directed by Transforma, sound by O.S.T., [DE/US], 2007, 55 min., German premiere
> THU 01/02 > MAO 2nd Stage > 21:00
 
A sneak preview of the new DVD, "Synken" by Transforma (image) & O.S.T (sound), presented by Shitkatapult and Cimatics/AV/Platform, produced by Visual Kitchen.
 
Transforma & O.S.T. worked for two years on this first joint DVD that will be released in March 2007 on the Berlin label, Shitkatapult. With a mix of abstract images, graphic animation, digital image effects and complex film sequences, "Synken" creates a fantastically spaced out, darkly romantic scenery, in which gloomy forests, tunnels, timeless lakes, cellars inhabitated by rat people, and a mysterious vagabond play the main roles. O.S.T.'s arrhythmic crackling electronic 5.1-surround soundtrack bathes the images in an eerily hypnotic flow. Imagery and sound together open up subtle leads that can never be read only as a linear narrative. "Synken" consists rather of individual narrative modules that can be potentially combined in any number of narratives. The next logical step in Transforma and O.S.T.'s collaboration will accordingly be to take the DVD onwards into live performance, in which the players' real-time decisions will develop further versions of the narrative.
 
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> www.transforma.de
> www.amhain.net