"Fliegenschwimmen"

24-Channel Video Installation
 
"Fliegenschwimmen" represents the desire to fly, an act that is not possible underwater. The sense of freedom, which has been confined.
 
«Fliegenschwimmen» dares to step beyond the tacit boundaries of the formats prescribed to video-art. A medial complex and elaborate installation consisting of 24 channels brings a fresh approach to the prevalent vedute of video- and cinema projections.  Old CRT displays meet the computer era by means of digital feed-in and high-resolution graphical material. The play with the binary oppositions is projected also through the content, namely the confrontation of opposing emotions. The imagery emerging from a combination of the water, the feelings expressed and the flickering on the channels composes the poetry of «Fliegenschwimmen».

The central motive of this video work has emerged in close cooperation with the feature movie «Der böse Onkel» (The Wicked Uncle) by Urs Odermatt.

The video installation «Fliegenschwimmen» convincingly illustrates a dramatically emotional black-and-white sensation through multifaceted shades of gray. It focuses on the coming-of-age of daughters, the pursuit of freedom from mothers and the conflicts associated with this struggle. The media-artist Claudia Waldner`s visual world of imagery, successfully interwoven with the stylistic devices of Odermatt`s language, creates a morbid-poetic world view.

(S. Izzo / M. Hunziker)


> Broshure "Fliegenschwimmen" for Videonale 13, Bonn
> Text: © Urs Odermatt. From the film script of the movie DER BÖSE ONKEL (The Wicked Uncle)


Past exhibitions:

> Videonale 13, Bonn

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Idea / Concept:
Claudia Waldner

Text:
Urs Odermatt

Dramaturgy:
Claudia Waldner
Susanna Brändli

Cuts:
Claudia Waldner
Susanna Brändli
Lea Filadoro

Sound collage:
Claudia Waldner
Dominik Winkelmann

Sound mastering 2011:
kvv-tonstudio
Hans Peter Gutjahr

Animation / Graphics:
Andre Hartmann

Installation of the video wall:
Ivan Hörler

Press Trafo 2009:
Sara Izzo
Rachel Bühlmann
Michael Hunziker

English Translation:
Feyza Konyali von Grünig

Foto-Installation Trafo 09:
Nici Jost


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Part I, III, V

Director / Choreography / Production : Claudia Waldner
Camera: Marc Bachmann

Composition: Marc Bachmann, Claudia Waldner
Art Consultation: Susanna Brändli
Cuts: Susanna Brändli, Claudia Waldner
Dancers: Manuela Blanchard, Joelle Valterio
Camera assistant / Light: Andre Harmann
Light / Catering: Marc Hartmann
Costumes: Rita Gisler
Masks / Making-of Video: Nici Jost
Making-of Photography: Geraldine Honauer
Support from St. Jakobsbad: Stephan Wagner


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Part II, IV

Direction / Text: Urs Odermatt
Camera: Dr. Markus Rave
Media art / Production: Claudia Waldner
Production management: Jasmin Morgan
Art work: Claudia Waldner
Cuts: Lea Filadoro, Claudia Waldner
Masks: Nici Jost
Lights: Hardy Böhme
Making of Video: Stefan Seibert, Philipp Pitzner
Photography: Claudia Waldner
Sound: Jonas Brückel
Stage: Torsten Melchior
Set-runner: Phillipp Jungblut

Actresses:
Mother:
Miriam Japp
24 Girls:
Franziska Mäder
Bettina Schwerdtfeger
Anna Habeck
Zaira Mikulasch
Nina Stanzl
Christina Seibert
Nicole Raugust
Eva Hein
Heidi Höflinger
Tabita Deipenbrock
Regina Loy
Tomasina Ulbricht
Mary Mushal
Katja Gerstl
Janne Drücker
Birte Wiedmann
Charlotte Bühler
Sandra Gebhard
Melanie Wälde
Nadine Petry
Jasmin Morgan

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Links:

www.derböseonkel.ch
www.urs-odermatt.ch
www.nordwestfilm.ch
www.fiatvideo.ch
www.hoerler.us
www.nicijost.com
www.leaff.net
www.phosphat.ch
www.kultpicture.ch
www.harmonik.ch
www.kvv.ch/