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 Angelika Kombotis, Eduard Zorzenoni Park with chapels. Josef Plecniks Zale, Ljublijana Austria 1999, 23' From 1938 to 1944 Josef Plecnik (1872-1957) built the new cemetery in the Slovenian capital Lubjiana. In front of the graves the architect created an area for funeral rituals: he called it a park with chapels. The video reflects the architectural space of Zale like an essay: aseries of segments explores possibilities of how to structurally link the codes of image and real space. The arrangement of sequences creates a conceptual image space. "Actual space and image space" (Benjamin) penetrate each other and leave new unconventional traces of perception. Park with Chapels starts with a kind of overture, a short sequence in black and white: Mourners and a symbolic gesture. The main part is roughly composed of two sections. The first section is characterised by intense nearness to the architecture; it explores and at the same time preserves the secret of Plecnik's buildings. The second section investigates architecture' s constitution of space, the pictures remain aloof to the buildings, small repetitions evoke reminiscences of the first part. One thread of action joins separates the various sequences: The Mourners and their activities in this place, their ways, their movements, their ritual actions. The video ends in a short sequel, a paradigm for the location. Angelika Kombotis (1971) and Edouard Zorzenoni (1958) both attended the Academy of Art in Vienna. Since 1996 their joint work is specialised on video arts: at present they focus on the making of experimental and creative videos. They actually are working on architecture video of Vitra International (Germany) which includes Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, Tadao Ando, Alvaro Siza and others. |
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