Optical Sound
Original title: Optinen ääni
Overview
Do machines play music? Is there a difference between a dot matrix printer and a record turntable? Optical Sound, Taanila’s 2005 wide-screen interpretation of [The User]’s brutalist sound piece for an array of obsolete printers, depicts the devices ratcheting horizontally together in a stalled symphony, inkjets repeatedly blackening the same area on the page. It is not the blurring of man with machine that lies at the core of this film, but the blurring of the spaces that each has been traditionally obliged to occupy. We disappear into our data streams, which are everywhere and “nowhere” at the same time. (Ken Hollings)
Crew
- Director
- Mika Taanila
Frequently asked questions
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Who directed Optical Sound?
Optical Sound was directed by Mika Taanila.
When was Optical Sound released?
Optical Sound was released in 2005.
