Arnulf Rainer

Arnulf Rainer combines an image track consisting of black and white frames with a soundtrack alternating white noise and silence. The effect is a flickering screen image and a pulsating sound that is not directly synchronised to the visual pattern, but connects to the visual rhythm by anticipating or referring back to patterns on the screen. As both Jonas Mekas and Stan Brakhage have noted, Arnulf Rainer is a film experience that cannot be switched off by the closing of the eyes; the unique relationship between sound and image means that the viewing experience continues through the soundtrack. The film had a profound influence on the development of structural film in the following decade.Ingrid Stigsdotter