Stadt in Flammen
Schmelz Dahin
Presented only in theatres.
This film is part of the program Carte Blanche à Concordia Parcours / Pathways.
The film explores the transformation of film material through natural processes of decay. Buried, submerged, or overheated, the film deteriorates under the influence of time and the elements. These alterations, captured and fixed on film, become the very essence of the work.
In Stadt in Flammen, heat literally melts the images, creating an apocalyptic vision where scenes burn away and vanish. What was once a figurative representation gradually dissolves, giving way to a real-time disintegration — a metamorphosis in which the film becomes its own subject.
This film is part of the program Carte Blanche à Concordia Parcours / Pathways.
The film explores the transformation of film material through natural processes of decay. Buried, submerged, or overheated, the film deteriorates under the influence of time and the elements. These alterations, captured and fixed on film, become the very essence of the work.
In Stadt in Flammen, heat literally melts the images, creating an apocalyptic vision where scenes burn away and vanish. What was once a figurative representation gradually dissolves, giving way to a real-time disintegration — a metamorphosis in which the film becomes its own subject.
Session
• Université Concordia - J.A. de Sève, LB-125, Pavillon J. W. McConnell
Friday, march 21, 2025, 08:00 p.m. — 09:36 p.m.
Production
Schmelz Dahin
Schmelzdahin (melt away) is a film group which worked in Bonn between 1979 and 1989. Members: Jochen Lempert, Jochen Müller, Jürgen Reble. Schmelzdahin jointly carry out research in the fields of shooting, montage and material processing. As a part of this, lengthy studies relating to the effects that bacterialogical decomposition, disintegration, and chemical processes have upon film emulsion were carried out. Within a period of ten years, some 20 short films are made and published world-wide carrying the Schmelzdahin name, without any personal reference being made to the artists. The selection programme „Ein harter Falter“ was on tour from 1988 – 89, together with the film performance „Wir lagern uns ums Feuer“. Some 30 screenings take place in West Germany, Switzerland, the USA, and Canada. Break up of Schmelzdahin in 1989.
Biographical notes provided by the film team and edited by FIFA.
Biographical notes provided by the film team and edited by FIFA.
In the same session
Université Concordia - J.A. de Sève, LB-125, Pavillon J. W. McConnell
Friday, march 21, 2025, 08:00 p.m.
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