15-09-2000

The Wake

Directed by Michael Kvium & Christian Lemmerz

Format / 35mm & DVD
Duration 462 min. / 444 min.

Cast / Rikke Louise Andersson, Sarah Boberg, Claus Christensen, Hildigunn Eydfinsdottir, John Frey, Niels Olaf Gudme, Mette Horn, Kitt Johnson, Thomas Bo Larsen, Elina Löwensohn, Merete Nørgaard, Steen Rasmussen, Philippe Richard, Sonny Tronborg & Michael Wikke

Et stort multimedie-projekt, hvis hovedelement er en 8 timer lang stumfilm. Filmen tager sit udgangspunkt i James Joyce's 'Finnegans Wake' (London 1939). Det er vores hensigt, udfra dette gigantiske sproglandskab, at skabe billeder, som har samme komplexitet og radikalitet. The Wake indgår i følgende sammenhænge: 1) Som en multi-screen video installation på et kunstmuseum eller galleri; 2) Som en 1-screen video installation, men i en almindelig bar: A Moving Wallpaper; 3) Som en film eller video der projiceres på en husmur eller i et stort lokale med nattelang live "DJ-symfoni", der forandrer sig i forbindelse med hver ny forevisning; 4) Som en stum film i et ensomt nattelandskab, nytteløs og skøn; 5) Som en virtuel drøm på Internettet.

A large-scale multimedia project, the main element of which is an eight-hour long silent movie. The film is based on ‘Finnegans Wake’ by James Joyce (London 1939). Our intention is, with this gigantic language-scape as a basis, to create images of the same complexity and radicalness. The Wake enters into the following contexts: 1) As a multi-screen video installation at an art museum or gallery; 2) As a 1-screen video installation, but in an ordinary bar: A Moving Wallpaper; 3) As a film or 2-screen video being projected on a bare wall or in a large hall. During these nightlong performances a live ”DJ Symphony” will change with every new event; 4) As a silent film in a lonely nocturnal landscape, useless and beautiful; 5) As a virtual dream on the Internet.

Produced by Dino Raymond Hansen / Director of Cinematography Lars Beyer / Editor Anja Farsig / Supervising Editor Jacob Thuesen / Composers & DJ's Dror Feiler, DJ Wunderbaum Anders-Peter Andreasen & August Engkilde.

The Crew / Line Producer Robert Grant / Production Design Bent E. Rasmussen / Casting & Production Assistants Christine Biereth & Tinna Dradrach / 2nd Unit Camera Steen Møller Rasmussen / Chief Lighting Technician Jacob Sørensen / Chief Property Man Tobias Tømming / Costume Design Lisbeth Kongstein.

Production / Wake Film ApS supported by Danish Film Institute, The Kulturbro 2000 Foundation, Ministry of Research and Information Technology, Ministry of Culture & Malmö University. © Wake Film 2000