http://www.christophoertli.ch video works Sat, 28 Jan 2012 13:42:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 2012 single channel video 11 min (2min excerpt) HD [flv:M-rene.flv 500 281] The camera is invading an over-stuffed apartment, floating through an almost surreal material world. There is a presence of the real tenant, supposedly an old man, who we don’t get to see. Instead, a younger man in search of a place to rest ... http://www.christophoertli.ch/m-rene/ 2011 single channel-video or 2-channel-installation 10:30 min (2 min excerpt) HDV [flv:Karta.flv 500 281] Two men walk through a former hospital.The camera follows one man until he comes across the other. Their meetings vary from distant and casual to friendly and intimate. The state of the empty building changes very suddendly: it’s falling apart. performer: Rüdiger ... http://www.christophoertli.ch/karta/ 2011 single channel video installation 6:30 min (2 min excerpt) HD [flv:Kontinente2.flv 500 281] Second part of a trilogy that has been filmed in Egypt, Hong Kong and Belgium. On the former Hong Kong city airport the camera is panning slowly in a circle. The runways were turned into bus parkings. The city is spreading out ... http://www.christophoertli.ch/kontinente2/ 2010 2-channel-installation or single channel video 10:00 min (2 min excerpts) HD [flv:Ground.flv 500 281] In this video installation we see different places of a city. In slow horizontal movements the camera pans across façades and greenery. It's like an extended moment in the summer, at sunset, when a strong light is hitting the sceneries ... http://www.christophoertli.ch/the-ground-is-moving/ 2009 single channel video installation 5:50 min (4 min excerpt) HDV [flv:Kontinente.flv 500 281] First part of a trilogy that has been filmed in Egypt, Hong Kong and Belgium. Outside of Luxor the eye moves in a slow circle. People are standing in the desert, alone or in groups. Tourists descend from the sky in a ... http://www.christophoertli.ch/kontinente/ 2009 Live Performance with Ahmad El-Sawy (oud, voice, electronics, composition) and video-projection or single channel video 45:00 min (3 min excerpt) HDV [flv:Sinbad.flv 500 281] Starting point is the legend of Sinbad and his journeys on the sea. What would Sinbad get to see if he’d be travelling nowadays? The cooperation of the Egyptian musician and ... http://www.christophoertli.ch/sinbad/ 2008 2-channel video installation 1:30 min / silent HDV [flv:Tiger.flv 500 281] Two parallel images show a woman in relation with an exhibited object. An attempt to catch some of the essence of ‘being alive’. performer: Chun-Hwei Lin http://www.christophoertli.ch/tiger/ 2007 single channel video 9:00 min (5 min excerpt) SD Pal [flv:Taxila.flv 500 400] The camera eye is overlooking one day of Taxila’s life. She walks in the street, sits with friends at the table, goes to sleep, climbs at night out of the ... http://www.christophoertli.ch/taxila/ 2006 single channel video 11:00 min (5 min excerpt) SD Pal [flv:Cairo.flv 500 400] Christoph Oertli's video shows a person walking very slowly through the bustling city, quiet suburbs and peaceful rooftops of Cairo. As the districts change, so does the walker who continues his measured pace while observing the world around him without interaction. ... http://www.christophoertli.ch/cairo/ 2005 single channel video 4:00 min SD Pal [flv:Alice.flv 500 400] Series of short videos interpreting pop songs: 'Song for Alice' by Keren Ann. Alice: The sequence shot evokes a street at night and a fire of which one believes responsible a homeless woman. An installation with ... http://www.christophoertli.ch/alice/