Two Times in One Space
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- Two Times in One Space
- Dva vremena u jednom prostoru
- 1976-1984
- 16mm film, b&w, no sound
- 12min, 21sec
The film “Two Times in One Space” by Ivan Ladislav Galeta operates along the lines of expanded cinema, which is characterized by double exposure and multi-angled perspectives. In this case, the artist used Nikola Stojanović’s single-shot film sequence “In the Kitchen” from 1968. In 1976, Galeta presented a double-projection of this very film with a delay of nine seconds or 216 frame shifts. And in 1984, he ultimately created a version with the delay-effects combined in one work. This film merges two actions: a family around the kitchen table and dramatic scenes involving two lovers on the balcony visible through the kitchen window. Galeta presents these two actions via a temporally staggered double visual narrative that automatically creates different realms of perception. His experimental black-and-white film poses questions about the representation of space in cinema and the possibility of altering reality with analog techniques. Galeta thereby generates moments of illusion that force viewers to concentrate on multiple fields of perception at the same time in order to gauge their actual content. W.S.