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The Second Memory 2004

Bea De Visser
11 minutes, 35 mm

Excerpt of The Second Memory

Documentary portrait of Marketa Kulhanková, the woman who modelled for her husband, photographer for Agfa Berlin, in 1953. I found the book with the photos at a photo dealer in Prague. The photos of the woman in time and place just after World War II with her visible Jewish features suggested a hidden story. I tried to 'revive' the woman through 25 painted portraits that I digitized and animated as frames (The Skipping MInd, 1994).

During a world tour of this work, the woman was recognized by her granddaughter at the exhibition in the National Gallery in Prague. In 'The Second Memory' I visit Marketa Kulhanková in her house and photo studio in Prague at the time. Now at an advanced age, I confront her with the animated portrait that was painted in 1993 based on the photos her husband took of her in 1953. During the film, not only does the memory of the photo recordings revive, but Marketa sees herself in front of her moving in front of the camera for the first time (deep fake avant la lettre).

  • 35mm film, 11 minutes
  • production: Anotherfilm
  • scenario, director: Bea de Visser
  • camera: Miroslav Janek
  • HD technique: Tomas Majer
  • sound: Michael Micek
  • edit, animation: Bea de Visser
  • the woman: Marketa Kulhankova
  • music: the use of ashes
  • assistant director & production: Hans Eijses, Renata Vlckova
  • the paintings: The Skipping Mind, oil on canvas [ BdV 1994 ]
  • production: Anotherfilm
The paintings and animaton in the film descent from the installation THE SKIPPING MIND
animaton sequence: 5"56 minutes
25 Paintings are based on a found black and white photograph of an unknown woman. These paintings are animated to recapture the moment that once must have happened; an interaction between photographer and model. The Skipping Mind shows an imagined memory and the gaps of recognition that come together with a remembrance. The installation encloses the painted stills and the animation of these portraits.

  • single channel projecton digital animaton - 25 paintings (40x50cm, oil on canvas)
  • image processing, painting: Bea de Visser

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