Sugo

One can say that cinema is also only an artificial organism - human life in another form. In Sugo, a vinyl sample roars and rustles, white noise deep in the cellar. The moving images which later make their appearance come from two different worlds. Master of ceremonies Hannes Langeder runs them parallel to each other. Black and white pulsating branches in tissue which appear to have blood pumping through them as in an X-ray film. Parallel to this two people are doing something strange with spaghetti in a flickering light and animated by pixilation to intense twitching. This opens up the semantic field to which the title of the piece also belong - fun with food. It hangs from one person´s mouth to be flung through the air towards the other. A silent orgy in a bare room lit by flashbulb-like light. An ecstatic secret game, the rules of which are not (yet) accessible. The staccato flow of image and sound last just under three minutes and then the roaring loses its intensity, the film tears, dies. Life in another form. One can say, in the end and in spite of minimal production values, Sugo looks like science fiction, like artificial intelligence and fresh meat. (Stefan Grissemann)

Orig. Title
Sugo
Year
1998
Country
Austria
Duration
3 min
Director
Hannes Langeder
Category
Avantgarde/Arts
Orig. Language
No Dialogue
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Sugo (Image)
Credits
Director
Hannes Langeder
Realisation
Hannes Langeder
Idea/Concept
Hannes Langeder
Cinematography
Hannes Langeder
Editing
Hannes Langeder
Available Formats
35 mm (Original Format)
Aspect Ratio
1:1,37
Sound Format
stereo
Frame Rate
24 fps
Color Format
b/w
Digital File (prores, h264) (Distribution Copy)
Festivals (Selection)
1999
Rotterdam - Int. Filmfestival
Graz - Diagonale, Festival des österreichischen Films
Osnabrück - EMAF - European Media Art Festival
Wien - StudentInnenfilmfestival
Seine-St.Denis - Côté court
Austin - Cinetexas - Int. short film&video&new media festival
Split - Festival of New Film and Video
Denver - Int. Film Festival
Clermont-Ferrand - Festival de Court Metrage
Madrid - Semana de Cine Experimental
New York - Expo of Short Film & Video
2000
Istanbul - Int. Short Film Festival
Windsor - Media City
Graz - Diagonale, Festival des österreichischen Films
Chicago Underground Film Festival
Helsinki - Avanto Media Art Festival
2002
Stuttgart - Filmwinter, Expanded Media Festival