Purple Grey (Sebastian Buerkner, UK, 2006)
Runtime: 7 min
Synopsis:
A vivid imagination can be a seductive but debilitating distraction from life. Twisted fantasies, associations and flashbacks offer an enticing escape, and even a mundane room may be made more bearable by mentally morphing space and time. But the real world continues, demanding, undermining, overwhelming.
Sebastian Buerkner
Sebastian studied painting in Germany then moved to London to complete his fine art education with an MA at Chelsea College in 2002, where he was awarded a Fellowship residency the following year. His work has been exhibited in several group and solo shows internationally. Since 2004, his art practice has shifted exclusively to animation, with his first solo show The Unnamable at the Lounge gallery in April 2006. Sebastian is also a projectionist at the Rio Cinema, London.
animate!:
animate! tv is commissioning its 17th annual slate of personal projects for television, with running times of up to 6 minutes, and production budgets between £5,000 and £20,000. Individual works will be premiered on Channel 4 in autumn 2008, and will enjoy a long and highly visible international profile.
To be eligible for the competition, you must be an artist or animator with experience of experimental practice in film or digital media, and be based in the UK. Celluloid, tape and digital technologies are all acceptable, in pure or hybrid form. For further information please visit www.animateonline.org.
| Credits:
Director: Sebastian Buerkner |
