简介：ThemoststrikingthingaboutBokanowski'sshortexperimentalfilmsishowcaptivatinganon-narrativefilmcouldbe.Theabsolutelygorgeousandsurrealimageryonscreen,accompaniedbyafantasticsoundtrackbyhiswifeMicheleisacaptivatingcombination,allowingyoutoappreciatethefilmasapieceofart,withoutconstantlyneedingtolookforhiddenmeaning. "PatrickBokanowski,Frenchfilmmakerandartist,hasdevelopedamanneroftreatingfilmicmaterialthatcrossesovertraditionalboundariesoffilmgenre:shortfilm,experimentalcinemaandanimation.Hisworkliesontheedgebetweenopticalandplasticart,ina'gap'ofconstantreinvention.PatrickBokanowskichallengestheideathatcinemamust,essentially,reproducereality,oureverydaythoughtsandfeelings.Hisfilmscontradictthephotographic'objectivity'thatisfirmlytiedtotheessenceoffilmproductiontheworldover.Bokanowski'sexperimentsattempttoopentheartoffilmuptootherpossibilitiesofexpression,forexampleby'warping'hiscameralens(hepreferstheterm'subjective'to'objective'-theFrenchwordfor'lens'),thustestifyingtoapurelymentalvision,unconcernedwithfilm'sconventionalrepresentations,affectingandmetamorphosingreality,andtherebyofferingtotheviewerofhisfilmsnewadventuresinperception."-PierreCoulibeuf MichèleBokanowskicomposesconcertmusic,aswellaswritingmusicforfilm,theatre,televisionanddance.Amongherprincipalworksaretheconcertpieces:“PourunPianiste”,“TroisChambresd’Inquiétude”,“Tabou”,“PhoneVariations”,“Cirque”,“l’ÉtoileAbsinthe”and“Chantd’Ombre”.MichèleBokanowskihaswrittenmusicformanyofherhusband’sfilms. Quote:“Whyconcretemusicissoattractivetome,asopposedtowrittenmusic...Towritemusicimpliesthatanideaorathoughtisattheoriginsofthecompositionandthatthefinalthingisthesoundrenderingofthisthought.Thesoundisattheendoftheline,inotherwords.Concretemusicistheexactreverseofthisprocess:youstartfromsounds...soundsthatwillperhapsleadyoutoaconstructivethought.Here,it’sthematerialthatinducesthethought,orthewriting.Thepossibilitiesoffinding/inventingnewsoundsand,therefore,newformsaretremendous,infinite...Moreoveryoucanusechancetoamuchgreaterextent.” (MichèleBokanowski-AsymmetryMusicMagazine-Jan2007)…