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La rencontre

1978 · 6 min

A slow, hypnotic performance piece where small gestures and mechanical interruptions become the whole world.

Overview
Performance by Edward Luyken in his Paris home. Luyken wears overalls like those worn by German tank soldiers. First he plays with a kind of amulet, then he makes small objects by stacking and sliding together clumps of various sizes. This activity is intermittently interrupted when Luyken has to rewind the spring of his camera every twenty seconds.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • isolation
  • art
  • memory
Places
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight3

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Details

Directed by
Edward Luyken
Starring
Edward Luyken
Runtime
6 min
Country
Netherlands

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