Martin Arnold (filmmaker)
Martin Arnold (born 1959 in Vienna, Austria) is an experimental filmmaker known for his obsessive deconstruction of found footage.[1]
Career
Arnold's films are intensely cut sequences in which several seconds of old movie clips are taken and stretched out into much longer works. The figures on the screen flip back and forth between frames, as the motion is repeated and reversed, and numerous single frame cuts are made. His intent is to create, or possibly unearth, narratives concealed within the mundane films from which he samples. In films such as Pièce Touchée (1989) and Passage à l'acte (1993)[2] for example he uses several seconds of the films The Human Jungle and To Kill a Mockingbird,[3] the latter to create a bizarre story of aggression and tension within a traditional American family.[4]
Later works
In a later group of short film loops such as Soft Palate (2010) and Whistle Stop (2014), (How To Play Golf).
Accolades
His work has been shown at 168 international film festivals, including Cannes, Rotterdam and New York. At these festivals he has won 34 awards, such as the
Personal life
He taught at several American universities and art schools such as the
Selected filmography
2014
- Whistle Stop, format variable, color, sound, 3:30 loop
2013
- Charon, format variable, color, silent, 00:08 loop
- Hydra, format variable, color, silent, 00:21 loop
- Nix, format variable, color, silent, 00:05 loop
- Tooth Eruption, format variable, color, sound, 5:20 loop
2011
- Haunted House, format variable, color, sound, 3:00 loop
- Self Control, format variable, color, sound, 2:00 loop
2010
- Soft Palate, format variable, single screen, color, sound, 3:10 loop
- Shadow Cuts, format variable, color, sound, 4:20 loop
2007
- Coverversion, format variable, color, sound, 7:30 loop
- Cloudy Insulin, format variable, 2 screens, color, sound, 6:00 loops
2005
- Silent Winds, format variable, 3 screens, color, sound, 12:00 loops
2003
- Jeanne, quicktime data, b/w, silent, endless loop
2002
- Deanimated, format variable, b/w, sound, 60:00 loop
- Dissociated, format variable, 2 screens, b/w, sound, 8:00 loops
- Forsaken, format variable, 2 screens, b/w, 9:00 loops
1998
- Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy, format variable, b/w, sound, 15:00
1997
- Psycho. Viennale Spot, 35mm, b/w, sound, 1:00
1996
- Don’t - The Austrian Film, 35mm, b/w, sound, 3:00
1994
- Kunstraum Remise. Spot, 35mm, color, sound, 1:00
1993
- passage à l’acte, format variable, b/w, sound, 12:00
1989
- pièce touchée, format variable, b/w, sound, 16:00
References
- ^ Martin Arnold - The Cineseizure|Experimental Cinema
- ^ Pièce Touchée (1989) and Passage à l'acte (1993)
- ^ Oddball Films: Cine-Collage - Remixing the Moving Image - Thur. Sep 25 - 8PM
- ^ Martin Arnold - Cinemnesis|Experimental Cinema
- ^ Soft Palate (2010) or Whistle Stop (2014)
- ^ Martin Arnold – Gross Anatomies
- ^ Martin Janda