Closeup on peter tscherkassky and eve heller book peter kubelka with gabriele jutz in 1995. Outer space peter tscherkassky, 1999 you can watch it here, 10 minutes 112. Spliced, edited, tortured and perverted is tscherkasskys outer space used from archive footage of the horror film the entity. Publication of the book peter tscherkassky englishgerman, edited by. In 2005 instructions for a light and sound machine was premiered at the cannes film festival and a bilingual englishgerman monograph entitled peter tscherkassky was published. Jan 17, 2018 interview with peter tscherkassky by zeljko luketic. Interview with peter tscherkassky by zeljko luketic. It removes the ground from under the viewers feet and splits faces, like in a bad dream.
And in its sheer filmic materiality it may seem to be an anachronism in a time of hype about new technological modes. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Peter tscherkassky celebrity profile check out the latest peter tscherkassky photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study.
Peter tscherkassky films from a dark room pal dvd index. From furies feature film, tscherkassky created two short works of filmart. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. You know the entity, this film that you chose to make outer space and dream work, here in peru it was a big film. The sea ken jacobs 1994 11 mins dcp arnulf rainer peter kubelka 1960 7 mins 35mm mongoloid bruce conner 1978 4 mins 16mm crossroads bruce conner 1976 36 mins 35mm. For outer space 1999, seen above, tscherkassky chopped up and decolorized bits from the entity, a 1982 horror film starring david pescovitz 9.
Radikalno preslagivanje narativa or the radical rearrangement of the narrative hreng oris, no. Outer space peter tscherkassky 1999 11 mins 35mm bitemporal vision. Today he is acclaimed as one of the most significant film artists in the world. Commonly, as in outer space, tscherkassky begins from a state of calm a black or white screen, or a coherent piece of found footage which he then takes to the edge of absolute destruction via processes of degradation and splintering, only to return the viewer to a state of calm, their senses bombarded with a new awareness of the.
Full version of outer space by austrian avantgarde filmmaker peter tscherkassky in high quality. From outer space to you paperback october 9, 20 by howard menger author 4. The violence of outer space comes from cinemas energies and what tscherkasskys film makes visible is the visibility of cinema itself. Peter tscherkassky was born october 3, 1958 in vienna, austria. His films have been honored with more than 50 awards including the golden gate award san francisco, main prize at oberhausen, and best short film at the venice film festival in 2010. Outer space peter tscherkassky beware flashing images. The last third of the book is dedicated to an analysis of my films outer space, instructions for a light and sound. Outer space is one of seven filmworks to be included on the dvd, peter tscherkassky. In the second, michael robinsons light is waiting 2007, two sisters argue in. Excinema by akira lippit university of california press. Interview peter tscherkassky the radical rearrangement of.
By isolating, frame by frame, a found face, it attempts a reconsideration of the classical filmic bodythe body become image, whose. With its dedication to man ray and luminous rayographs, peter tscherkassky s dream work 2001 makes its debt to surrealist film explicit. All of his work is done with film and heavily edited in the darkroom, rather. Its only 10 minutes long, but i think those ten minutes capture the essence of what movie horror is all about director peter tscherkassky took a celluloid print of the entity and ran it through an untold number of experimental effects, creating something thats 1,000 times more. Tscherkasskys title could be a reference to the filmic space as interiority, the outer space signifying the violent rupture of the medium in contact with the exterior persona of the filmmaker, losing its integrity as the image is manipulated by exterior forces. Tscherkassky takes this footage from another film and creates something completely new and different, honestly making it his own genuine work. Overview of outer space, 1999, directed by peter tscherkassky, with at turner classic movies. In the first, from peter tscherkasskys 1999 foundfootage masterpiece outer space, a woman barbara hershey walks alone, we see her entering a building, presumably her home. Both dream work and an earlier film, outer space 1999, rework footage taken from the 1981 sidney furie film, the entity, in which barbara hershey plays a woman who is terrorized by an unknown and invisible entity. Peter tscherkassky so ive got much catching up to do. Watch more films by peter tscherkassky and many other austrian avantgarde and experimental filmmakers, as well as video artists at. Since 1984 he has published numerous essays on avantarde film and in 1995 coedited the book peter kubelka with gabriele jutz. All of his work is done with film and heavily edited in the darkroom, rather than relying on recent advances in digital film. In the second, michael robinsons light is waiting 2007, two sisters argue in footage pulled from an episode of the us sitcom full house, they are discussing.
Tscherkasskys light box installations have been exhibited throughout the world, including a oneperson show at the renowned gallery naechst st. Early lifeedit peter tscherkassky was born october 3, 1958 in vienna, austria. Since 1984 he has published numerous essays on avantgarde film and in 1995 coedited peter kubelka with gabriele jutz. Outer space is my favorite horror movie of all time.
Outer space is a short film directed by peter tscherkassky and in it we sort of see a horror film about a woman played by barbara hershey. This is a special opportunity to see some of his finest films on the big screen, all in 35mm prints courtesy of sixpack films and canyon cinema. Tscherkassky s dramatic frame by frame recycling, recopying and new exposure of the material, folds the images and the rooms into each other. Films from a dark room in the excellent new series of pal, region free discs published by index in austria. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. Since 1984 he has published numerous essays on avantgarde film and in 1995 coedited the book peter kubelka with gabriele jutz. May 09, 20 for outer space 1999, seen above, tscherkassky chopped up and decolorized bits from the entity, a 1982 horror film starring david pescovitz 9. The manufactured film of peter tscherkassky, by rhys graham no. It appears as if the film with the depicted train has to work its way across the screen with a great deal of effort. Peter tscherkassky official site peter tscherkassky on imdb outer space 1999. His work has run an exciting coursefrom the anarchic gesture. This is the first book in english dedicated to its historical an. Music for piano, percussion and electronics by spiros deligiannopoulos, written for the contemporary silent movie l arrivee directed by peter tscherskassky. Project muse special effects in martin arnolds and peter.
Project muse special effects in martin arnolds and. Peter tscherkassky, born in vienna in 1958, started making films in 1979. Feel free to share ideally with a reference to our vimeo channel. Furie, 1981, a psychological horror film, in which the female protagonist is pursued by an invisible ghost. The violence of outer space comes from cinemas energies and what tscherkassky s film makes visible is the visibility of cinema itself. Oct 09, 20 from outer space to you paperback october 9, 20 by howard menger author 4. From the off, from outer space, foreign bodies penetrate the images and cause the montage to become panic stricken. Peter tscherkasskys contemporary cutup films boing boing. Peter sends greetings, he very much appreciates the passion for film that has so many dedicated and loving communities all over the internet. Outer space is no longer the parallel space of the avantgarde, says horwath metacritically, but in fact the world space of cinema. His awardwinning films include outer space 1999 and instructions for a light and. The first entry is a blackandwhite film called outer space by the director peter tscherkassky.
Outer space, by peter tscherkassky experimental cinema wiki. The films of peter tscherkassky have played a central role in the reawakening of avantgarde film. Many films were viewed, many books were read in this long absence for febriblog, but as i feel compelled to write on them, i will. Synopsis a premonition of a horror film, lurking danger. Outer space peter tscherkassky, 1999 some of the best experimental films take classical genre as a bedrock, and build upwards from there. The exquisite corpus peter tscherkassky, austria attacked by nothing. This time has been taken to attempt, gasp, creative writing once again, in hopes to one. In 1990 he cofounded the film distribution company sixpackfilm and serves as its president. The sea ken jacobs 1994 11 mins dcp arnulf rainer peter kubelka 1960 7 mins 35mm mongoloid bruce conner 1978 4 mins 16mm crossroads bruce conner 1976 36 mins. Aug 14, 2019 outer space together with larrivee 19971998 and dreamwork 2001 is part of peter tscherkasskys cinemascope trilogy, which draws on fragments of hollywood films. Interview peter tscherkassky the radical rearrangement. They used to showcase it in these old huge cinemas that we had here. It literally shivers its way into the picture as if it had been incorrectly fed into the projector and was forced to do a.
Closeup on peter tscherkassky and eve heller peter tscherkassky will be in conversation with juliet jacques following the screening manufracture, peter tscherkassky, 1985, 3 min, bw, 35mm parallel space. Peter tscherkassky films from a dark room pal dvd 1958peter tscherkassky1983. A gift from peter tscherkassky and index edition outer. Outer space by austrian avantgarde filmmaker peter tscherkassky in full length and high quality. A house at night, slightly tilted in the cameras view, eerily. Peter tscherkassky exquisite ecstasies experimental cinema. Outer space is an avantgarde short film from peter tscherkassky, which should appeal to fans of david lynchs more outre pieces of work such as twin peaks. The martian by andy weir, enders game by orson scott card, the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy by douglas adams, packing for ma. Austrian film collage artist peter tscherkassky takes as his base material a section of footage from 1982 pulp horror film the entity in which barbara.
From 1989 to 2002, he taught artistic filmmaking at the linz university of arts and industrial design. Lecture and world premiere of the original 35mm version of parallel space. Transforming the materiality of the footagethe film stock itselfinto a character, his films move beyond the entity s generic categories of horrorthriller and enter an abstracted realm of the sublime. It is the most recent work of a filmmaker at the forefront of avantgarde film practice. Audrey hepburn on the set of breakfast at tiffanys, new york, 1960. From now on outer space by peter tscherkassky will be permanently available on our youtube channel in full length and high quality. He edited the book peter kubelka with gabriele jutz in 1995. Tscherkasskys dramatic frame by frame recycling, recopying and new exposure of the material, folds the images and the rooms into each other. Peter tscherkassky in halflight and fractured, staggering visuals, a young woman enters into a suburban house at night. Tscherkassky has described his idea for outer space as being to make a film in which the filmic material would permeate the marginal plot.
And, i dont want to leave aside the beautiful work on sound, typical of each one of tscherkassky s films, often composed by the musician dirk schaefer, but also by the director itself, creating optical sound tracks directly in the darkroom, as in the case of larrivee 19971998, outer space 1999 or nachtstuck nocturne. Peter tscherkassky born october 3, 1958 is an austrian avantgarde filmmaker who works primarily with found footage. Three domestic scenes tie together three seemingly diverse films. It concerns an attractive young girl entering a suburban house at night, walking tentatively down corridors while the lights flicker and pulse all around her. I surmised this through searching imdb and had my notion confirmed through reading articles posted on the excellent online journal senses of cinema, including outer space. Peter tscherkasskys films from a dark room anacinema. Like lynchs recent work on twin peaks, i take this at a most simple level as an abstraction of human interaction with supernatural cosmic.
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