The Call
Video 2:45 min
Category LGBT
A poetry film based on the poem „The Call“ by Rupert Brooke (1887-1915)
Video, Editing, Sound: Beate Gördes 2018
Spoken Text: Ruth Golding / Librivox
zigzag x1
Video 10:00 min
GITANJALI CULTURAL COMPLEX , Birbhum, Westbengalen, Indien
Category Experimental Film
The video work zigzag x1 is conceived as an installation. Played in a loop, variable as single or multichannel projection. The video should fit into the spatial conditions on the location. Fits also as an independent screening, in full length, or as an abbreviated excerpt.
Black and white surfaces, zigzag stripes and lines meander endlessly on a wall. Constant movement and change in varying dynamics determine the flow: on the projection surface, the patterns move in continuous movements towards the outer sides; the arrangements of the elements shift continuously from right to left – vertically and horizontally – from top to bottom and vice versa. Each structure and sequence results from the previous one and is based on a self-generating musical composition.
Video, Editing, Sound: Beate Gördes 2020
Skulpturales Ereignis Nr. 10
Video 12:43 min
Category Performing Arts
NOMINATED for the SUN OF THE EAST AWARDS 2021
Die Tanzperformerin Britta Lieberknecht agiert hinter einer frontal beleuchteten Leinwand, isoliert vom Publikum. Durch Druck von hinten erschafft sie skulptural anmutende Formen und Gebilde. Körperteile, Abdrücke von Gegenständen und Bewegungen inszenieren fortlaufend neue Formen- und Lichtkontraste.
Das Video zeigt ineinander verwobene Sequenzen, die mit einer Soundcollage von Beate Gördes korrespondieren und als Gesamtkomposition sehr meditativ wirkt, aber auch eine unwirkliche, teils bedrohliche Atmosphäre vermittelt.
Das performative Ereignis basiert auf der Idee und Realisation der Künstlerin Reni Scholz, und ist im März 2020 anlässlich der Ausstellung more than 8 , in der HALLE ZOLLSTOCK, Köln, entstanden – am ersten und zugleich letzten Tag vor dem Corona-Shutdown.
Performance: Britta Lieberknecht
Sound + Schnitt: Beate Gördes
Kamera: Beate Gördes, Reni Scholz
Titel, Idee, Realisation: Reni Scholz
Regie: Reni Scholz, Beate Gördes
© 2020
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The video was created on the occasion of the group exhibition „more than 8“ in the HALLE ZOLLSTOCK (Cologne, Germany) 2020 – on the first and at the same time last day before the Corona shutdown. The performative event is based on the idea and realization of the artist Reni Scholz.
Behind a frontally illuminated canvas, the performer Britta Lieberknecht creates sculptural forms and structures by applying pressure from behind on the fabric. Body parts, imprints of objects and movements continuously generate new contrasts of form and light.
The video shows interwoven sequences that correspond to a sound collage by Beate Gördes and, as an overall composition, appears very meditative.
Performance: Britta Lieberknecht
Sound + editing: Beate Gördes
Camera: Beate Gördes, Reni Scholz
Title, idea, realization: Reni Scholz
Regie: Reni Scholz, Beate Gördes
© 2020
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