THE HARRACHOV EXCHANGE

An ingenious, sublime film installation bringing together a short film, film loops and a kinetic sculpture.

The ten minute long 35mm film HARRACHOV explores the effect of an arcane force that,
like a black hole or immensely powerful electromagnet, exerts a far-reaching &irresistible power
upon certain objects and materials, willfully seducing, centralizing and internalizing them.

Piece by piece, in the dark void of the cinema screen, an imaginary and menacing machine-system evolves.






The objects that join to form the bizarre collection are identifiable through their unique articulation & sound.



Finally assembled together on screen, a powerful, dissonant and eerie chorus
emerges, a kind of ‘musique concrete’, orchestrated by the object ensemble & ‘cast’ of the film.

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Extraordinarily, the beast that the film begets exists for real, beyond the confines of
the screen as a fully-functional kinetic sculpture THE HARRACHOV EXCHANGE,
designed & built by Guy Bishop, seen here at the FLATPACK FESTIVAL (Birmingham, UK).

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LIMITED EDITION DVD RELEASE AVAILABLE NOW

A limited edition, numbered multiple (100 copies) is available for purchase which explores & records the evolution of the film & installation.  Inside the specially commissioned package is a DVD with the award-winning short film HARRACHOV, documentation of the film installation at international film festivals & galleries, original artwork, button badge, eccentric inserts including 1/2 second of celluloid, a 'making of' movie featuring stills & sketches plus a short bonus film.

In addition there is an audio CD with 12 re-mixes of the HARRACHOV soundtrack by artists from the UK & the Netherlands.

The remix artists are:

HUIB EMMER - MAX RICHTER - PETER FENGLER - DANIEL PADDEN - ROEL VAN DER MAADEN - MARK VERNON - PETER MAX JAKOBSEN - MAJA BORG - KASKO ( BX / FONCKELTOFF / BOBBY) - BOB LEVENE & PETE MCPARTLAN  - MIT HAT - CLEVER DOG


The limited edition multiple is available from:

UK
AURORA

OUTSIDE UK
FILMBANK.NL

The limited edition multiple was beautifully designed by
GAS@CYRK

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