The Tiny Ventriloquist
THE TINY VENTRILOQUIST is a suite of shorter works. Perhaps the titles to some of the components best communicate the breadth and flavour of the work: GREAT BLOOD SACRIFICE, BEAVER SKULL MAGICK, CARTOON FOR THOSE WHO HAVE A CERTAIN FONDNESS FOR IDEAS BUT ARE TIRED OF THINKING, THE ROOT PROBLEM OF THE WORLD, MY NAME IS KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN, ASS RECLAIM INSERT, WHAT IS CALLED DRINKING (WE HAVE NOT YET BEGUN TO DRINK). In these works, Reinke tries on and discards many voices, stances, histories, and ideologies. His style ranges from drawn animation to home and diary video to found footage. Connecting the wide range of stylistic approaches is Steve Reinke himself, acting as the narrator of his darkly humorous miniatures. Together they form a machine for draining all meaning from the world.
“It's his voice you notice first of all. You can't help noticing. Beuys had his uniform, Warhol his silk screen, Steve Reinke has his voice. It is a kind of signature, a costume for the masquerade of personality, but more importantly: a guarantor of pleasure. Listening to this voice, I imagine again the thousands of moviegoers who once swooned at the sight of Garbo's face, that mask of light that trapped everyone who passed into the Medusa stare of cinema. Like Garbo, Steve's voice manages a universal appeal and an individual promise, a promise no less real for remaining always a secret.” Mike Hoolboom
>>> Exhibition III at the Embassy of Canada in Berlin
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Runtime
60 min -
Country
Canada -
Year of Presentation
2012 -
Year of Production
2011 -
Director
Steve Reinke -
Cast
James Richards -
Production Company
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Berlinale Section
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Berlinale Category
Short Film
Biography Steve Reinke
Steve Reinke, born in 1963 in Eganville, Canada, lives and works in Chicago, USA. He is currently associate professor of Art Theory & Practice at Northwestern University. His work is widely screened and exhibited. Two books of his writing have been published, “Everybody Loves Nothing” and “The Shimmering Beast”.
Filmography Steve Reinke
1989 The Hundred Videos | 1996 Everybody Loves Nothing | 1998 Echo Valley | 1998 How Photographs Are Stored in the Brain | 1998 Incidents of Travel | 1999 Spiritual Animal Kingdom | 1999 Afternoon | 1999 Fireball | 2001 Sad Disco Fantasia | 2001 Amsterdam Camera Vacation | 2002 Anal Masturbation and Object Loss | 2002 J.P | 2004 The Chocolate Factory | 2004 Anthology of American Folk Song | 2005 Ask the Insects | 2005 Ghosts of Gay Porn | 2006 Regarding the Pain of Susan Sontag | 2006 Picnic | 2007 The Mendi | 2007 Election Defeat | 2007 Hobbit Love is the Greatest Love | 2007 My Rectum is not a Grave | 2008 Boy/Analysis: An Abridgement of Melanie Klein's 'Narrative of a Child Analysis' | 2009 Everybody | 2010 Vomit Star | 2010 Disambiguation | 2011 Blood & Cinnamon | 2012 A Day for Cake and Accidents | 2012 The Tiny Ventriloquist: Final Thoughts, Series Two | 2014 Rib Gets in the Way: Final Thoughts, Series Three | 2014 The Natural Look | 2015 A Boy Needs a Friend