Diminishing

Aftagning (Diminishing) is a short experimental film by videoart filmmaker Martin Lombok. The film consists of four static shots of a kitchen counter, where a man places four plates with something covered underneath. The film creates a sense of confusion and discomfort in the viewers, as they are confronted with a reality that is both familiar and alien. The film challenges the viewers to question what they see and what they don’t see, and what it means.

  • Martin Lombok
    Director
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Aftagning
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 20 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 9, 2023
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Denmark
  • Country of Filming:
    Czech Republic
  • Language:
    No Dialogue
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital 4K 30fps
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Martin Lombok

Martin Lombok is an experimental filmmaker born in 1969 in the Czech Republic. He lives alternately in the Czech Republic and Denmark. He works with technologies and film language to express his personal vision of the world. His films are minimalist and realistic, often using static shots and ambient sounds to create a sense of confusion and discomfort in the viewers. He is influenced by the works of Andy Warhol, Michael Snow, and Chantal Akerman.

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Director Statement

My film Aftagning (Diminishing) is an experiment with form and style, a challenge to the conventional ways of storytelling and perception. I wanted to create a film that would make the viewers feel confused and uncomfortable, as they are confronted with a reality that is both familiar and alien. I wanted to show them something that exists, but that they would never see without me. I used four static shots of a kitchen counter, where a man places four plates with something covered underneath. I used contact sound and ambient noises to create a contrast between the silence and the noise, the stillness and the movement, the visible and the invisible. I wanted to question what we see and what we don’t see, and what it means. I wanted to make a film that is not a message, but a medium, a film that is not a representation, but a presentation of reality.