Eisenbahn
Lutz Mommartz, 1967, 13mins
A view of the passing landscape through the window of a moving train, repeated in an almost endless loop. By reproducing the same sequence over and over, Lutz Mommartz transforms an ordinary train journey into an unsettling exploration of cinematic time, movement and perception. The static window frame becomes a screen within the screen, while the landscape appears to move endlessly without ever arriving anywhere.
Lutz Mommartz
Lutz Mommartz was a German experimental filmmaker and a pioneering figure in the country's avant-garde cinema. Beginning his filmmaking practice in 1967, he developed an unconventional approach to the moving image, questioning the nature of cinematic representation, the relationship between filmmaker and viewer, and the possibilities of film as an artistic medium. Associated with the movement known as Das andere Kino (The Other Cinema), he was also a central figure in Düsseldorf's independent art scene. In 1975, he founded a film class at the Kunstakademie Münster, where he taught until 1999. His work, which spans more than five decades, remains an important contribution to experimental and artists' cinema.
