A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
August 12, 1985
Original Title:
Kugelkopf: Ode an IBM
Alternate Titles:
Ball-Head
Golfball - Ode to IBM
Production Companies:
Hochschule für angewandte Kunst Wien
Production Countries:
Austria
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 6
Hands vigorously pull scraps of paper from an antiquated printing press, while their owner remains invisible. Then Mimi Minus and a razor blade - the incident is still shocking. The shrouded head, wrapped in muslin, reappears, and black paint is daubed over the top ... no image retains its integrity, for each is crossed through, painted, double-exposed, spilt, soiled.
Animation:
Mara Mattuschka
Director:
Mara Mattuschka
Director of Photography:
Mara Mattuschka
Editor:
Mara Mattuschka
Original Music Composer:
Mara Mattuschka
Sound:
Mara Mattuschka
Writer:
Mara Mattuschka
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