Spirits of Ecstasy (Murnau’s Death Mask)



16mm film print, b+w, sound
16 minutes 35 seconds, 2013


Spirits of Ecstasy (Murnau's Death Mask) is the first work in Gibbs' F.W Murnau Trilogy exploring the interconnected “tabus” of the German Expressionist director’s film and life.






Glasgow School of Art MFA Graduate Exhibition Installation

16mm film print (5 minutes 33 seconds), 16mm projector and looper, 
non-synchronous digital audio (16 minutes 35 seconds), motion activated sensor, 500 A3 digital prints. 2013

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Photos: Gabriel Leung





Camera / script / edit / voice / sound design
Allison Gibbs

Performers
Urara Tsuchiya
Tessa Lynch
Lauren Hall
Thorgerdur Olafsdottir
Jennifer Bailey

16mm process & print
Not/nowhere Lab, London