Synopsis
Beat Zoderer’s works fascinate with their quiet humor and the intelligent challenge they throw at us : to distrust our conventional view of things. Nik Bärtsch’s sound is characterized by his love for the architecturally articulated space and rhythmic overlaps. Filmmaker Jürg Egli has brought the two artists together in a studio session. The result is a cinematic performance of unique intensity.
A word from Tënk
A veritable essay that sets itself apart with its originality and the power of what it puts forward. A wordless film that creates dialogues between music, plastic arts, dance and film. Between Calculus and Random brings us into the heart of creation, into live performance, on a path charted with symmetry and detours, a formal, yet playful, dive into the joy of creation. With a soundtrack of serial piano that unfolds like an improvised score, this Swiss filmmaker aligns shots that are at first foreign to us, filmed in another immense studio where an artist is at work. The creators then grow closer—stunningly, captivatingly—as their pieces dialogue and “contaminate” one another before our eyes. A fascinating audiovisual voyage, a ciné-transe that, through its editing, manages to make the pulsing music palpable in the artist’s gestures as he creates his works. And this creative pulse, wave-like, travels from one brain to the next, both in response to careful calculations and happy accidents. An ode to art and its dazzling power to stimulate viewers, for artists and amateurs alike. A film like no other, imprinted with an immense freedom.
Jennifer Alleyn
Filmmaker
