The "liquefaction of the liquid" is taken to such extremes that as soon as the guttural singing of Mopcut begins, the image space is overcome with spectral flutters and untenable fluctuations.
In their film Bring Me The Head of Henri Chrétien!, Billy Roisz and Dieter Kovačič explore the world of cinematic formats based on the genre that experimented with and exploited the width of the screen to display spectacular landscapes: Western movies.
‘Surge’ places us somewhere between figuration and abstraction: its displayed forms defy full visual comprehension, as they stretch and snap in strict accordance with the complex beats and sheets of sound created by schtum.
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A green shape hops across a shaded red background, to the three-beat rhythm produced by the alternating sound of an increasingly muffled high-pitched tinkle and a deeply resonant low note. At the same time, the color green turns turquoise and gradually spreads. Something awakens and stretches, the image's center of gravity shifts from the vertical to the horizontal plane...
