Beacon
- Beacon, 2002
Christoph Girardet & Matthias Müller
Portugal/Germany 2002
video (Betacam SP)
colour & b/w, sound, 15 min.
"BEACON is a montage of location shots filmed at ten different places around the world. These sites are connected by the fact that each is located by the sea. Seamlessly combining travelogue footage and appropriated clips from feature films, BEACON produces a single, imaginary locale. Distant echoes of stories of the sea mingle with the banality of today's touristy beachlife. In its collage of places of expectation and with its seductive prospects of the sea, Beacon sets off on a journey with no distinct destination."
(Christoph Girardet & Matthias Müller)
"This absolute work of art is characterized by its extreme precision of the framing and by the specific way the montage of images creates the off-text."
(Augusto M. Seabra, Público, Lisbon 2002)
