Prelude & Möbius
Möbius, production still, Ufer Studios, Berlin, 2016
A two-part silent movie, scored with an original cinema pipe organ. The film weaves a dreamlike tapestry of situations, shot with a changing cast of local actors in Europe, Japan and the US. Produced in collaboration with Miho Shimizu.
Prelude & Möbius, film installation, Damsgård Mansion, Bergen, Norway, 2016
Prelude & Möbius, screening, Stummfilm um Mitternacht, with Anna Vilkina on cinema organ, Kino Babylon, Berlin, 2016
Plot
PRELUDE: A renaissance Green Grocer invites the town to a party while her Shepherd husband is away. Two old friends - a Fisherman and a Postman - get jolly drunk in a back alley Sake bar. A Punch & Judy theatre gathers the characters in their puppet alter-ego form for a showdown. MÖBIUS: A Shepherd steers a flock of sheep, banana-juggling sailors, and flamboyant 18th century hedonists off the edge of a spiral tower by playing a special board game.
Prelude & Möbius production stills, Berlin, Tokyo, San Diego, Bergen, 2014-2016
Prelude & Möbius film concept and inspirational location: Damsgård Mansion, Bergen, Norway