Das Rad

In Maya Derens AT LAND each vision of a foot hitting the ground took us into a new space via the magic of montage DAS RAD works a similar transformation through the motif of a childs handstanding wheel motion Silent and in grainy black and white the film takes us simply but mysteriously into a world of childhood The ghosts of romanticism linger in the shots of misty hills As in von Gröllers ELITE V20 the gestures of everyday life become dancelike and the camera itself gets involved in the dizzy wheeling motion Normal perceptions are literally overturned