Karel Doing is an independent artist, filmmaker and researcher whose practice investigates the relationship between culture and nature by means of analogue and organic process, experiment and co-creation. He studied Fine Arts at the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, in Arnhem, the Netherlands, graduating in 1990. In the same year he co-founded Studio één, a DIY film laboratory. In 2001 he co-founded Filmbank, a foundation dedicated to the promotion and distribution of experimental film and video in the Netherlands. In 2017, he received a PhD from the University of the Arts London. During his research he developed 'phytography' a technique that combines plants and photochemical emulsion. He has employed this technique to investigate how culture and meaning can be shared between the human and the vegetal realm. In his thesis he proposes new forms of humility, doubt and listening to be advanced in today's overconfident and exploitative human culture. His work has been shown worldwide at festivals, in cinemas, on stage and in galleries. He regularly gives workshops in analogue film practice and is currently lecturer in contextual studies at Ravensbourne University London. He has published several articles and produced a number of films by fellow artists such as Barbara Meter and Marco Pando. He is presently based in Oxford where he has built a dedicated phytography lab in his garden.
OXYGEN
2023 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 6' 03 / 42 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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BABBLER, FAIRY AND THRUSH
2022-2023 / 16mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 3' 44 / 30 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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FOREST SONG
2022 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 4' 40 / 36 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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A PERFECT STORM
2022 / 35mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 3' 00 / 32 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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IN VIVO
2020-2021 / 16mm & 35mm & 8mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 61' 00 / 184 € distribution: DCP on USB stick or Digital file on server or Digital file on USB stick |
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PHYTOGRAPHY
2020 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 8' 09 / 40 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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DANDELION
2018 / 35mm / b&w / mute / single screen / 2' 17 / 21 € distribution: 35mm |
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THE MULCH SPIDER'S DREAM
2018 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 14' 01 / 60 € distribution: 16mm or Digital file on server |
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WILDERNESS SERIES
2016 / 35mm / color / sound / single screen / 13' 38 / 46 € or 63 € distribution: DCP on server or Digital file on USB stick |
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DARK MATTER
2014 / 35mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 19' 44 / 66 € distribution: DCP on server or DCP on USB stick |
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LIQUIDATOR
2010 / 35mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 8' 00 / 30 € distribution: DCP on server |
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LOOKING FOR APOEKOE
2010 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 13' 00 / 45 € distribution: 16mm |
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ELVENLAND
2009 / HD / color / sound / single screen / 32' 29 / 89 € distribution: Digital Betacam |
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SEVEN DAYS OF CHAOS
2009 / Digital Betacam / color / sound / single screen / 9' 30 / 35 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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DARKLOUPE
2008 / 16mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 8' 00 / 35 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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GETIJDEN
2008 / 16mm / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 12' 00 / 45 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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EI - EGG
2005 / Super 8mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 5' 00 / 23 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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JINX
2005 / Super 8mm / color / sound / single screen / 9' 00 / 30 € distribution: Digital file on server |
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RÊVE RIVE
2003 / Super 8mm / color / sound / single screen / 6' 00 / 24 € distribution: 16mm |
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IMAGES OF A MOVING CITY
2000 / 35mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 37' 20 / 126 € distribution: 35mm |
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ENERGY ENERGY
1999 / 16mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 7' 00 / 25 € distribution: 16mm |
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WHIRLWIND
1998 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 9' 00 / 30 € distribution: 16mm |
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MAAS OBSERVATION
1997 / 16mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 11' 00 / 38 € distribution: 16mm |
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5 PORTRAITS
1995 / 16mm / color-b&w / silent / single screen / 6' 00 / 24 € distribution: 16mm |
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FRICADELLES DE VEAU SMITANE
1995 / color-b&w / sound / single screen / 4' 00 / 22 € distribution: 16mm |
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SALVO
1995 / b&w / sound / single screen / 4' 00 / 22 € distribution: 16mm |
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MENI
1994 / Super 8mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 4' 00 / 22 € distribution: 16mm |
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LICHTJAREN
1993 / Super 8mm / color / sound / single screen / 7' 00 / 25 € distribution: 16mm |
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NATURE TRAIL
1993 / Super 8mm / color / sound / single screen / 3' 00 / 21 € distribution: Digital file on server or Super 8mm |
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ZONDER KROKKODILLEN
1993 / color / sound / single screen / 5' 00 / 23 € distribution: Digital file on server or Super 8mm |
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ULTIMATUM
1991 / Super 8mm / color / sound / single screen / 7' 30 / 25 € distribution: 16mm |