a classic found-footage work comprising hundreds of fragments of opening credits from 35mm films. the countdown which appears at the beginning of every release print is normally withheld from the viewing audience. also not visible is the narrow, vertical optical soundtrack on the left edge of 35mm film strips, which involves black, symmetric wave shapes on a transparent background. optical sound is an homage to this type of soundtrack. the conventional production process, in which musical accompaniment is added to sequences of images, was reversed: the sound serves as the dominant, and the light follows. (norbert pfaffenbichler)concept & realisation elke groen & christian neubacher | editing elke groen | composition & sound siegfried friedrich | producer elke groen | screening format 35mm | distribution / print source sixpackfilm
hypnotising audio tracks dance to the soundtrack of canapa's previous film jérôme noetinger, for which canapa filmed a solo performance by the french sound artist. as a member of the renowned cellule d'inter-vention metamkine, noetinger manipulates magnetic tape creating bewitching sounds, now enriched with strobo-scopic effects. cinema for your ears! (light cone)
music scores are atomized and recompiled into instructions for visual edits and cues. ties are uncovered between sight and sound. (peter bo rappmund) 
a uniform white grid on a blue background structures the picture. this grid moves orthogonally at four different speeds. all of the audiovisual composition's parameters are based on the ratio of the screen's dimensions in digital video, 720 x 576. these figures or multiples or fractions of them define the speed and length of the animation. the soundtrack follows the same logic: the frequencies of a synthetically generated square sound were modulated on the basis of the given numerical values. (pfaffenbichler/schreiber)
visuals for edgard varèse's arcana, performed by the bruckner-orchestra linz under the direction of argentine conductor and composer dante anzolini. (rainer kohlberger)
although it is clear which visual layer in this collaboration can be attributed to makino and which to knapp, the interplay of elements creates a hermetic overall impression. both artists participated equally in the creation of picture as well as sound. together they have produced an audiovisual composition as dramatic as it is hypnotic, perfectly complimenting one another without departing from their own personal styles. (norbert pfaffenbichler)