Schmelzdahin

01.04.1988

20.03.1988

19.03.1988

21.01.2017

26.03.1988

13.08.1988

31.03.1988

29.03.1988

13.06.1988

08.04.1988

30.03.1988

14.05.1988

23.03.1988

25.03.1988

Film material is subjected to biochemical processes by burying it in the garden, storing it in a pond, or overheating it. The results of these...

It is a wildlife film on flights of birds when glowing sunsets. On the soundtrack, a hum noise radio, which resembles the sound of a plane and that...

We were slightly feverish when we started working with a particular color process. At the development, we had obtained wonderful tones of blue and...

Der General defies narrative conventions. As a visual experience and thanks to the manipulations of color and the processing of images, Der General...

In 1988, we watched a lot of horror movies, with curiosity. A few images of monsters were taken that were mixed with shots taken from TV, movies, and...

In 1985, I threw a reel in the small pond of my garden. I think it was Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. I got it back a year later. This experiment is...

With Krepl, the political dimension of Schmelzdahin's research becomes clearer. The color scales the planes of scientific or colonial documentaries,...

Short film by SCHMELZDAHIN

Short film by SCHMELZDAHIN

Short film by SCHMELZDAHIN

Short film by SCHMELZDAHIN

Short film by SCHMELZDAHIN

Short film by SCHMELZDAHIN

Short film by SCHMELZDAHIN

"A film that creates connections between image and text material and whose appeal lies in its fragmentary [...] destructive, strongly associative...

Short film by SCHMELZDAHIN

Short film by SCHMELZDAHIN

Short film by SCHMELZDAHIN

Short film by SCHMELZDAHIN

Short film by SCHMELZDAHIN

A Schmelzdahin short wherein a print of a portion of Nosferatu (including the iconic shot of the vampire on the boat) has been degraded and...

A very degraded found footage experiment. The film runs slightly slowed down, distorting the soundtrack. Many textures of torn and crumpled film are...

Degraded found footage of a silent comedy.

Found footage experiment using a war movie.

Degraded found footage, primarily of a cowboy.

Distorted found footage experiment of a firing squad sequence from a war film.

A found footage experiment made using an excerpt from the film Taranula! (1955)

A found footage experiment made using footage from a 50s disaster film. Slowed down audio and lots of distorted textures are present.

A found footage experiment made using old horror footage. There are lovely transitions between colours and textures.

Another film made using roughly the same footage as Bremen Lagerhaus, this really showcases the uncontrollable and chaotic nature of the Schmelzdahin...

an experiment made using footage of a western. The film is extremely damaged and degraded, rendering it a mainly textural experience. The short is...

The source material has all but been lost in this Schmelzdahin short. Instead whatever film has been used has been degraded to the point of looking...

Found footage experiment made using footage from a disaster film. A wide array of colours and textures distort and bury the original footage.