Random

synopsis

To ensure the absolute loss of control over the final form, to make personal and aesthetic interventions impossible, to rid the film of any traces of authorial intention; for Marc Adrian, the computer, which he first used in the creation of Random, was a dream guarantee of perfect randomness. The cathode ray generated by the computer is transmitted onto 35mm celluloid, creating loose clusters of light points on a black surface, occasionally interspersed with their negative image.

“I reject all forms of indoctrination, entertainment of plot, as well as what I myself could – possibly – tell my imagined audience; every form of meaning or personal mythology has to arise in the spectator himself, because only total chaos assures individual freedom.”

Source: sixpackfilm

biography

Marc Adrian (1930–2008) was an Austrian intermedia neo-avant-garde artist, sculptor, painter, graphic designer, photographer and filmmaker. He participated in the landmark exhibition Responsive Eye (1965) at MoMA, New York, a key event for the Op-Art movement, and the legendary London exhibition Cybernetic Serendipity (1968), which directed the attention of the art community towards the creative possibilities of the computer. In the field of experimental film, he collaborated with Kurt Kren. This year, Ji.hlava IDFF also presents Walk in (1969), the work of his wife, Moucle Blackout, in which Adrian played the lead role.

more about film

director:	Marc Adrian
producer:	Marc Adrian