Michaela Grill / Austria, Canada / 2021 / 7′ / Silent

ITALIAN PREVIEW

Magnification reveals cellular processes; time-lapse and slow-motion effects bring the bursting of pollen and sprouting of flowers up to the scale of human perception. In Under the microscope, these and other famous motifs from the history of science films make their appearance. In her glittering remontage of science films from the 1920s, Michaela Grill does not spread out catalogues of motifs, but aims straight at the fascination of these recordings: their value as educational material was never neatly separated from their aesthetic appeal as a pure cinematic spectacle. Grill uncovers these visual events and explores their cinematic value through color transformations loosely based on historical tinting, through cross-fading and cutting heightened to a point of flickering staccato, through rhythmic editing of image detail and the speed of movement. The mysteries of cinematic perception are only just beginning under the microscope.

Music Sophie Trudeau
Producer Michaela Grill, Sophie Trudeau

Michaela Grill

She studied in Vienna, Glasgow and Londra (Goldsmith College). Director of film, videoclip, installations and live visual since 1999. His work has been screened at MOMA NY, National Gallery of Art Washington, Centre Pompidou Paris, Museo Reina Sofia Madrid, La Casa Encendida Barcelona, ICA London and others Film Library around the world. Her film has been screened in more than 200 International Film Festival. She received the Outstanding Artist Award from the Minister of Art and Culture in 2010.