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At the World Wide Video Festival in 1986, Werner Schmiedel presented 'Stop and go' which was about the only two possibilities open to the half emigrated European in New York: either you conform to the up-tempo, or you run away. In a similar way, 'Stand & drift' by Kazama and Ohtsu focusses on a more essential problem, because it occurs on a global scale: establishing a position with regard to global news facts. The over simplified account of the Gulf War (as a reminder, that heroic epic ran for three months starting January 1991 on every television channel) invites two reactions, neither offering much perspective: a) it is certainly exciting, I am curious what they will think of next. b) I don't need to have my own opinion because presenter X said after all... and didn't the army spokesman Z make known that... Once again we see a few 'moving World Press Photo winners' pass by - that oil drenched cormorant with its eye still brilliant blue - and a couple of loose headlines about the course of the war, but the interesting aspect is that this anxiety is still packed within soothing commercials. This way everything becomes noise!
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Erik Daams
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Text: Sei Kazama,
Camera, Light: Hatsune Ohtsu,
Music, sound mixing: Toshioki Matsumura/Chunk,
With: Mikiko Kondoh, Toshioki Matsumura,
With thanks to: Michael Goldberg, Michiteru, Yasumura (Nippon Electronics College), June Takagi, Takashi Koike, Seiji Shima, Ring World Co. Ltd,
Production: Visual Brains
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