RETOUR D'UN REPÈRE

by Rose LOWDER
1979 / 16mm / color / silent / 19' 00




The procedure of separating and extracting certain aspects of a scene by adjusting the focus of a series of frames in succession according to various organizational patterns is developed in Retour d'un repère in a particular way. While the filmic operations are structured in relation to a limited space (a branch over a 19c duck pond), the filmic process rests on a visual transformation of a pantoun, a verse form borrowed from literary rhetorics, which characteristically transforms itself gradually and continuously in a precise manner.

There are two versions of Retour d'un repère : a single print version and a version with two differently graded (timed) prints for simultaneous superimposed projection. The 2-screen version led to Retour d'un repère composé (Composed Recurrence).

3 PRINTS IN DISTRIBUTION


distribution format 16mm
version single channel
screen 1,37 - Standard
speed 24 fps
sound silent
rental fee 64,00 €

distribution format 16mm
version double projection
screen 1,37 - Standard
speed 24 fps
sound silent
rental fee 64,00 €

distribution format 16mm
version short version
notes (single channel)
screen 1,37 - Standard
speed 24 fps
sound silent
rental fee 24,00 €