Claudia Kölgen

A short film about a young man who very much wants a romantic partner, and goes out looking for an outlet for his erotic desires. But it turns out that the space itself, rather than the man, becomes the main character of the film. The memories of the anonymous man literally penetrate this space.

The film focuses on the relation between image and sound. A movement through space and emptiness describes a state of desire.

Wende shows a transparent image; using two layers placed over each other. The lower layer shows a snowy field landscape, across which the camera slowly moves. A second layer has been superimposed on top of this: an image in which we recognize graphic shapes. Letters – without us being able to make words out of them – and composite patterns. Halfway through the film, the upper layer changes: the white letters become transparent, and the transparent sheet on which the letters and patterns appear becomes white: the positive image becomes negative.