Stuck in a Groove

What do Madonna, Massive Attack and Angela Merkel have in common? "Friedrich Nietzsche" might be Clemens Kogler´s answer to this question. With the aid of a tool called Phonovideo, which consists of a turntable, video mixers and pressed vinyl, he animates images of the individuals named above in realtime, while at the same time a male narrator´s voice goes through the effects of the Nietzschean idea of eternal return on the soundtrack.
This chain of images from (and about) record albums, and also the smooth waves of lounge music, evoke a hypnotic state. But that´s not what we want, suggests...

Orig. Title
Stuck in a Groove
Year
2010
Country
Austria
Duration
4 min
Director
Clemens Kogler
Category
Animation
Orig. Language
English
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