Fur | 2021

Fur is a 16mm film recorded the installations of Charlemagne Palestine. The camera floats through his colourful setups of stuffed animals, scarves and musical instruments. As the film progresses, the camera movements slowly become more disorienting, trapping the viewer in a confusing, fluffy world. The soundtrack was created with a prepared piano, the film strip running through the instrument, stroking the strings like a bow. In this way, the film created its own soundtrack, which is reminiscent of Palestine’s musical compositions. The work is both shown as installation in which the sound is continuously generated by the prepared piano as in a single screen format.

Artist: Wim Janssen
Director of photography: Jasper Janssen
Grip and light: Willem Corten
Editing: Wim Janssen
Producer: Wim Janssen
Sound: Christophe Albertijn
Lab: Color By Dejonghe
With the support of: Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Werktank
Special thanks to: Charlemagne Palestine, Visite Festival, MUHKA, Eva Van Tongeren, Dušica Dražić
Fur | 2021 | Film still
Fur | 2021 | Film still
Fur | 2021 | Film still
Fur | 2021 | Film still
Fur | 2021 | Installation view | Photo: Visite Film Festival
Fur | 2021 | Installation view | Photo: Visite Film Festival