Bjørn Melhus «Silvercity II» 1999.

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Submitted by bjørn.melhus on Tue, 2006-04-04 21:29.

Bjørn Melhus, SilvercityII
Silvercity II (The End of the Beginning), 1999
Video for Installation with Silvercity 1
Written, performed, edited and produced by Bjørn Melhus.

In the later installation Silvercity II Bjørn Melhus sends two people in separate space capsules into orbit around the earth. By assigning to the astronauts the same hollow western movie dialogue used in Silvercity I he demonstrates the emotionally clichéd nature of language in film. In the end there is no real communication about personal feelings between the astronauts.

dialogue Silvercity 1+2
(german version):

Schläfst du schon? / Nein, warum? / Du siehst so müde aus / Nöö, gar nicht / Du kannst heute Nacht hier schlafen / Mhm, meinetwegen, aber... / Was? / Ich bin kein Cowboy / Noch benimmst du dich wie ein anständiger Kerl / Dann komm ans Feuer / Sowas läßt sich ja leicht sagen, aber... / Na, nu mach schon! / Hmhm.... Du ich hab Hunger!/ Hör doch auf und lass uns pennen / Keks... Keks ess ich gern Hee! / Was? / Ich bin kein Cowboy / Lass man, ich hab das gern / Ist das wahr? / Wieso? Was? / Du bist kein Cowboy? / Hör doch auf und lass uns pennen / Hee....hee...
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source: melhus.de

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