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1000 O

Barbara Peikert
Switzerland · 7 min · English, French, German, Italian, Spanish · Fiction, Adventure, Fantasy, Suspense, Dying Earth, Coming of-age story, Human, Survival, Abstract, Poetry, Video art
Poster for 1000 O
SYNOPSIS

An artificial umbilical cord inflates into cartoon bubbles with embryonic thoughts of a fetus.

In English with embedded French-German-Italian or Spanish text

Barbara Peikert
ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Barbara Peikert

Baraba-pe Peikert, Swiss filmmaker and visual artist, had a fondness for the fictional world from an early age and decorated her room with mobile figures. “1000 O” and 'The Cormorant's Shadow' are the new eccentric experimental films that document Baraba-pe's artistic research into abstract fictitious behavior in the world of movement, cinematic light and action. The next episodes are already in production and so far self-financed by her single company Atelier a./f. in Switzerland and also, as with the previous experimental films WavesWaterWall (2023), Snowhsine (2021), Periplaneta (2020), AF_SO_MONT_NB (2019), short animation MI DI WORM no.10... in constant search of an interested audience. She started producing experimental films at French universities with master degrees in visual arts and aesthetics in Paris 1+8, at the Sapienza in Rome Lighting Design and specialized at the CRM Research Center for Music and Sound Technology in Italy.

She has been honored with screenings in real gems such as the legendary Chinese Theatres in Los Angeles (USA), in experimental cinemas, museums and music halls, in castles, lecture halls and cinemas in universities and institutions, including art and open space screenings around the world as well as online screenings at festivals.

Filmography

Fantasy, Fiction, Adventure, Dying Earth, Suspense, Survival, Abstract, Coming of-age story, Human, Musical, Digital Sound, Poetry, Nature, Abstract, Poetry, Video art

2025 1000 O, 7' 2023 WAVESWATERWALL (WELLENWASSERWAND), 8’ 2019 Periplaneta, 6’07’’ Space and time axis model the sequence of the images and stage the discolored color flow 2019 AF_SO_MONT_NB, 140’’ 2018 AF_SO_WAL, 4’

Cartoons with 2D Animation+3D illusions templates, color, sound: 2024 The Cormorant’s Shadow, 1’ 2021 Snowshine, 15' 2018 MI DI WORM no. 10, 1' MI DI WORM no. 1-19 (year of reference 2015); AF_VOLVERSTOI_no 1-65; AF_ST-TIC_TAC; AF_SAGOMA, 25’’

Staging with RGB flow lighting effects and geometric shapes: 2020/2021 SNOWSHINE (Schneeschimmer), 15’ 2018/19 AF_EINSTRAHLER (Radiator), 10’; AF_WRACK, 13’; HEXA SEXTA 16’; Bille Balle (BALL BALLOON), 190“; AF_EINäuger (One eye), 10'

Early Experimental films of astrazione-fiction: 2012 A- SOL_TIC, 2010 WRACK_CUBE, 10’; 2008 Blue-TUONO, 15’; CA-lunatic, 4’; 8mm compilation Eclat/Ecran 2004 (Prismis, Bleu électrique, Halo4)

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