Marcel Broodthaers 1924-1976
M.B., 24 Images/Seconde, 1970
35 mm black and white film strip and pencil on white cardboard
500 x 650 mm
Copyright The Artist
Published by Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin, 1970 The film frames are numbered in pencil from 1 to 24, on the right side of the film strip. The artist’s proofs have...
Published by Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin, 1970
The film frames are numbered in pencil from 1 to 24, on the right side of
the film strip. The artist’s proofs have a tipped-on printed document
with a text in German, English and French: ‘The Folker Skulima Gallery
presents the shortest film in the world: A Second of Eternity by Marcel
Broodthaers after an idea by Charles Baudelaire. 35 mm – black/ white
– length: 1 second – camera: Wenzel – processing: Mosaik – production:
Skulima Berlin 1970. The film will be projected in an endless band at the
speed of 24 frames per second as part of an exhibition with the aim of
presenting the static as against the kinetic image. The exhibition
consists of a) the film celluloid; b) a sculptured reproduction of the 24th
frame.’
The film frames are numbered in pencil from 1 to 24, on the right side of
the film strip. The artist’s proofs have a tipped-on printed document
with a text in German, English and French: ‘The Folker Skulima Gallery
presents the shortest film in the world: A Second of Eternity by Marcel
Broodthaers after an idea by Charles Baudelaire. 35 mm – black/ white
– length: 1 second – camera: Wenzel – processing: Mosaik – production:
Skulima Berlin 1970. The film will be projected in an endless band at the
speed of 24 frames per second as part of an exhibition with the aim of
presenting the static as against the kinetic image. The exhibition
consists of a) the film celluloid; b) a sculptured reproduction of the 24th
frame.’
Literature
Jan Ceuleers, Marcel Broodthaers - The Complete Prints and Books,Galerie Ronny Van de Velde, Antwerp, 2012, pp. 16–17, no. 4Stay up to date with Gallery Sofie Van de Velde
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