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by Pierre Hébert & Bob Ostertag
USA/Canada 2003
Pierre Hébert has been pioneering a technique called ‘live
scratch animation’ since the 1980’s. With this technique, the animator is able
to animate dead objects and drawings during a live performance. The principle
is basically very simple: you place an object (say, a miniature fire engine)
on different places on the animation screen and from that moment on you’re
able to create an animated, riding fire engine. The same technique is applied
to drawings, food, stones, toys etc. Obviously, the piece begins with almost
nothing and as it gradually develops, it becomes more dense and interesting,
as more and more things are animated. The result comes across like a strange
cross between Jan Svankmajer and Phil Mulloy. The music is provided by sample
wizard Bob Ostertag, who uses more or less the same technique, but with sounds
instead of visuals. He creates a completely sampled, musique concrète-like,
soundtrack to go with the images.
As the creators point out in the liner notes, ‘Between Science and Garbage’ is
a work in constant progress. While there are of course certain basic elements
on which the piece is based, the two performers are constantly adding new
ideas, allowing the piece to develop and as such, there is no definitive
version of this work, nor will there ever be one. The Living Cinema project,
as has the total development of this work has been dubbed, started in San
Francisco in 1999 and had as major themes food and technology. The work
reportedly took a major turn after September 11, 2001, an event which had such
an impact it couldn’t be left out of the work, as was the case with the Iraq
war. In this way, the work is in constant motion, reflecting the sociological
en political changes of the time.
The main goal of this project is to reflect the changing world in which it is
created. So the two performers certainly want to say something with this work,
but at the same time they don’t seem to take it too seriously. As a result,
‘Between Science and Garbage’ is a curious mixture of serious social/political
engagement and just plain humor. It’s at the same time a true experimental
work, as well as a critique on the often too theoretical nature of much
avant-garde cinema. But it is exactly this characteristic that prevents the
work from achieving truly great heights: while it is an often funny and
original work, it is not substantial enough to be rated as a masterpiece. But
it’s charming nature makes up more than enough for that.
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| Runtime | 49:33 | |
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| Comments | This DVD presents us with a combination of several live performances, edited together to make it look like one single performance. Because the live performance aspect of this work is so important, this DVD alternates between images of the animated screen and those of the performers, so you get a good impression of how the piece is actually created on the spot. The DVD seems to be a sort of legitimate audience recording, which makes sense because of the emphasis on the live aspect of this work. While the sound is great, the image looks like a videotaped bootleg (see the last capture), but that only adds to the improvisational nature of the work. By no means I would rate this DVD essential, but it certainly is a lot of fun and if you’re interested in these kinds of performance art, you should check it out. At any rate, a big thanks to John Zorn and Tzadik for making this available. |
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