The Electric Kiss

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(BALi, KulturBahnhof Kassel)

“In Kohlberger’s second film (…) the artist fashions a dystopian fiction from the remnants of cinema’s past. Drawing on excerpts from obscure sci-fi films, THE ELECTRIC KISS imagines a world not unlike our own, in which people plug their brains into a kind of neuro-network that connects the whole of human consciousness. As cyberpunk imagery draped in VHS textures alternates with passages of prismatic visual noise (…), a quasi-plot emerges: a man in a VR headset (…) subjects himself to a mysterious procedure to alleviate the ill effects of this new technology on the mind.” (Jordan Cronk)

  • Duration: 18 Min.
  • Countries: Austria, Germany
  • Subtitles: English
  • Production year: 2024