Els van Riel

참여 작품

Buchstabe
Director
BUCHSTABE is a word meaning letter in English (and in Dutch), originally a piece of beechwood carved out to cover with ink to press on paper to compose a word taking place in a sentence. The word BUCHSTABE printed on film makes my mind follow its being printed. Two words printed in different fonts, and projected on top of each other make as much sense as a sentence pointing out the beauty of the original printing process.
Tremor - Es ist immer Krieg
Additional Camera
This polyphonic film by the Belgian film artist about the history of Europe and art is an unforgettable, sensual journey between memory and nightmare. To a meditative, threatening soundtrack, we hear a series of monologues by poets and crazy people, mothers and children. Meanwhile, the image forces the eye to reflect on what and where.
Fugue, A Light’s Travelogue
Director
Through this work I’ve been exploring the physical consistency of Light, sunlight as well as artificial light. A complete answer or formula has not been found. Finding a way to express the wish to understand is what this film is about.
Gabriel Reports on the World Cup
Director
Brazilian boy Gabriel Matos is still very young when he learns that the 2014 World Cup will be held in his home country. He had no way of knowing that his life would be turned upside down by then. To transport hundreds of thousands supporters to the football stadium, a new rail line is being developed to run straight through his neighborhood. Houses are being demolished, entire families are forced to move and even the children’s local football pitch will soon disappear. For Gabriel this is a nightmare. He is angry at the inequality in his city and posts self-made footage of bulldozers tearing down his neighborhood on a blog. By becoming a journalist he tries to stand up for his rights.
Wound Response
Director
just one fall
Director
installation 16mm
Gradual Speed
Director
“Carefully positioned, the camera begins on a single frame, the shutter held open, and then is imperceptibly increased in speed, quickening the frame rate and thus changing the exposure time for each successive frame, which slowly produces a visible moving image whose speed eventually falls into step with real time. For a film whose title describes the relatively simple mechanism used to create it, Gradual Speed ushers a series of startling transfigurations which brilliantly engage with the extended time spent with people, animals, events and objects in whose company the filmmaker sketches larger concerns of love, fixity, representation and loss.” — Julie Murray