Oberhausen festival releases 'loopy' DVD collection

By Newsdesk

The result of loop pool, a project by Cologne artist duo Graw Böckler (Raum für Projektion) and commissioned by the 51st International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, is now available on DVD. The duo invited short film and music video directors, VJs and video artists from across the globe to each produce one video loop. Some 40 loops came together, ranging from six frames to ten minutes long. Styles ranged from narrative to documentary, found footage, drawn, photographed and premiered at the festival in the last spring with a live soundtrack provided by musicians including Adam Butler, Christian Fennesz and Tujiko Noriko, along with various DJs. ”The loop is both the shortest and longest form of filmmaking: a ‘perpetuum mobile’ of audio-visual emotion, comparable to a never-ending rhyme or a scratch in a record”, says Böckler. ”DVD is the only format that allows the producer to loop single tracks. This means you can experience the loop according to whatever mood you’re in: you dive in at any point, then flip from loop to loop, or you leave one sequence on for the whole evening. The loops can become the backdrop for meditation or entertainment - the television screen becomes a ‘moving picture’.” The 2006 edition of the festival is currently open to submissions. DVD info

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