below

Björn Speidel / Germany / 2019 / World Premiere / 7 min.

synopsis

A surface rhythmised by reappearing image segments of a forest, gets projects during a walk, brought about also by the sound, into a space in which black-and-white and colour footage reveals monochromatic parts. These build up to create an effect of the third dimension, pulling our view into the depth and turning the ingenious schedule of the whole into a cognitive game using 3D representation.

"Below is not so much about borne suffering or the history of a memorial place. It tells more about the relation of depth-time and space-duration being interwoven in every moment of an image. " B. Spiegel

biography

German visual artist and filmmaker Björn Speidel (1976) often works with stereoscopic images and 3D technologies, using them to explore the relations between the meaning of his works and choice of medium. Using camera filters and masks, he tests the influence on viewersˈ perception and combinations of shapes and colours. He is visiting the Jihlava festival for the fourth time: in 2016, he screened his film Dead End, Rewind Reversal here.