Tag: experimental
Through the Context Glass
by Andris on Sep.11, 2012, under Short Films
Created for the 22nd DV Challenge at dvinfo.net. The film tries to look on how the same object seen in different environments is interpreted differently and how the viewer builds context and story around it.
The context is like the glasses in front of our eyes in this aspect – we see everything and put everything in a context, which may or may not be what is really happening, with due respect to the notion that context itself is a part of a subjective reality. A bit abstract, I guess…
What I appreciated best in making this piece is the experience in creating more complex (at least for me) sound environments or soundscapes. I didn’t have any actors in this project, so I focused more on the sound as a crucial part in telling a story.
Edited mostly on the train during my daily commute. :)
Type: short film (colour)
Status: released September 4, 2012.
Length: 3:37
Genre: experimental
License: Creative Commons BY-SA (Approved for Free Cultural Works)
Team: Andris Krastiņš, sound fx from freesound.org
Deconstructing Rapture
by Andris on Jun.05, 2011, under Short Films
Deconstructing Rapture is inspired by the Gospel of Thomas:113 – the kingdom of God is all around us, but people don’t see it, including those preparing for rapture now and then when some pastor announces it. Please find a more detailed explanation here.
Type: short film (b&w)
Status: released June 5, 2011.
Length: 3,23 minutes
Genre: experimental
Soundtrack: Phoniandflore; k-liv remixed by A.Krastiņš
Stills: @flickr
License: Creative Commons BY-SA (Approved for Free Cultural Works)
Download: @ Archive.org
Team: Andris Krastiņš, Jānis Krūmiņš, Ieva Tihovska, Duke*
The Endless
by Andris on Jan.10, 2011, under Other
You were born
naked on a frozen sea,
and you sank / and I saw
to the bottom of the endless dream / the world is an endless dream.
The Endless from Andris Krastiņš on Vimeo.
A small experimental video poetry shot for the DVinfo.net charity challenge.
A person lost is searching for himself and reality is defined only by the brief perspective of the moment. Stuff usually overlooked in daily life. Every dream character is a representative of the Self. And the Self itself is also being dreamed for it is a process (psyche).
Music by BlackBox.
Type: short film (colour)
Status: released January 9, 2011.
Length: 3 minutes
Genre: experimental video poetry
Soundtrack: BlackBox
License: Creative Commons BY-SA (Approved for Free Cultural Works)
Download: @ Archive.org
Team: Andris Krastiņš, Ieva Birnbauma, Duke*, Ieva Tihovska
Text:
A: I have no idea how I got here.
B: I think you were born.
A: But nobody remembers that.
B: Exactly!
A: You were born
A: naked on a frozen sea,
A: and you sank / B: and I saw
A: to the bottom of the endless dream / B: the world is an endless dream.
The Endless by Andris Krastiņš is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Movements Between Moments
by Andris on Oct.20, 2010, under Short Films
Open your mind’s eye to other realities and experiences. In between moments of time these are the eternal movements of being happening at every point of existence.
Even now atoms all around and in you are vibrating with phenomenal speed, your cells are decaying, the Sun is nearing its end, but usually we do not notice these natural dynamics of our universe, because we are so preoccupied with our own self created illusory time and space of everyday.
Inspired by and dedicated to the Christian mystic of the 17th century Angelus Silesius we offer you to see this film and some of the movements between moments.
Also seen on Vimeo, Youtube, ExposureRoom, Archive.org, Baltic Shorts
Shot in high definition video as an experimental short film by aesthetically combining different film techniques and elements from various periods in film history in the rhythm of vibrating thoughts and visions.
Team: Andris Krastiņš, Ieva Birnbauma, Zanda Znotiņa, Ieva Tihovska, Aivis Lisovskis, Dāvis Drazdovskis, Duke*, Dao (octodon degus).
Music created for film by Cat from Japan (link, link 2, link 3).
Type: short film (black & white)
Status: released October 19, 2010
Length: 9 minutes
Genre: experimental
Soundtrack: Cat from Japan
License: Creative Commons BY-SA (Approved for Free Cultural Works)
Download: @ Archive.org
Synopsis: Movements Between Moments – Synopsis
Movements Between Moments by Andris Krastiņš is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
After The Bombs Fell The Walls
by Andris on Apr.13, 2010, under Other
A sci-fi set in a post-apocalypse future Latvia. After the nuclear war things are starting to get better, but an evil cult still makes people believe that the world is contaminated and thus keeping control over the population.
But there are still free people and cannibals left free in the wastelands. And two of these are the unlikely ones to set the people controlled by the cult free.
Pēc bumbām krita sienas or “After the bombs fell the walls” is a film made in film studies.
Shot mostly in two days in May 2009 with more than two dozen people it was fun and maddening.
In the process we learned a lot about creating films, especially the organisation part.
The itself film is quite terrible though! :)
Our Fire Films is a project under the NGO 
