FILM

The filmography of Ivan Ladislav Galeta (1947-2014) excels in crystal-clear, analytically constructed film works. PiRâMidas (1972-1984) is a geometric journey through time by train to a certain point in space and back. The solid basis of the film is formed by an uninterrupted 5-minute recording on Fujicolor 16mm film stock made on 20 April 1984, 11:34 AM in Hungary. Using ‘cyclical’ editing, Galeta constructs a labyrinth of 7,261 film frames, with the end point of the first half of the film also being the climax: a projected ‘event’, marked with RGB-coloured film frames, which occurs exactly in the middle of this purely symmetrical film.