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Gold I, II, III
by Hannah Heer & Werner Schmiedel
USA color 9 min
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"Alchemy was out to convert ordinary base metal to gold and
to create the elixir of life. Johanna Heer and Werner Schmiedel
are repeating the alchemic processes but in a contemporary way.
They color the sea gold and alternate these images with barely tangible
words such as 'life', 'dream' and 'universe'. With Villa Come Me,
on the celebrated fishing island of Capri, as a location, a moving
painting is created with mystical overtones."
--World Wide Video Festival 1984, The Hague, Holland
"Deriving impulses from Renaissance paintings Johanna Heer
collaborated with Werner Schmiedel and produced the three part tape
GOLD. Using subnarrative and associative means, GOLD presents the
mythological search for gold in a rhythmic, dream-like homage to
the wealth of fantasy. The video is marked throughout by a striking,
fantastic application of the color gold."
--Tafelspitz International
Festivals
The World Wide Video Festival, The Hague, Holland
Videobiennale Vienna, Austria
Viennale, Bonn, Germany
Nouveau Du Cinema, Montreal, Canada
San Francisco Video Festival, USA
ICA, Boston
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