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WithTORQUEBjörnKämmerercontinueshisrecentcinematicinvestigationsintotheintersectionofabstractionandrepresentation,geometryandmotion.InhisprevioustwofilmsGYREandTURRET,heremovednormallystaticdomesticobjectsfromtheireverydaycontextandsettheminmotion.Therevolvingitems–alargemodelofalogcabininGYREandanarrangementofwindowcasementsinTURRET–werefilmedinastudio,theirrevolutionsservingtorevealuniquegraphicqualities.ForTORQUE,Kämmererhasleftdomesticarchitecturebehind,takingthecameraoutofdoorstoshootonlocation.Thefilmconsistsofasinglecontinuoustrackingshotacrossaseriesofconvergingrailwaytracks.Thecinemascopeimageissubtlymodulatedbythegradualupwardtiltofthecameraslowlyrevealingafurtherextensionoftrack.Thisdoublemotionalongtwodifferenttrajectoriesoriginatingfromtwoseparateaxiscreatesavisualandperceptualtensionbetweenourexperienceofrenaissanceperspective,theexpandingdepthoffield,andthetwodimensionalplaneofthesurfaceonwhichtheimageisprojected,wherethetrackscanalsobereadasabstractshiftingdiagonallines. TORQUEpushesandpullstheviewerindifferentdirectionsasitillustratestheuncannycoexistencebetweentheperpetualsidewaysmotiononthescreenandthearrangementofconvergingtracks.Adynamictensionexistsbetweenthegeometricelements,thesmoothdiagonallinesofthetracks,andthoseelements,gravelandwoodentiesthatpossessaroughirregularityindicatingtheactuallocationofthefilm.Theunmodulatedparallellinesoftheblankmonorialopticalsoundtrackprovideanalmostinaudibleechooftherailwaytracksonscreenwhich,onametaphysicallevelsuggestaseeminglyendlessproliferationofpast,presentandfuturejourneybeginningattheunnamedlocationfromwhichtheyradiate.Inthiswaythefilmservesasacentralaxisfortravelintimeaswellasspace. (KateMacKay)