The Ascention (Speedtarzan)

Directed by: Ashley Hans Scheirl

Collection: Kontakt Collection, Vienna

In The Ascention (sic!) Scheirl uses found footage – scenes re-filmed from a Tarzan movie with swimming crocodiles combined with shots of a motorboat whose driver has a fatal accident during a high speed test. These sequences are looped together to form an extremely fast-paced sequence, spurred on by the droning guitars of Glenn Branca's composition "The Ascention." The music was recorded from the radio while the program "Musikbox" by Wolfgang Kos was playing. (Text: Ashley Hans Scheirl, Silvia Eiblmayr – Kontakt Collection)