Minimal 2.0
Jakub Majchrzak
2024, Poland, 4’03’’
A music video for the band Alfons Slik. The film deconstructs the experience of a traffic jam: a situation where nothing happens on the outside, yet it generates intrusive thoughts, obsessions, and rumination within a citizen's mind. It reflects a reality defined only by work, hobbies, and daily duties.
Videospot za skupino Alfons Slik. Film dekonstruira izkušnjo prometnega zamaška: situacijo, v kateri se navzven ne dogaja nič, a kljub temu sproža vsiljive misli, obsesije in prekomerno umsko aktivnost posameznika. Odseva resničnost, ki jo opredeljujejo izključno služba, hobiji in vsakodnevne dolžnosti.
Language: None
Technique: Loose materials animation (sand, coffee, salt, etc.), Drawings on paper stopmotion, Found footage, Digital stop motion
Recommended for children under 14 years old: No
Team
Script: Jakub Majchrzak
Animation: Jakub Majchrzak
Music: Alfons Slik (band)
Jakub Majchrzak
(born 1982) – an independent musician and video artist. He’s been engaged in DIY music scene since twenty years as an band member (Kurws, Przepych, Norymberga, Pustostany among others) or occasionally solo (Strzał w kolano) or as a collaborator (several improvised music appearances). As a result of residency in DIY festival Praga in Figueira da Foz he co-founded with Catarina Santos multimedia live act Życia Żółć. He’s performed over 400 shows in various countries of Eurasia (performing on Primavera Sound Festival, Avant Art Festival, SOTU Festival, Stellar Swamp Festival, DomOFFon, SURVIVAL Art Review, Out of Smth and more), has released 7 studio albums, co-produced couple of ones (Barłóg, UZS) and participated in several residency programs (with Iwona Jarosz i Hugo Branco in Aveiro Art House, with the band Brice et sa pute in Lyon). For 13 years he’d been an activist in local DIY social-cultural center in Wrocław, CRK (Centrum Reanimacji Kultury). During twenty years of his activities he's done several music videos, short documentaries and a number of DIY promo videos as well as commercial works for music and social projects. His works has been screened on festivals in Poland (Tłok 2 in Łódź, Lubuskie Film Summer in Łagów, Wrocław-based KAN festival) and abroad (Impakt Festival in Amsterdam, Fries Kino online selection for Stadt Kino in Vienna, Ecologico International Film Festival in Rome, Future Vision Festival in Tokyo, Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival in New York, Happy Valley Animation Festival in Pensylvania and Animocje in Bydgoszcz, Athens Digital Arts Festival).
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