Oct 2, 2021
Dada & film 4: Hans Richter’s Dadascope
A poetic film in which Dada veterans bring old tricks back to life, without dusting them off.
In this 1961 film, Hans Richter is back on track with his poetic film shots of objects and movements, from sharply lit objects to abstract shots, of human figures with masks and costumes. Old-fashioned, as in his Film Study from 1926, with his experiments with form and tricks in varied, but mostly fast montages. In Dadascope there is special attention for some of Man Ray's objects, such as that iron with the row of nails on the ironing surface ( Gift ), and the metronome with the photo of a woman's eye ( Indestructible Object ).
