Future Past Perfect Series

Part 4 · Feb 28, 2013

Future Past Perfect Pt. 04 (Stratus)

Conceived as the fourth part of the series under the name future past perfect, the fourth short film of the row is the result of a long-term fascination with clouds, their movements, structure/texture, and their potentially infinite variety of forms. shot from the plane on various trips, the sequences of cloud imagery are edited and collaged in different ways to match the diverse qualities of constitution and behaviour of clouds. the short movie especially focussed on so-called stratus clouds, a category of clouds that usually appears rather flat, hazy and featureless. their visual quality as seen from above may imply micro and macro structures at the same time thus potentially deceives the viewer's perception.

Part 5 · Sep 12, 2015

Future Past Perfect Pt. 07 (Vortex Bosporo)

Conceived as part of the future past perfect series the seventh part is focused on the surfaces/structures of fluids. simular to pt.01 and pt.04 this short film explores the topic of micro and macro structures and was inspired by the mathematical theory of attractors. as the title already mentions the film was shoot in istanbul at the bosporus.

Part 6 · Dec 7, 2018

Future Past Perfect Pt. 01 (Sononda)

sononda is the first part of the short film series future past perfect and was originally recorded in 2006. the series whose single fragments are supposed to be parts of a larger scale film project is designed as a row of conceptually independent movies that document nicolai's focus of interest of the respective year of origin and also builds up on the results of the movie(s) before. despite sononda's visual quality seems artificial at times, it was shot in a natural environment. the focus is directed on the sculptural quality of light. the correspondence of both music - with its low frequency modulations and merging soundscapes - and light play on the curved surfaces of the sculptural stone formations create an ever-changing atmosphere of concrete and abstract appearances.