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Metacinematic Variations: The Fourth Wall

Metacinematic Variations: The Fourth Wall is an installation utilizing PDLC film, also known as smart glass, to create a screen that alternates between opaque and transparent states. The screen is centrally positioned in the room, serving as a canvas for projecting 35mm slides that depict the same room.

This work is inspired by the film The Fourth Wall, attributed to the anonymous film club The Metacinematic Order. Although we have not seen this film, we know of it through possibly fabricated reviews.

Screen design by Ivan Kiss. PDLC film with the support of Tristan Braun/ B-Smartfoils.

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Print Analysis

16mm | loops | color | 2023

In Print Analysis, our intention was to understand the choices behind the creation of a single cinematographic image. Using 16mm film, we endeavored to produce a perfectly satisfying shot: the destruction of a dessert in reverse motion. Despite numerous attempts we were unable to attain their envisioned result. Consequently, we sent 20 different iterations of the shot to film experts, asking for their expert analysis. Presented in the gallery are 16 mm projectors each looping four of these sequences, alongside the experts’ replies.

Image Reference

1.) S.P.A.C.E; Berlin, Germany 2023
2.) Galerie Weisser Elefant; Berlin, Germany 2023

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