Hans (Ashley) Scheirl
Hands Up! / Does he really have to die, Hände hoch! / Does he really have to die, 1979
The actor is Norbert Gmeindl, with whom Scheirl also made music. In these brief, quasi-existential looped scenarios, featuring alternation between text panels and footage, life and death are treated with both seriousness and humor. At the same time, the medium of film is analyzed via Scheirl’s methodical employment of the usual filmmaking procedure in which a single shot is shown repeatedly and rotated until its final form is reached. (Silvia Eiblmayr)
The actor is Norbert Gmeindl, with whom Scheirl also made music. In these brief, quasi-existential looped scenarios, featuring alternation between text panels and footage, life and death are treated with both seriousness and humor. At the same time, the medium of film is analyzed via Scheirl’s methodical employment of the usual filmmaking procedure in which a single shot is shown repeatedly and rotated until its final form is reached. (Silvia Eiblmayr)