Piesa Grindin` a olandezilor de la Nobody Beats the Drum face si treaba dj-ului si a vj-ului. Piesa necesita o simpla ascultare ca sa intre rapid pe repeat (sigur, in cazul unui scop concret ca dansatul pana in maduva calcaielor), iar videoclipul ar merge genial ca visuals. Ce vedeti acolo sunt fotografii animate cu bucati de lemn colorate (descris asa, pare un videoclip de tranzitie, dar rezultatul final e exact ce trebuie:). Makeing of-ul aici. Nu va mai zic enjoy, e clar c-o sa va placa.
Poate ca numele lui Sergej Hein nu va spune multe (momentan). Sergej e un tip cam ca tine, sau ca mine. Si-a trait portia de comunism in Riga si in Germania de Est, acum e student la animatie in Londra (ok, aici incepe sa difere povestea). Ce e cu adevarat tare in cazul lui e ca a luat cate ceva din culturile cu care a interactionat, le-a mixat in joaca si a iesit ceva nastrusnic si care pune un zambet zdravan pe fata oricui il vede, locatar la bloc sau nu: un tetris dintr-un bloc comunist. Alcatuit din una bucata doza de experienta comunista, niste stat la bloc, umor cat cuprinde si niste programe de editare pur capitaliste. Despre animatie am mai scris anterior, mai jos o parte din interviul pe care l-am luat lui Sergej, ca sa aflam mai multe. Interviul integral il puteti citi in suplimentul cultural din igloo de luna aceasta, pe care parte din redactia theKITE il pun la cale in fiecare luna. Enjoy:)
theKITE: The tetris block really caught my eye, as it’s quite an original parody on the lack of individuality of the communist architecture. Or at least this is how I perceived it. What inspired you to do the Tetris project?
S.H.: I think it is vary interesting that Tetris, one of the biggest symbols of Pop culture and capitalism was invented in Russia, where only a few people could play it at the time. Half of my life in Riga and Berlin I lived in very boring Block Suburbs. I don’t remember when exactly but one day I just thought, `man these blocks actually look like Tetris Bricks why don’t you combine Communist Architecture with Tetris? `
theKITE: Let’s follow this scenario a little bit: it’s 2009, you live in a communist country, and you have this Tetris block idea. What do you do?
S.H.: It is hard to give you a serious answer for this because the past communist dictatorships were somehow surreal in themselves, as you could never know what reaction you can expect from the authorities. Hm, lets say if I had a computer, Internet access, know Tetris and had a communist version of Adobe After Effects to make the animation I would probably have done it for my self and friends and spread it on the black market. Until the Soviet or GDR secret service finds me, locks me into prison and brainwashes me until I become a normal hard working artist who makes nice Animations of workers praying to their communist leader.
theKITE: You were born in Latvia and then spent your childhood in East Germany. That’s a heavy ‘block living’ repertoire:) So how was your ‘living in a block ‘ experience?
S.H.: When I think back to the times when I was a child I must say that it was nice to grow up in a Block suburb. It was so cool to play on the playground in there middle. When your mother finished dinner she just opened her window and screamed “Chiiilllldren” and you run upstairs. When I was older and able to rent my own Apartment (Block flats in Berlin are cheap as hell, because nobody wants to live there) I missed the lack of Individuality. Guess you know that, if you come home from work or university, driving through miles and miles of the same block design you feel kind of trapped.
theKITE: You seem to enjoy the utopic/real mixture. Can you give us some examples of similar projects you are particularly impressed with?
S.H.: Nothing similar but I quiet like the work of some Music Video directors or Animators. Check out the work of Leo Le Bug and Megaforce, some Franch guys who are making amazing music videos (http://www.myspace.com/themegaforce). I also think that there is much more stuff to come from Jordon Clarke (http://www.vimeo.com/jvc), Team G (http://www.vimeo.com/teamg) or Bent image Lab (http://www.vimeo.com/bentimagelab) where you definitely have to check out the “Whale Song” which is a visual master piece in my eyes.
theKITE: You are interested in both animation and photography. Who should we keep an eye on from the new promissing generation of animation artists and photographers in London?
S.H.: That’s a tough one. There are so many amazing Artists in London. I am quite used to a good quality of work from my Berlin days but in London there is just so much more going on. I actually like the work of Max Hattler (http://www.maxhattler.com) or Pia Borg.
Ha, v-am captat atentia. Ei bine nu l-a votat inca nimeni, dar e de departe cel mai tare de anul asta. Asa ca e doar o chestiune de timp sa fie oficializata toata treaba. Micropeisaje si gheatza sonora. Enjoy.
Pornind de la posterul iconic al lui Fritz Kahn – Der Mensch als Industriepalast (Omul ca Palat Industrial) Henning Lederer a facut aceasta animatie/instalatie, numita la fel si in ton cu principiile estetice moderniste care au facut imaginea initiala o legenda:
Imi place foarte foarte mult. M-am uitat pe cateva dintre ilustratiile lui Fritz Kahn, care sunt fantastice, mai ales daca le insotesti cu anii aparitiei lor – 1920. Pe atunci analogiile anatomico-industriale ale lui Kahn erau intruchiparea modernismului, iar acum sunt vintage items de cult.
Ceea ce mi se pare extraordinat la animatia asta e ca nu e nici colo nici colo – nu se inchina nici modernismului nici vreunui cult pentru graphic vintage (cel putin nu fatis). E misto tocmai pentru ca e nepretentioasa conceptual, simplista si complet depasita – adica pur si simplu o poveste frumoasa pentru copii.
Oricum, in comparatie cu toate kitschurile SF care care imi zboara mie prin cap in momentul asta daca ma chinui sa fac analogii intre coprul uman si o masinarie (ceva cu androizi si macro-circuite, oricum chestii muuuult mai greu de vizualizat), imaginile lui Henning Lederer mi se par de un bun gust nesperat.
Pe langa asta, e printre primele instalatii la care ma deranjeaza destul de putin zgomotul ala insuportabil de pe fundal, pe care dealtfel am senzatia ca l-am auzit de mult prea multe ori in casti prin camere obscure de muzee. Pentru ca aici macar face parte din explicatie.
ne place sau ne place? bine, mie nu imi place plastilina, mi se pare putin scarboasa, dar se pare ca am o slabiciune pentru videoclipuri stop motion animation, mi se par… of, mi se par emotionante… asta pentru ca de obicei se muleaza pe piesele lor pana cand nu le mai poti desparti – video-ul de muzica… si piesa asta imi place multicel
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Bine v-am gasit:)
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