© Johann Lurf


© Johann Lurf


© Johann Lurf


© Johann Lurf

VERTIGO RUSH

by Johann LURF
2007 / 35mm / color / sound / 1S / 19' 00

In the interplay of nature and (optical) machine, the hidden becomes visible. The perverse picture at the end of this work, of an artificial sun made of flashes of light, is no more than the blurring of a choppy film shot taken peering into the depths of a stretch of woods—always included as a visual potential within it. VERTIGO RUSH is a technically extravagant experiment consisting of a series of dolly zooms: a succession of camera movements captured in individual images of forward and backward motion, while simultaneously zooming in the opposite direction. Accelerating this pendulum movement, at first gently and later drastically, intensifies the optical illusion of the space shifting together—and smoothly hands it over to the abstract, transferred to a “dissolving” image.

2 PRINTS IN DISTRIBUTION


distribution format 35mm
screen 1,75 (1,77 ; 16/9) (single screen)
speed 24 fps
sound optical sound
rental fee 64,00 €

distribution format DCP on server (SMPTE 2K)
screen 1,85 - Panoramic (single screen)
speed 25 fps
sound sound
rental fee 64,00 €