Weissfilm

A flickering, scratchy meditation on light and decay, demanding patience as the physical film itself slowly wears away before you.

Directed by

Birgit Hein, Wilhelm Hein

Overview

With WEISSFILM (White Film) the Heins ended a ten-year period of producing structural films: works that drew attention to the mediating presence and function of the film material itself. This comparatively short film consists of strips of transparent and semi-transparent film leader, which are roughly spliced together. There is no negative; the film only exists in this one original print. Neither copies on film or video, nor a conversion into a digital format were ever made. With each screening that adds dust and scratches to the material, Weissfilm changes its entity (Florian Wuest)

How it feels

Eerie, melancholic and absurd. Slow-burning and demanding.

About

Art, memory, aging

Content

No violence, gore, sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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