Pine Slopes

I curated the 18th edition of Netfilmmakers, and was interviewed by Danish culture zine Kopenhagen on the show, called Noisewomb:

Why are you inspired by the writings of Theodor W. Adorno, Rainer Maria Rilke and Guy Debord?
Debord and Adorno describe beautifully the terrible condition of this modern, mechanized world, of the rigidly proscribed existence that we foolishly pretend is free. Rilke is a reminder that it can be different, that it was different once. Debord’s most powerful aphorism was his suicide – a single bullet through the heart. It was his most unambiguous statement.

What does the idea of the primal sound means to you?
I’m interested in alchemy, in the creation of forms that arise out of not-knowing, out of curiosity, out of seeking. The primal sound is for me that intuitive leap into the dark that I make every time I follow a hunch and somehow land up somewhere other than where I thought I was jumping. The primal sound is the voice within, guiding me to where I don’t know why I’m going. It’s the sound of intuition and the sound of trusting that intuition.

Is there a questioning of authenticity behind your choice of theme?
Unfortunately it really is too late for us to add anything meaningful to the authenticity debate. Everything artificial is real.

• Complete interview in Kopenhagen
• Read my Netfilmmakers post, “The work of art in the age of digital reproduction”