Simple whistles

2020, FR/AT, HD video, 11 min, colour, 5.1 sound 

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Cold-blue light on torpid young bodies and old faces. In the voice-over, the future vision of an old-age home. A breath, a hiss, a whistle. Poetry mixes with rhythmic choir performance and machine sounds, bodies start to move: encounter and communication with the surroundings—an escape from transparency.

(Michelle Koch, Diagonale, Festival of Austrian Film)

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Leaving behind a deserted courtyard, we enter a mysterious castle. Its inhabitants greet us in a still image. As they begin to move, they seem to follow strict patterns. Their bodies make sounds that resonate like machines: PVC, LNLM. The house has taken on a life of its own: windows watch over the people, blankets measure their temperature, the floor listens in. It is about finding a new language: between human bodies and technical objects.

Based on a collaborative project, in which senior citizens imagined a future vision of their assisted living project, a choral performance was created. Marlies Pöschl condenses this ritual into a film where the supposed transparency of 'smart homes' dissolves.