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John Cage - Halberstadt

  1. Overview
  2. Fact Sheet

Through a combination of live shooting, digital processing and animation, John Cage - Halberstadt expresses the temporal vertigo generated by the rendering of John Cage’s piece Organ2/ASLSP over a period of 639 years. The images were shot at the 12th change of note, on July 5th 2012, in the Burchardi Church in Halberstadt. This is number 5 in the Places and Monuments series.

The film

  • Film identity

    Original title: John Cage - Halberstadt

    Directed by: Pierre HÉBERT

    Country: Canada

    Year of production: 2013

    Running time: 10 min 50 s

  • Technique

    Category: Short film

    Techniques used: cut-outs, rotoscope, live action

    Process: Colour

    Target public: Teens, Adults, Family, Young adults

  • Credits

    Directed by: Pierre HÉBERT

    Production: Pierre HÉBERT

    Distribution: VIDÉOGRAPHE DISTRIBUTION, Christian MORISSETTE

    Artistic direction: Pierre Hébert

    Animation: Nicolas Brault

    Camera: Pierre Hébert

    Music: Lori Freedman

    Sound: Luc Boudrias

    Editing: Pierre Hébert