Filmstill «Stand By for Failure: A Documentary About Negativland» (Ryan Worsley, USA 2022)

Beatmapping Worlds: The Cyborg’s Guide to Sonic Power

- CET
Screenings
Indonesien, Irland, USA
Tickets: CHF 30/25 (Vorverkauf/Presale)
Kino in der Reitschule

Our Wisisi Music

20:00 · 8pm
EU Premiere
DOK/documentary
Arief The Budiman, Harun Rumbarar & Bonny Lanny, Indonesia 2023 · 40’
Originaltitel: Wisisi Nit Meke

Sprache/language: Indonesian
Untertitel/subtitles: English

Die populären elektronischen Musikgenres Wisisi und Pesek füllen die einstige Lücke der authentischen «Papua-Musik». Zwischen moderner Technologie und den Ritualen der Menschen in der zentralen Bergregion von West-Papua, wird Wisisi auch in anderen Teilen der Welt gemocht.

The popular electronic music genres Wisisi and Pesek currently fill the absence left by authentic «Papuan music». Bridging the gap between modern technology and the rituals of the people in the central mountainous region of West Papua, Wisisi is also loved by many in other parts of the world.

Sonic Cyborgs: FemTech ’n the Studio

20:00 · 8pm
CH Premiere
Kurzfilm/short film
Eavan Aiken, Ireland 2022 · 10’

Sprache/language: English
Untertitel/subtitles: English

Filmstill: «Sonic Cyborgs: FemTech 'n the Studio» (Eavan Aiken, IRL 2022)

Was verbindet die Popstars Ariana Grande, Björk, Chlöe Bailey und Charli XCX? Sie alle sind nicht-binäre Cyborgs, die Elektrizität in Sound umwandeln. Dieser Film lädt uns in ihre Studios ein.

What connects the pop stars Ariana Grande, Björk, Chlöe Bailey, and Charli XCX? They are all non-binary cyborgs that turn electricity into sonic power. This short film invites us into their recording studios.

Echo

20:00 · 8pm
Kurzfilm/short film
Ross McClean, United Kingdom 2023 · 13’

Sprache/language: English
Untertitel/subtitles: English

Filmstill «Echo» (Ross McClean, UK 2023)

Nach einer Operation vor zehn Jahren kann Allister kaum mehr sprechen. Seine ungewöhnliche Lösung erinnert daran, dass Gemeinschaft an überraschenden Orten gedeiht. Ein ermutigender Kurzfilm.

An operation ten years ago left Allister barely able to speak. His unusual solution reminds us that community thrives in surprising places. An inspiring short film.

Stand By for Failure: A Documentary About Negativland

22:00 · 10pm
DOK/documentary
Ryan Worsley, USA 2022 · 100’

Sprache/language: English
keine Untertitel/ no subtitles

Q&A mit/with Ryan Worsley & Negativland (online) nach der Vorführung/after the screening

Seit 1959, im Alter von fünf Jahren, nimmt David «The Weatherman» Wills sein Leben, sich selbst und alles, was ihm gefällt (das Wetter, Toilettenspülungen oder abgehörte Handygespräche) auf. Zusammen mit den Kindheitsfreunden Richard Lyons und Mark Hosler gründeten sie Negativland, deren komplexes Chaos aus Plunderphonics ernsthafte wie alberne Fragen stellt über die Natur von Sound, Medien, Technologie, Kontrolle, Propaganda, Macht und Wahrnehmung im Global Village.

Since 1959, then aged five, David «The Weatherman» Wills has been recording and reporting on his life, self, and anything he likes (the weather, toilets flushing, or intercepted cell-phone conversations). Together with childhood friends Richard Lyons and Mark Hosler, he formed Negativland, whose complex chaos of plunderphonics poses both serious and silly questions about the nature of sound, media, technology, control, propaganda, power, and perception in the Global Village.

Website
Links Negativland: Website · YouTube · Instagram · Facebook · X

Weitere Filmstills / Further Filmstills

Filmstill «Our Wisisi Music» (​​Arief The Budiman, Harun Rumbarar, Bonny Lanny, IDN 2023)
Filmstill «Our Wisisi Music» (​​Arief The Budiman, Harun Rumbarar, Bonny Lanny, IDN 2023)
Filmstill «Our Wisisi Music» (​​Arief The Budiman, Harun Rumbarar, Bonny Lanny, IDN 2023)
Filmstill «Our Wisisi Music» (​​Arief The Budiman, Harun Rumbarar, Bonny Lanny, IDN 2023)
Filmstill «Our Wisisi Music» (​​Arief The Budiman, Harun Rumbarar, Bonny Lanny, IDN 2023)
Filmstill: «Sonic Cyborgs: FemTech 'n the Studio» (Eavan Aiken, IRL 2022)
Filmstill: «Sonic Cyborgs: FemTech 'n the Studio» (Eavan Aiken, IRL 2022)
Filmstill «Stand By for Failure: A Documentary About Negativland» (Ryan Worsley, USA 2022)

Beteiligte Personen / Involved People

Biography

Ryan Worsley is a DIY filmmaker that often reconstructs and recontextualizes fragmented found footage to celebrate glorious mundanity («Shit Happens» 2016) and the heroism of embracing failure to do what you love («Razing the Bar»2014). Her collaboration with Negativland has resulted in five music videos, a concert film and two feature length documentaries («How Radio Isn’t Done» 2017, award-winning «Stand By for Failure» 2022). Follow her on X.

Biography

Negativland is an American experimental music band that originated in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1970s. They took their name from a Neu! track, while their record label (Seeland Records) is named after another Neu! track. The core of the band consists of Mark Hosler, David Wills (aka «The Weatherman»), Peter Conheim and Jon Leidecker (aka «Wobbly»). Negativland has released a number of albums ranging from pure sound collage to more musical expositions. These have mostly been released on their own label, Seeland Records. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, they produced several recordings for SST Records, most notably Escape from Noise, Helter Stupid and U2. Negativland were sued by the band U2’s record label, Island Records, and by SST Records, which brought them widespread publicity and notoriety. The band is also part of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion. Follow them on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, X, or on their Website.