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2.5 Kilometre Mono Action for a Mirage
3 minutes 29 seconds
Alex Monteith, 2011
35mm, Dolby 5.1 xfer to HD
Credits:
Director: Alex Monteith
DOP: Duncan Cole
Sound Recordist: Jeffery Holdaway
Dolby Digital Mix: Park Road Post
35mm Print: Weta Digital
Artist Cinema Comissions
Mark Williams
In association with Creative New Zealand & The University of Auckland Elam School of Fine Arts
New Zealand International Film Festival 2011
19 July Rialto Cinema Auckland
25 July Academy Cinema
26 July Academy Cinema Auckland
30 july Rialto Cinema Auckland
5 August Film Archive Wellington
6 August Film Archive Wellington
10 August Film Archive Wellington
11 August Film Archive Wellington
Year: 2011
Medium: 35mm, 3 minutes 29 seconds, Dolby 5.1 audio
Dir: Alex Monteith
Stunt MotoX: Rider Mark Buxeda
DOP: Duncan Cole
Sound Recordist: Jeffery Holdaway
Dolby Digital Mix: Park Road Post 35mm
Print: Weta Digital
Flux, balance, illusion. A Moto-X rider pulls a continuous wheelie over 2.5 kilometres of coast-line north of Muriwai in Aotearoa New Zealand. The wheelie is one of the most delicately balanced longer durations stunts for a MX rider. The action was conceived specifically for the hazy atmospheric conditions of the Aotearoa coast and takes place on the hard sand revealed only at low tide.
Exhibitions and Screenings
Frankfurter Kunstverien, Contact: Artists from Aotearoa New Zealand, Oct Nov 2012, Frankfurt, Germany
Lux, Artist Cinema Comissions, NZ, London, UK
Recontres Internationales (Link)
Centre Pompidou, Cinema 2, 21 Nov 2011, Paris France
New Zealand International Film Festival 2011
(link), Auckland / Wellington, NZ
19 July Rialto Cinema Auckland
25 July Academy Cinema
26 July Academy Cinema Auckland
30 July Rialto Cinema Auckland
5 August Film Archive Wellington
6 August Film Archive Wellington
10 August Film Archive Wellington
11 August Film Archive Wellington
Project Funding
Artist Cinema Comissions, Mark Williams, Creative New Zealand, 2010
The University of Auckland Elam School of Fine Arts