The Man with modern Nerves
Der Mensch mit den modernen Nerven
L’homme aux nerfs modernes
Austria/Luxembourg 1988 / 8 min / b&w / 16 & 35mm / 1:1.33
International Premiere: Semaine de la Critique Cannes 1989
World Premiere: Panorama Berlinale 1989
Synopsis
A high-speed journey through the spinal cord of Adolf Loos
Many filmmakers have filmed and cinematically portrayed the city, but only a few have worked with the architectural material itself. With that in mind, the case of the Luxembourgish directors Bady Minck and Stefan Stratil is quite exemplary.
For their film they built a model based on sketches by the architect Adolf Loos, which he had originally designed in 1923 for a city-hall project in Mexico-City. The step-pyramid of his sketches is not only animated in their mise en scène, but becomes involved in an abstract game of geometric forms, light and shadows, reminiscent of certain films of the 20ies, like Oskar Fischinger’s “Orgelstäbe”. More than just an animation of the model, the film reveals Adolf Loos’s architectural concepts of surface and the volume of space.
Credits
Script, Direction, Camera: Bady Minck & Stefan Stratil
Music: André Mergenthaler
Models: Sonja Back, Willi Kühas, Harald Lutz based on the scribbles by Adolf Loos
Production: Bady Minck & Stefan Stratil
Distribution
Awards
Awards
FIFARC – Festival International du Film d’Architecture et d’Environnement Urbain de Bordeaux, Prix des Ecoles 1992
Festivals
Festivals (56)
15.-18.10.2015 / Milan, IT
Milano Design Film Festival
Special Bady Minck
Screenings & Panel Discussion
17.8. – 21.8.2015 / Greece
XWRA Video & Media Festival
Austrian Animated Experiments
Artistic Director: Anna Vasof, Lamia, Greece
30.07.2015 / Vienna, A
DotDotDot Open-Air Film Festival Vienna
Volkskundemuseum Garden
Secret Dreams curated by Asifa Austria
31.05.2015 / Vienna , A
VIS Vienna Independent Short Film Festival
Austrian Animated Experiments – 30 Jahre ASIFA AUSTRIA
Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus Wien
20. -26.01.2014 / Bamberg, DE
Bamberger Kurzfilmtage
Retrospektive Luxemburger Kurzfilme
September 2012 / Ljubljana, Slovenia
Kinoteka Slovenska
Retrospective Bady Minck & Exhibition
January 2012 / Stuttgart, DE
Internationaler Stuttgarter Filmwinter
Retrospective Bady Minck
March 2011 / Graz, A
Diagonale
Weibliche Pionierinnen des österreichischen Films
2010 December / Beograd, Serbia
Festival of New Film and Video (08. – 12.12. 2010)
Retrospective Bady Minck
5. – 9.10.2010 / Beograd, Serbia
BALKANIMA – 7th European Animated Film Festival
Best of Austrian Animation
2009 December / Moskva, RUS
Linoleum Festival of Contemporary Animation & Media-Art
Retrospective Bady Minck
2008 July / Poznan, Po
Animator Film Festival
Retrospective Bady Minck
15.1. – 18.1.2008 / Almeria, E
Mediterranean Environmental Award
12.8. – 15.8. 2007 / Moscow, RUS
Linoleum Festival of Alternative Animation
Museum of Modern Art Moscow
Retrospective Bady Minck
30.6. – 24.7.2007 / Liège, BE
Cinéfleuve – Kino im Fluss Festival
Retrospective Bady Minck
15.7.2007 at Carpe Diem Liège (Be)
30.6. – 24.7.2007 / Chalerloi, BE
Cinéfleuve – Kino im Fluss Festival
Retrospective Bady Minck
11.7.2007 at bps 22 Charleroi
30.6. – 24.7.2007 / Trier, D
Cinéfleuve – Kino im Fluss Festival
Retrospective Bady Minck
5. & 6.7.2007 at Broadway Kino Trier
2.5. – 6.5.2007 / Moscow, RUS
Moscow Cinefantom Festival
April 2006 / Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire
Festival international du court métrage d’Abidjan
30.11. – 4.12.2005 / Gradisca, IT
Dissolvenze Film Festival Gradisca
Special Program “Amour Fou Pour Vous”
Special Program Bady Minck with Conference
August 2005 / Pieve di Cadore, I
Cadore Doc Film Festival
Retrospective Bady Minck
February / Buenos Aires, Argentina
Open-Air Festival Campo Konex
Retrospective Bady Minck
February / Esch sur Alzette, L
Fête du Film d’animation
December 2004 / Ljubljana, SLO
Animateka International Animation Film Festival “Re-drawing Europe”
November / Utrecht, NL
Holland Animation Film Festival
Retrospective Bady Minck
September / Milano, I
Milano Film Festival “Progetto Anima.Azione”
4. – 8. August 2004, Buenos Aires University, Argentinia
Fabrica Audiovisual Festival
Retrospective Bady Minck
March / Paris, F
Festival Némo, Forum des Images
Retrospective Bady Minck
March 2001 / Graz, A
Diagonale “The Best of Animation”
Retrospective
9.-16.10.1999 / Luxembourg, L
Semaine du cinéma d’Architecture
Banque de Luxembourg
August 1998 / Hiroshima, J
International Animation Film Festival
“Best of Austria”
June 1995 / Hannover, D
Sound Art 95
March 1995/ Dortmund, D
femme totale festival
November 1994 / Merzig, D
Luxemburger Filmtage
March 1994 / Stuttgart, D
Internationales Trickfilm-Festival
Best of Austria
December 1993 / Graz, A
Internationales Festival für Film und Architektur
November / Madrid, E
Festival del Cine Realizado por Mujeres
September / St.Therèse, CND
Festival du Cinéma International
July / Kairo, ET
Ismailia International Film Festival
December 1992 / Bilbao, E
Festival Internacional del Cine de Bilbao
December / Edinburgh, GB
Fringe Film & Video Festival
October / Lausanne, CH
Festival International du Film sur l’Art
October / Bordeaux, F
FIFARC – Festival International du Film d’Architecture et d’Environnement Urbain
February 1991 / Istanbul, TR
Internationale Kurzfilmtage IFSAC
March 1990 / Montréal, CND
Festival International du Film sur l’Art
March 1990 / Stuttgart, D
Internationales Trickfilm-Festival
October 1989 / Uppsala, S
Uppsala Film Festival
September 1989/ Hamburg, BRD
Crossover Festival
June 1989/ Annecy, F
Festival International du Film d’Animation
May 1989/ Cannes/F
Festival International du Film, Semaine de la critique
International Premiere
April 1989/ Chicago, USA
Transcult Reverse Angle
Screenings & Exhibition
April 1989/ Ankara, TR
International Cartoon Film Festival
March 1989/ Wien, A
Viennale – Vienna International Film Festival
February 1989/ Berlin, BRD
International Filmfestival Berlinale Panorama
World Premiere
October 1988 / Wels, A
Österreichische Filmtage
inoffizielle Premiere mit Nullkopie
October / Münster, BRD
Filmzwerge – Festival des unabhängigen Films
inoffizielle Premiere mit Nullkopie
Screenings
Screenings (148)
29. Nov & 6 Dec 2015 / A
Okto TV
Austrian Animated Experiments
30 Jahre Asifa Austria
23. November 2015 / Wien, A
Metro Kinokulturhaus
Austrian Animated Experiments – Historical Treasures
30 Jahre Asifa Austria Gala
19. Mai 2014 / Nürnberg, DE
Filmkunsttheater Casablanca
Ein Auge für den Raum
Architektur-Filmreihe
Nov – Dec 2013 / New York, US
Arthur Ross Architectural Gallery
@ Columbia University GSAPP, New York
Adolf Loos: Our Contemporary
curated by Yehuda Safran & Mark Wasiuta
September 2012 / Ljubljana, SLO
Kinoteca Slovenska Ljubljana
kino-integral: bady minck
bady minck retrospektive & exhibition
curated by Jurij Medem
11. Juni 2012 / Wien, A
Quartier 21 – Museumsquartier Wien
Die Dynamisierung des Augenblicks
Experimentalfilmprogramm
curated by / kuratiert von Doris Jauk-Hinz
January 2012 / Stuttgart, DE
Stuttgarter Filmwinter
Retrospective Bady Minck
13.04.2011 Wien/A Metro Kino
Shooting Women, 20:45
18.02.2011 Zwettl/A Galerie Blaugelbezwettl
“Die Kunst des Einzelbildes – Animation in Österreich – 1832 bis heute”, 19 Uhr
08.02.2011 Paris/F
Retrospective – Entrepôt
02.02.2010 Wien/A Filmarchiv Austria Metro Kino
Österreichischer Animationsfilm – Reprise
23.01.2009 Wien/A Filmarchiv Austria Metro Kino
Österreichischer Animationsfilm: Teil 9 – Stadt – Land
11.03.2009 Vitry-sur-Seine/F MAC/VAL
Musée d’art contemporain du Val-de-Marne
12.12.2007 St.Petersburg/RUS
Kinoteatr Rodina
Retrospective Bady Minck
24.05.2007 Luxembourg/L
Cinémathèque “60 années Festival de Cannes”
09.03.2007 Moscow/RUS Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art
Retrospective Bady Minck
07.12.2006 München/D Akademie der Bildenden Künste
Retrospective Bady Minck
26.10.2006 Berndorf/A Cinexx Kino
April 2006 Nairobi/Kenya Economy Class Art Expo
Retrospective Bady Minck
05.04.2006 Linz/A Kunstuniversität (Prof. Elsa Prochazka)
Studienrichtung Raum & Designstrategien
Lecture Bady Minck & Screening
27.03.2006 Wien/A AllThatSounds Symposium
“Die Tonspur im medialen Kontext”
Museumsquartier freiraum/quartier 21
Lecture Bady Minck & Screening
02.12.2005 Gradisca/I Studii di Cinema di Universita di Udine
Masterclass Bady Minck
08.10.2005 Innsbruck/A kinovi[sie]on
Otto-Preminger-Institut Leokino
Retrospective Bady Minck
04.08.2005 Pieve di Cadore/I Cadore Doc Film Festival
Retrospective Bady Minck
March 2005 Linz/A “Urbanität und Ästhetik (6) – Lichter der Peripherie”
Architekturforum Linz im Moviemento Kino
17. – 20.02.
2005 Chiang Mai – Tournee of Northern-Thailand, China & Myanmar
Fly by Light – Road Cinema Festival
Program Bady Minck
February 2005 Buenos Aires/Argentina Open-Air Festival Campo Konex
Retrospective Bady Minck
February 2005 Esch sur Alzette/L Fête du Film d’animation
Ciné Ariston
January 2005 Wien/A Technische Universität
Institut für Architekturtheorie
Filmreihe zum Thema “Stadt und Raum”
December 2004 Wien/A Universität für angewandte Kunst, Institut für Szenographie, Lecture Bady Minck & Screening
December 2004 Ljubljana/SLO Animateka International Animation Film Festival “Re-drawing Europe”
November 2004 Utrecht/NL Holland Animation Film Festival
Retrospective Bady Minck
September 2004 Milano/I Milano Film Festival
“Progetto Anima.Azione”
01.07.2004 Luxembourg/L Shake Academy
Université de Luxembourg
Visiting Professor Bady Minck, Lecture & Screening
24.05.2004 Wien/A Technische Universität Wien, Institut für Architekturtheorie, Lecture Bady Minck & Screening
30.04.2004 Wien/A TOPkino Prolongation 3 films by Bady Minck
Daily Screenings for 2 weeks
16.04.2004 Wien/A Filmcasino
Theatrical Release 3 films by Bady Minck
Daily Screenings for 2 weeks
13.03.2004 Paris/F Festival Némo, Forum des Images
Retrospective Bady Minck
February 2004 Esch sur Alzette/L Kulturfabrik
Carte Blanche & 4 films de Bady Minck
December 2003 Graz/A “Literalität und Neue Medien”
Forum Stadtpark
Lecture & Screening
December 2003 Graz/A Fachhochschule Joanneum
Abteilung Mediendesign
Visiting Professor Bady Minck, Lecture & Screening
November 2003 Zwettl/A Lange Nacht des Films, Blaugelbe Galerie
26.09.2003 St. Pölten/A “playtime-realtime” von Martina Tritthart, Cinéma Paradiso
November 2001 Warschau/PL Österreichisches Kulturforum
Galerie Zacheta
November 2001 Exeter/GB Phoenix Arts Centre
October 2001 Bristol/GB Arnolfini
September 2001 London/GB Riverside Studios Cinema
March 2001 Graz/A Diagonale “The Best of Animation” Retrospective
December 2000 Wien/A “Workstation Wienfilm”
Kunsthalle-Lounge im Schikanederkino
November 2000 Aachen/D Kunstmuseum/Filmhaus
December 1999 Graz/A Strange Movies
Kulturzentrum bei den Minoriten
Retrospective Bady Minck
November 1999 Dresden/D Architektur im Bild arBYTE Dresden
September 1999 Luxembourg/L Semaine de l’Architecture
Soirée Cinéma, Banque de Luxembourg
October 1997 Plymouth/GB Introduction to Austrian Avant-Garde
by Adam Hodgkins, Plymouth Arts Centre
June 1995 Hannover/D Sound Art 95
November 1994 Merzig/D Luxemburger Filmtage
October 1994 Wien/A Wiener Zukunftskonferenz
Technische Universität Wien, Institut für Städtebau
July 1994 Aachen/D Film und Raum Museums-Eröffnung
June 1994 Linz/A Oikodrom Architektur-Kongress
Hochschule für Gestaltung
March 1994 Stuttgart/D Internationales Trickfilm-Festival
“Best of Austria”
March 1994 Paris/F L’ Art de la ville, Centre Georges Pompidou
November 1993 Innsbruck/A Autonomes Frauenzentrum Cinématograph
September 1993 Gstaad/CH Filme von Künstlern
August 1993 Wien/A Filmcasino Sommerkino
July 1993 Berlin/D Messing Camera Kino
June 1993 San Francisco/USA Cinematheque & Pacific Film Archives
June 1993 Houston/USA Imperial Austria, Museum of Fine Arts
May 1993 Rostock/D Kunstraum Schiff Stubnitz
May 1993 Antwerpen/B Österreichische Avantgarde, Eldorado, Capitale Européenne de la Culture
February 1993 Paris/F Collection de Films d’Avantgarde du Musée
d’Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou
October 1992 Chicago/USA Lo(o)sgelöst
October 1992 Boston/USA Lo(o)sgelöst
Massachusetts College of Art
October 1992 Roma/I Austria (in) felix
July 1992 until
May 1993
“As she likes it”
London/GB London Filmmakers Coop
Wien/A TU Audimax
Roma/I Austria (in) felix
Graz/A Fabrik
Linz/A Moviemento Kino
Frankfurt/D Filmmuseum
Karlsruhe/D Das Kino
Zürich/CH Xenia Kino
Budapest/H Toldi Kino
Szesfehèrvár/H Barátság Klub Mozi
Dresden/D Film & Kulturhaus Pentacon
Berlin/D Arsenal Freunde der dt. Kinemathek
Berlin/D Kino in der Brotfabrik
Bremen/D Kommunales Kino
Freiburg/D Kommunales Kino
Düsseldorf/D Filminstitut Black Box
Aachen/D Aachener Filmhaus
Brühl/D Zoom Kinotreff
Dornbirn/A Spielboden
June 1992 Aachen/D Aachener Filmhaus
June 1992 Düsseldorf/D Filminstitut
June 1992 Hannover/D Verein für visuelle Kommunikation
May 1992 Karlsruhe/D Das Kino
May 1992 Lübeck/D Zentrumkino
May 1992 Augsburg/D Stadtkino
April 1992 Freiburg/D Kommunales Kino
March 1992 Wien/A Kurzfilmprogramm W.U.K.
March 1992 Halle/D 12 Filme aus Wien, Kommunales Kino
March 1992 Istanbul/TR Occident Expreß, Bogazici Universität
October 1991 Paris/F Inotiques Musée Océanique Festival Son et Lumière
March 1991 Wien/A Kurzfilm Matinée Künstlerhaus Kino
February 1991 Warschau/PL Österreichische Avantgardefilme
October 1990 Zürich/CH Internationale Filme von Frauen von 1968 bis heute, Kino Atelier
May 1990 Wien/A Österreichische Avantgardefilme, B.A.C.H.
March 1990 Wien/A Österreichische Avantgardefilme
Technische Universität
October 1989 Wien/A Kurzfilme, WUK
September 1989 Hamburg/BRD Crossover Festival
September 1989 Luxemburg/L Sept Courts Métrages, Ciné Utopia
June 1989 Minden/BRD Freie Kunst & Kultur
June 1989 Klagenfurt/A Woche der Begegnung
June 1989 Amiens/F Semaine de la Critique, Cinéma Le Régent
June 1989 Lausanne/CH Semaine de la Critique
Cinémathèque Suisse
June 1989 Lyon/F Semaine de la Critique, Institut Lumière
June 1989 Paris/F Semaine de la Critique, Cinémathèque Chaillot
May 1989 Heilbronn/BRD JFC Binau
April 1989 Budapest/H Land in Sicht, Kunsthalle Budapest
April 1989 Chicago/USA Transcult Reverse Angle
March 1989 Hannover/BRD Österreichische Filmwoche
December 1988 Klagenfurt/A Antels Erben – Junge österreichische Filme, Universität Klagenfurt
Theatrical Release
Theatrical Release
Filmhaus Stöbergasse, Vienna
April/May 1989
3 weeks
Screened as Opening Film
Ciné Utopia, Luxembourg
August/September 1989
5 weeks
Short Film Program
Filmcasino Vienna
from 16 April 2004 (2 weeks)
Prolongation TOP Kino Vienna
from 30 April 2004 (2 weeks)
Opening Film for “In the Beginning was the Eye”
TV
TV
Canal plus France: 20.04.1994
“Special: la ville et le cinéma”, curated by Centre Pompidou Paris
RTL Télé Luxembourg: 02.10.1999 (9pm)
Collections
Collections
* Collection de Film d’Avantgarde du Centre Pompidou Paris
* Collection de Film du Centre National de l’Audiovisuel Luxembourg
* Animationsfilmsammlung der Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien
* Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg
* The Roland Collection & Distribution, London & New York
* Avantgarde Filmcollection Lexington Kentucky University, USA
* The Film-Makers’ Coop Collection & Distribution, New York, USA
* Fine Art Collection University of Florida, USA
* Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
* Rockefeller Library Brown University, Providence, USA
* Columbia University in the City of New York, USA
Distribution
Distribution
DVD
Im Anfang war der Blick
4 films by Bady Minck
With In the Beginning was the Eye, The Beauty is the Beast , Mécanomagie, The Man with modern Nerves
Run Time: 90 minutes
Dolby Surround, PAL, TV Format 4:3, All Regions
Subtitles: English, Francais, Italiano, Polski
Bonus: Making Of “Landschaft wird inszeniert”, 24-page booklet in German and English
DVD available @ Filmgalerie 451, Amazon, CNA, Mudam, Lowave
VOD @ Univerciné, VOD.lu
Distribution in Austria: Polyfilm
Distribution & Sales International: Sixpack Film
Distribution& Sales International: The Roland Collection
Distribution& Sales International: The Film-Makers Coop
