★ by Johann Lurf

AN INTERGALACTIC NIGHT SKY ORGY, WHERE YOU CAN FLY AWAY ON STAR-COVERED FILMS CLIPS FROM HUNDREDS OF MOVIES.

A film with no answers but as many questions as there are stars in the universe. Austrian structuralist Johann Lurf has chosen an audacious and ever-expanding subject for his feature film debut: the stars of cinema. Not the movie stars, but the stars in the night’s sky. These stellar instances, riven from context with sound intact—ambient hums, grand orchestral scores, pedantic explanations, dreamy speculation—are magical fields of darkness sprinkled with possibilities.
Lurf playfully shows how cinema turned the stars into endless metaphors, dreams, and warm blankets. We put our own thoughts into the stunning scenes while each clip’s sound design presents us with ambience outside of their contexts.

Support from the Austrian Embassy to Johann Lurf’s visit. The event will be in English.