Monday, July 13, 2009

Light // Ljós // Licht - photo film by Gerald Zahn

Light // Ljós // Licht

... shows the view from the SIM studio building in Reykjavík :-)

film by Gerald Zahn http://www.geraldzahn.tk/
music by Lokai http://www.lokai.at/

DVD Pal 2' 52''Austria / Iceland © 2007 / 2009


Light // Ljós // Licht from Gerald Zahn on Vimeo.



With the traveler’s fascination for the foreign mundane, the artist documents the view from the same window during Icelandic season of almost 24-hour daylight. The photo-film moves through a succession of delicate tones, where the light and the depth of the landscape are eventually completely transformed. However the curves of the streetlights remain static and the lamps invariably unlighted. The soundtrack to this film was recorded by the Viennese experimental electronic band Lokai for their forthcoming album “Transition”, to be released by Thrill Jockey.