12th(2010)
Copy City
Denise HAUSER
- UK
- 2008
- 5min
- Beta
- color
- Animation
SYNOPSIS
Synopsis
If 3D screen can be defined as a cutting-edge hypnosis that maneuvers our beliefs in the real existence, Copy City can be defined as a film that makes us doubt the real existence, which inflows from the outside world, by giving us a pleasant perceptual test for our beliefs.
Program Note
Today, copying is a common technology: it has even blurred the border between the world of originals (often referred to as real existence) and the world of lifeless copies. This short film fills the screen with various images of copies in everyday lives and whimsically reveals the materialistic essence of them, in a way that reminds us of the conceptual art of Joseph Kosuth. If 3D screen can be defined as a cutting-edge hypnosis that maneuvers our beliefs in the real existence, Copy City can be defined as a film that makes us doubt the real existence, which inflows from the outside world, by giving us a pleasant perceptual test for our beliefs. (Joon Yang KIM)
PROGRAM NOTE
Synopsis
If 3D screen can be defined as a cutting-edge hypnosis that maneuvers our beliefs in the real existence, Copy City can be defined as a film that makes us doubt the real existence, which inflows from the outside world, by giving us a pleasant perceptual test for our beliefs.
Program Note
Today, copying is a common technology: it has even blurred the border between the world of originals (often referred to as real existence) and the world of lifeless copies. This short film fills the screen with various images of copies in everyday lives and whimsically reveals the materialistic essence of them, in a way that reminds us of the conceptual art of Joseph Kosuth. If 3D screen can be defined as a cutting-edge hypnosis that maneuvers our beliefs in the real existence, Copy City can be defined as a film that makes us doubt the real existence, which inflows from the outside world, by giving us a pleasant perceptual test for our beliefs. (Joon Yang KIM)
Director
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Denise HAUSERDenise HAUSER
Born in Zurich, Switzerland in 1980. Earned BA Graphic Design, Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London and MA Animation, Royal College of Art, London. Recently, she is a freelance animation director and teacher. She directed films entitled Copy City (2008), 6x7= (2007), Etronville (2006).
Credit
- ProducerRoyal College of Art
- Cast Julia REIMANN
- Screenwriter Denise HAUSER
- Cinematography Claudio RIETTI
- Art director Denise HAUSER
- Editor Denise HAUSER
- Sound Henning KNOEPFEL
