Music, 2006, digital video, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:03:45 synopsis yinwanggitarre The film is based on a pretty simple idea. We fixed a small camera at the hock of a fishingrod in a way that the whole underwater fishing-action could be recorded. We shot about... more info
	Underground directed by Audrey Lam Australia, Animation, 2007, 16mm, B&W, Magnetic Stereo, 00:04:20 Subway subservience subverted when a subterranean submerges the subconscious! Underground undone by undulating undercurrent! An anti-hero annihilates anticipation! ... more info