Future Past Perfect Pt. 03 (U_08-1) (2010)
Conceived as the third part of the series under the name future past perfect, the short film introduces a narrative story that was inspired by a fascination for automation processes as well as his work on codes and grids that materialized in his record alva noto . unitxt in 2008. the series itself started in 2006 and is designed as a row of conceptually independent movies that document nicolai's focus of interest of the respective year of origin and also builds up on the results of the movie(s) before. a quiet autumn night in tokyo. a man stops his car at a shop front with a number of vending machines to get a last drink of tea on his way home. he inserts a coin, but instead of the usual procedure, the machine starts performing its own peculiar performance...
Directors: Carsten Nicolai, Simon Mayer.
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Kyusaku Shimada as |
| Directing | Carsten Nicolai | Director |
| Sound | Alva Noto | Music |
| Directing | Simon Mayer | Director |