Below you find excerpts from selected video works 1999 - 2008:
Sketch For A Short Film In Black And White
Videostill
Text:
A text about monuments is read out loud. In a bathroom mirror you see a man shaving. A woman is sitting on a chair.
She looks at the camera. A man enters the room. He is wearing a suit. He walks through the bedroom, heading for
the window. A little girl is running down a corridor. (Or the image of a childs feet.). ...
HD Video, 7, 27 min., 2008, colour, sound. A.r. 16:9.
Single channel video projection installation. Dimensions variable.
Camera & editing: Anne Lise Stenseth.
Sound composition: UKR.TELE.KOM
Participant: S.Henry
A text about monuments is read out loud. In a bathroom mirror you see a man shaving. A woman is sitting on a chair.
She looks at the camera. A man enters the room. He is wearing a suit. He walks through the bedroom, heading for
the window. A little girl is running down a corridor. (Or the image of a childs feet.). ...
HD Video, 7, 27 min., 2008, colour, sound. A.r. 16:9.
Single channel video projection installation. Dimensions variable.
Camera & editing: Anne Lise Stenseth.
Sound composition: UKR.TELE.KOM
Participant: S.Henry
Something About Wapke - Circumstances And Incidents In The Life Of A Dutch Artist,
Excerpt: 10:51 min.
Installation view. Photo: Øystein Thorvaldsen
This is a portrait of Wapke Feenstra. She is a visual artist and writer that lives in Rotterdam in The Netherlands. The video deals with identity, history, art and its stereotypes based on my interpretation, related events and stories from Feenstras life and work.
Mini-DV, 27, 30 min. 2006, colour, sound. A.r. 4:3
Single channel video projection installation. Dimensions variable.
Camera & editing: Anne Lise Stenseth.
Sound composition: Paul Devens
Language: English, Dutch, German. English subtitles
Participants: Wapke Feenstra, Eerde Feenstra, Elisabeth Feenstra-De Groot, Maaike Feenstra, Arie van Dam, Lysbeth van Dam, Aris Eerde van Dam, Eva van Dam, Lyudmila Petrova, Tom van Gesten, Jeanne van Heeswijk and more.
Mini-DV, 27, 30 min. 2006, colour, sound. A.r. 4:3
Single channel video projection installation. Dimensions variable.
Camera & editing: Anne Lise Stenseth.
Sound composition: Paul Devens
Language: English, Dutch, German. English subtitles
Participants: Wapke Feenstra, Eerde Feenstra, Elisabeth Feenstra-De Groot, Maaike Feenstra, Arie van Dam, Lysbeth van Dam, Aris Eerde van Dam, Eva van Dam, Lyudmila Petrova, Tom van Gesten, Jeanne van Heeswijk and more.
Borders of Paradise, - from Shades of Blue, to Black, White, Pink or Purple
Excerpt 05:28 min.
Videostill.
During our stay of research in Liverpool in the autumn of 2005 we were struck by the contrast between the areas of the city which are the centre of great visions and regeneration, and the areas that apparently are left to decay. We saw this in the development of The Paradise Project – a regeneration project covering 42 acres in the heart of the city – opposed to areas like Toxteth that have been suffering from poverty and urban degradation. Collaboration with visual artist Leif Gaute Staurland
Mini-DV, 23 min. 2006, A.r. 4:3.
Single channel video projection installation. Dimensions variable.
Language: English, Swedish. English with Norwegian and English subtitles
Participants: Ian Brownbill, Laurence Westgaph, Cecilia Andersson, Richard Jones, Jamshed Alam, Cindy Downing,
Charles Jones and more.
Music: Kuljit Bhamra & Shan Chana
© Anne Lise Stenseth & Leif Gaute Staurland, 2006
During our stay of research in Liverpool in the autumn of 2005 we were struck by the contrast between the areas of the city which are the centre of great visions and regeneration, and the areas that apparently are left to decay. We saw this in the development of The Paradise Project – a regeneration project covering 42 acres in the heart of the city – opposed to areas like Toxteth that have been suffering from poverty and urban degradation. Collaboration with visual artist Leif Gaute Staurland
Mini-DV, 23 min. 2006, A.r. 4:3.
Single channel video projection installation. Dimensions variable.
Language: English, Swedish. English with Norwegian and English subtitles
Participants: Ian Brownbill, Laurence Westgaph, Cecilia Andersson, Richard Jones, Jamshed Alam, Cindy Downing,
Charles Jones and more.
Music: Kuljit Bhamra & Shan Chana
© Anne Lise Stenseth & Leif Gaute Staurland, 2006
Birdess
Excerpt 06:23 min.
This film documents the artist and pedagogue Yngvil Teigen as she goes about her daily business of caring for wild birds, for the well being of which she feels deeply. Her house has been given over to the birds, where they fly around freely. This chaotic domestic scenario is intriguingly contrasted with her calm logic and authorative knowledge of birds. This is a warm and heartening account of human kindness, which also portrays an uncomfortable and unnerving disregard of conventional life.
Mini-DV, 2001, 23 minutes, colour, sound + 2x 1 min. loop. A.r. 4:3.
The video ”Birdess” is a part of ”Birdess” 3 channel video projection installation. Dimensions variable
English subtitles.
Mini-DV, 2001, 23 minutes, colour, sound + 2x 1 min. loop. A.r. 4:3.
The video ”Birdess” is a part of ”Birdess” 3 channel video projection installation. Dimensions variable
English subtitles.
Harvest
Excerpt 03:59 min.
The video “Harvest” shows two old people eating together in determined silence. Stenseth filmed in an ‘amateur’ style: we see mixed lighting, slow motion and a grainy texture. The last adds a level of sensitivity to the video essay. The sound image consists of sampled twelfth-century music and the atmosphere it creates hangs intuitively together with the visual imagery.
The way Stenseth films the couple eating a daily meal in their daily surroundings, makes us see a common situation anew. Moreover, the filmed couple gives us a different perspective on age. It is common knowledge that growing older doesn’t mean life is getting easier – we encounter pain or loss of dignity. Stenseth shows a beautiful and moving aspect of old age: unadulterated joy, tranquillity, tacit contentment and rewarding companionship.
Video 8, 11 min. 1999, colour, sound, A.r. 4:3.
Single channel video projection installation
Kamera: Anne Lise Stenseth
Editing: Leif Gaute Staurland
Participants: Ansgar Kristoffer Standal, Larine Lovise Standal
Sound: Leif Gaute Staurland, Anne Lise Stenseth
Link: http://www.bibliobox.org/index.php?pageid=40&project_id=70&action=project&ref=start
The video “Harvest” shows two old people eating together in determined silence. Stenseth filmed in an ‘amateur’ style: we see mixed lighting, slow motion and a grainy texture. The last adds a level of sensitivity to the video essay. The sound image consists of sampled twelfth-century music and the atmosphere it creates hangs intuitively together with the visual imagery.
The way Stenseth films the couple eating a daily meal in their daily surroundings, makes us see a common situation anew. Moreover, the filmed couple gives us a different perspective on age. It is common knowledge that growing older doesn’t mean life is getting easier – we encounter pain or loss of dignity. Stenseth shows a beautiful and moving aspect of old age: unadulterated joy, tranquillity, tacit contentment and rewarding companionship.
Video 8, 11 min. 1999, colour, sound, A.r. 4:3.
Single channel video projection installation
Kamera: Anne Lise Stenseth
Editing: Leif Gaute Staurland
Participants: Ansgar Kristoffer Standal, Larine Lovise Standal
Sound: Leif Gaute Staurland, Anne Lise Stenseth
Link: http://www.bibliobox.org/index.php?pageid=40&project_id=70&action=project&ref=start