Private Project

Nocturnal Response

A German poem interplays with Europe's largest public sensor artwork. Its pillars interact with human motion and touch, breathe light and sound in response to people...

"Sensor Valley" was created by Studio Daan Roosegaarde in the Netherlands. They also gave permission to use their video material.

"Safari" is written and spoken by Eva Gagel, who I heard at her poetry reading in Berlin. A horizontally moving textline with my English translation completes this poetic video minute. (1'28")

  • Ebba Jahn
    Director
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  • Ebba Jahn
    Producer
  • Studio Roosegaarde
    Producer
  • Eva Gagel
    Key Cast
    "Poet, Speaker"
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Art, poetry, poem, public art, sound, very short, shortfilm, light, poetryfilm
  • Runtime:
    1 minute 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 25, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Netherlands
  • Language:
    English, German
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Lacuna Festivals
    Lanzarote & Fuerte Ventura
    Spain
    June / July
    Official Selection
Distribution Information
  • Ebba Jahn
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Ebba Jahn

German Film and TV Academy dffb Berlin graduate 1984
NRW film artist prize 1984
Own film productions since then
Camera and sound for filmmaker colleagues
Video teacher at University of the Arts, Berlin 1985 - 1986
Film teacher at Berlin film academy dffb 1986 -1991

Move to New York City 1991-2008
CUNY A.S. in Fine Arts & BA studies until 1999 Hunter College
Radio producer and technician ARD Studio New York 1999 - 2001
Freelance NYC - correspondent for public radio in Germany 2001- 03
Film teacher at filmschools in Germany and Zürich 2004-2008
Film re-runs and DVD production of own jazzfilm Rising Tones Cross 2005
Director and co-curator of jazzfest INTERPLAY ! BERLIN 2006
Jazz film curator and live acts coordinator IFFF Frauenfilmfestival 2007

Film artist stipend of the Berlin Senat 2007
DVD production ARTS INTERPLAY 2008
Video/Room Installation, Short Films, DVD Productions, 2009
Older videos are shown in German museums 2006, 2017, 2018
Jazzfilm from 1984 has re-runs on several music festivals and art theaters.

Small scale series in painting and mixed media since 2010
Art Exhibitions in Germany

Curating, organizing and travelling with exhibition PAPER PAIRS with artworks by 15 - 24 artists including own 2017-2019
Since 2018 cooperations with trombonist Paul Hubweber.
2019 Screenings of video PAPER PAIRS & TROMBONE

New Short Videos since 2019:

AQUA IMPROMPTU 13'
BRIDGING IT 4'
FOG HORNS 6'
NOCTURNAL RESPONSE 1'28"
THE CREEK 1'58"

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