future past perfect pt. 03 (u_08-1)

2009

HD short movie on blu ray disc

03:43 min

Conceived as the third part of the series under the name future past perfect, the short film introduces a narrative story that was inspired by a fascination for automation processes as well as his work on codes and grids that materialized in his record alva noto . unitxt in 2008. The series itself started in 2006 and is designed as a row of conceptually independent movies that document Nicolai’s focus of interest of the respective year of origin and also builds up on the results of the movie(s) before.

A quiet autumn night in Tokyo. a man stops his car at a shop front with a number of vending machines to get a last drink of tea on his way home. He inserts a coin, but instead of the usual procedure, the machine starts performing its own peculiar performance...

Actor: Kyusaku Shimada

Sound: alva noto

Voice: Anne-James Chaton

Director: Carsten Nicolai

2nd Director: Simon Mayer

Music: alva noto . unitxt u_08-1, Taken from alva noto - unitxt (raster-noton 2008)

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