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K

Variations on a teleplay theme song

[Based on a musical work by Philip Tagg, K is a derivative post-Pop manipulaton of a mediatic object.
An exploration of the formal possibilities of the audio-visual language that- reconfiguring "high" and "low" cultural references- aims to be an enquiry into the language and its cliches ]

Materials from:

:: "Kojak Theme Commutations" by Philip Tagg (1990): arrangements of the original theme tune by Billy Goldenberg (1973)

:: Kojak series episodes (1973-1978)

:: additional images by:
Romero Britto; Ron English; Andreas Gursky; Roy Lichtenstein; Takashi Murakami; Davide Nido; Andy Warhol; Jonas Wood

  • rick niebe
    Director
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 1, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - rick niebe

MA in semiotic of Cinema at Pisa University, he works as an autonomous artist.
His research as videomaker consists of a minimal and epigrammatic experimental re-use of audio visual found objects.
Interested in a critical 'detournement' of rough materials from the "mediascape" he focuses his attention on ordinary anonymous images as well as on fragments from cinematographic history.
His work of de-construction of narrative devices, and re contextualization of visual elements, aims to disorient and estrange the viewer playing a game between memory and formation of new meanings.

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Variations on a teleplay theme song

[Based on a musical work by Philip Tagg, K is a derivative “post-Pop” manipulaton of a mediatic object. An exploration of the formal possibilities of the audio-visual language that- reconfiguring and mixing "high" and "low" cultural references- aims to be a playful enquiry into the language and its cliches ]