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Structures of Nature

Synopsis: 

'Structures of Nature' is an audiovisual journey through the inner worlds of experiences in the form of a three-part interaction between four narrators, twelve violoncellos, emergent sound events and rhythmicized synaesthetic video sequences. A symbiosis of visual processes as well as natural and artificial sounds created from human speech and string instruments.

Images, music, speech and sounds are commensurate compositional elements that lead the viewer through various micro- and macroscopic structures of nature in a literal and transcendent sense, making them sensuous to the eye and ear.

'Structures of Nature' shows different facets of the cosmos like chemical creations, sociological and physical principles of form, and also mathematical formulas as symbols for uncompromising order or one´s radical suicide for the benefit of the community. The work includes creation and destruction, as well as insect and natural sounds generated from human speech, symbolizing the expression of a swarm-like emergence, the inner conflict beyond time and space in the form of a letter written in futility or even the direct poetry of physical perception.

Runtime: 
00:18:38
English subtitle: 
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Information for the Audience: 

'Structures of Nature' is an audiovisual journey through the inner worlds of experiences in the form of a three-part interaction between four narrators, twelve violoncellos, emergent sound events and rhythmicized synaesthetic video sequences. A symbiosis of visual processes as well as natural and artificial sounds created from human speech and string instruments.

Images, music, speech and sounds are commensurate compositional elements that lead the viewer through various micro- and macroscopic structures of nature in a literal and transcendent sense, making them sensuous to the eye and ear.

'Structures of Nature' shows different facets of the cosmos like chemical creations, sociological and physical principles of form, and also mathematical formulas as symbols for uncompromising order or one´s radical suicide for the benefit of the community. The work includes creation and destruction, as well as insect and natural sounds generated from human speech, symbolizing the expression of a swarm-like emergence, the inner conflict beyond time and space in the form of a letter written in futility or even the direct poetry of physical perception.

Screenings / Awards: 

Awards:
Winner „Experimental Short", Madrid Art Film Festival 2017, Spain
Best Experimental Short Film, Atlantic International Film Festival 2017, Barranquilla, Colombia
4x Award of Excellence (Experimental Short, Cinematography, Sound Editing / Sound Mixing, Concept), Best Shorts Competition 2017, La Jolla, USA
Winner „Experimental Short", London Cinema Film Festival 2017, England
Winner „Experimental Short Film“, London Independent Film Awards 2017, England
Best Experimental Film, Creation International Film Festival 2017, Ottawa, Canada
Outstanding Achievement Award, Experimental Film, Calcutta International Cult Film Festival 2017, India

Official Selections | Screenings:
22. Canberra Short Film Festival, Australia
Red Rock Film Festival, Utah, USA
15. Tirana International Film Festival, Albania
Director´s Cut Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada
European Short Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival, USA
Mykonos Biennale, Greece
14. Salento International Film Festival, Tricase, Italy
Austria International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria
Peekskill Film Festival, New York, USA
Mediterranean Film Festival, Syracuse, Italy
Creation International Film Festival, Ottawa, Canada
Maracay International Film & Video Festival, Venezuela
Paris Play Film Festival, France
Portoviejo Film Festival 2017, Ecuador
Near Nazareth Festival, Israel
Port Orchard Film Festival 2017, Washington, USA
Festival Internacional de Cine del Cono Sur 2017, Valparaíso, Chile
Oasis Short Film Festival 2017, New York, USA
Quito Independent World Film Festival 2017, Ecuador

 

Information for theatres: 

Director of Photography, Music, Concept and Editing:
Martin Gerigk

Narrators:
Isabelle Freymond
Stefan Liebermann
Regula Weil
Philipp Zdebel

Cello:
Katrin Geelvink

Audio Recording:
Klaus Korte
Ulrich Künzle

Shooting Format:
4k

Aspect Ratio:
16:9

Film Color/B&W:
Color

Directed by: 
Martin Gerigk
Writing credits: 
Martin Gerigk
Cast: 
Isabelle Freymond Stefan Liebermann Regula Weil Philipp Zdebel
Produced by: 
Martin Gerigk
Music by: 
Martin Gerigk
Cinematography by: 
Martin Gerigk
Film Editing by: 
Martin Gerigk
Art Direction by: 
Martin Gerigk
Other crew: 
Katrin Geelvink (Cello)
Release Date: 
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Official website: 
http://www.martin-gerigk.de
Total votes: 8571

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