Helga Fanderl - Hatje Cantz

A minimalist table of contents with white text on a black background. On the right, a list of chapters in German, like Filme and Programme, is shown with English and French translations and page numbers. On the left, a narrow vertical column spells out the words INHALT, SOMMAIRE, and CONTENTS.

A two-page spread from a book. On the left, a color photograph shows a person in a suit filming a flock of pigeons in a sunlit, brick-paved courtyard. Several white birds are blurred in mid-flight. On the right, a page with German text is titled Serendipity. The page numbers 24 and 25 are at the bottom.

A two-page spread from a book. The left page features a grainy, color photograph of a woman with brown hair holding a vintage camera to her face in a lush garden with flowers. The right page contains a large block of text about the spontaneous nature of filming.

An open book spread from an art catalog. The left page contains text in English, German, and French under the headings Airplanes I and Flugzeuge II. The right page displays a large, grainy, blue-toned photograph with motion blur, showing the wing and tail of an airplane seen through the branches of trees.

A two-page spread from a book, pages 48 and 49, displaying a collection of film stills of people. Vertical text on the left reads PEOPLE in several languages, and text near the spine reads SUPER 8 FILME. The photographs include various portraits of men, women, and children, a woman taking a photo, women in long dresses, and a person's silhouette in red-tinted water.

An open book showing a two-page spread with photographs and German text. The left page has a color photo of an ornate green swing carousel in motion. The right page has a color photo of a narrow city street with black triangular flags strung between buildings.

An open book showing a two-page spread. On the left page, a motion-blurred photo captures a person in a pink swimsuit diving into water. The right page features a photo of two white pelicans by dark blue water, with one arching its neck to preen its feathers. Both pages include blocks of German text.

A two-page book spread juxtaposing a film still with its corresponding film strip. The left page features a large, colorful image of a yellow and black butterfly on a green fern, surrounded by blue butterflies, with German text below. The right page shows a vertical Super 8 film strip against a black background, with sequential frames of the same butterfly scene.

A two-page spread from a book. The left page contains text titled Mona Lisa. The right page shows two grainy, black-and-white photographs of crowds in a museum. The top image shows people queuing behind a rope. The bottom image shows a dense crowd in front of a sign that displays a small reproduction of the Mona Lisa and no-photography symbols.

A two-page book spread, pages 78 and 79. The left page features a grainy, black and white, motion-blurred photograph of two horses in a snowy landscape, with one horse rearing up. The right page displays a poem in French titled Im Schnee.

A two-page book spread, pages 88 and 89, featuring a collage of grainy, vintage-style photos of animals. The left page has a graphic image of a severed animal head in blood, a walking leopard, a person on a horse, and a dog's face. The right page shows a peacock with its tail fanned, butterflies on a leaf, two pelicans, and small black-and-white photos of various birds. The text on the page reads Tiere, Animaux, Animals, and Super 8 Filme.

A two-page magazine spread about an event called 20H Fanderl at Theater am Turm in Frankfurt, 2004. The left page shows the brick exterior of the theater with a marquee. The right page has a photo of a Super 8 film projector and another of an audience watching a screening while sitting on tiered steps.

An open book showing a two-page spread, pages 194 and 195, with German text titled Gespräche mit dem Publikum. The spread features four color photographs of a woman with dark hair and glasses engaging with audiences in different settings, including speaking at a panel and giving talks in a gallery.

A two-page spread from an art book, showing pages 222 and 223. The text is laid out in columns in English, French, and German, with numbered sections describing various works like Flowers on Snow, Shadow Image, and Glaciers.

Helga Fanderl

Konstellationen Super 8

€ 48.00

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By (artist): Helga Fanderl

March 2023, 240 Pages, 292 Photos

Paperback

224mm x 300mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5495-8

HATJE CANTZ VERLAG
Mommsenstr. 27
10629 Berlin
Germany
E-Mail: contact@hatjecantz.de

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There is no post-production in Helga Fanderl's Super 8 works, her camera is hand-held, the―mostly threeminute long―films are shot in one take with the means of in-camera editing. The film artist's work is documented for the first time in this monograph, which she has thoroughly composed: With rich visual and textual material, the book provides an insight into the aesthetic specificity and complexity of her filmic work, conveying its origins and development, process and materiality, and form and poetic nature. Her films, varying programmes and site-specific projections evoke the permanence of the impermanent. Constellations of her own short texts as well as those of different authors; film images, photographs, documents and a catalogue raisonné represent and reflect the many facets of her work. The graphic design of the book alludes to their density and rhythms.