Vicious circle

The circle has been an extremely popular motif throughout film history. As a geometric figure, it dominates animations, whether painted by hand on the film strip (No 2: Message from the Sun), punched directly into celluloid (White) or animated with the computer (image[s]...loss, points of view, iii, Lapis, ORDER-RE-ORDER).
The real world is also characterized by circular forms, both in our own four walls (Psycho), in the street scene (Parabol) and in the workplace (Rhythm). Often, however, the eye can no longer recognize the difference between real depiction and abstraction (Samadhi). The camera not only depicts circular forms, but sometimes also moves in circles itself. (around and around, pan, Insel_Playback). Caught in a vicious circle and there's no easy way out! (Michaela Grill)

Program
image[s]...loss (Barbara Doser, 2003, 6 min.)
points of view (Nana Swiczinsky,1999, 6 min.)
Weiß (Ernst Schmidt Jr, 1968, 2 min.)
Rhythm (Len Lye, 1957, 1 min.)
Parabol (Flora Watzal,1999, 6 min.)
Psycho (Martin Arnold, 1997, 1 min.)
Samadhi (Jordan Belson, 1967, 6 min.)
around and around ([n:ja], 2007, 2 min.)
pan (Johann Lurf, 2005, 1’20 min.)
Insel_Playback (Katarina Matiasek, 2005, 9 min.)
No 2: Message from the Sun (Harry Smith, 1946-48, 2’15 min.)
iii (Tina Frank, 1996, 1 min.)
Lapis (James Whitney, 1963-66, 9 min.)
ORDER-RE-ORDER (Barbara Doser, 2006, 7 min.)