FENOMEN

director: Sigma Group

original title: FENOMEN

country: Romania

year: 1986

running time: 7 min.

synopsis

This celebratory ode to the life of the potato explores the structures and shapes of the root vegetable with a monumental orchestral accompaniment and the help of a dynamic camera. Dazzling rays of sunlight penetrate the wicker incubator and illuminate in backlight the impressive tangle of roots and wrinkled skin of the agricultural crop.

biography

Sigma was a group of Romanian experimental artists active between 1969 and 1980. It was created by members of the teaching staff of the Academy of Fine Arts in Timisoara, including Stefan Bertalan, Constantin Flondor, and Doru Tulcan. They were influenced by Bauhaus and Constructivism.