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Battle of the
Stand-Stills


Cross-Quarters

Iceland Spar

Very Similar To

On the Logic of
Dubious Historical
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1969-1972


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The Battle of the Stand-Stills
16:00
HD
2010




In footage from a 1990 world championship sprint race, two riders try and hold their bikes in place on the track as long as they possibly can. A second race between two contemporary riders shadows the original race, and a decayed velodrome overlaps with the memory of the stand-still.

The Battle of the Stand-Stills is part documentary, part structural film, and part found-footage film. As three racing locations and times intersect, images from earlier races are recalled by an announcer's narration of an invisible race.


Racers: Matthew Fox, Kevin Perez
Racing consultant: David Merritt
Cameras: Jared Larson, Alexander Stewart, Steven Summers
Audio recording: Mathew Paul Jinks






Screenings:
(Premiere) 25fps International Festival of Experimental Film & Video, Zagreb, 2010