SILENCIO, 2023
Music by Moritz von Oswald
Directed and edited by Felix Moser
Co-directed by Thomas Hoffmann
Cinematography and Colors by Julian Moser
Produced by Tresor Records and Moserfilm
6.16 min
This short documentary accompanies Moritz von Oswald on the journey to his album Silencio and searches for an answer to the question if synthesizers can sing.
The compositions were written in Moritz von Oswald’s Berlin studio on classic synthesizers, such as the EMS VCS3 and the Moog Model 15. These abstract recordings were transcribed to sheet music for choir by Berlin-based Finnish composer and pianist, Jarkko Riihimäki and performed by Vocalconsort Berlin in Ölberg church in the city’s Kreuzberg district, only few meters down the road from where Dubplates & Mastering and Hard Wax opened their doors for music enthusiasts for many years so long.
The recordings of the choral versions were then incorporated into the synthesized parts of the album and brought into anew electronic context; in Silencio, the focus is not on using one means to imitate the other, but to sonically discuss the tensions and harmonies between the two worlds and create a dialogue between them.
CORE MEMORY, 2022
Music by Hainbach
Direction, Camera and Edit by Julian Moser
Titles and Credits by Nani Gutiérrez
Produced by Moserfilm
3.58 min
A human made space probe has left the observable universe. Long after its core energy source has shut down it continues to float through space. Yet this space seems very different when looked at on a different scale. Galaxy filaments and voids, chromosomes and extracellular matrix, whether we´re looking at the beginning of evolving life or the vast emptiness of an ever expanding universe is undeterminable.
Elaborating on these thoughts, this visual probe dives into epigenetics and what influence it might have on the genetic code of a living organism. Epigenetic signals are responsible for the establishment, maintenance, and reversal of metastable transcriptional states that are fundamental for the cell’s ability to “remember” past events, such as changes in the external environment or developmental cues. In the same way that fossils are the archive of former life and therefore a memory of data on earth.
RAUM, 2021
Music by Tangerine Dream
Directed by Felix and Julian Moser
Camera by Julian Moser
Colors and Titles by Nani Gutiérrez
Produced by Moserfilm for Eastgate Music
7.24 min
The music video to 'Raum' was shot on a Canon Super-8 camera during late 2020 and early 2021. It portrays the band’s creation process at their Berlin studio space and the surrounding neighborhood of Neukölln. The choice of shooting on film was also an homage to Edgar Froese’s Super-8 videos, filmed while being on tour or in the studio with Tangerine Dream.
HOME STORIES, 2021
Music by Hainbach
Directed by Felix and Julian Moser
Camera by Julian Moser
Colors and Titles by Nani Gutiérrez
Produced by Moserfilm
5.34 min
Official Selection: Ars Electronica.ART Gallery Virtual Exhibition
The visual for “Home Stories” is an investigation on energy transition and the nuclear phase-out. Along the way, the video portrays a landscape shaped by energy and environmental policies, forestry, agriculture and mining. It summons tales of land consolidation, wind farms, transmission towers and pointed roof houses with photovoltaic panels. Weekend train rides to thermal power plants with a lake view. The filmmakers Felix & Julian Moser followed retired workers on a tour through their former rock salt mine, which has turned into an interim storage for radioactive waste. Their trip ends in the core of a nuclear reactor, which was finished in 1990 but never went online due to the turmoil at the end of the Cold War.
SCHWEBUNGSSUMMER, 2021
Music by Hainbach
Directed, animated and edited by Nani Gutiérrez
Camera by Julian Moser
Story by Felix Moser and Nani Gutiérrez
Produced by Felix Moser
5.43 min
TV Premiere: 3sat Kulturzeit
Schwebungssummer exorcises early 90s memories of a recurring false awakening, followed by a headfirst float towards a dark portal. Therefore, images search for the uncanny in the park, the near autobahn tunnel or the canal. Shot as a constant zoom, this visual is highlighted by classic rotoscope sequences and 2D-animations. Absorbed by ordinary objects, like a loop, entering scenario after scenario; and this incredible need to repeat. It is a hybrid of references to Ralph Bakshi’s early movies, infused by Freud's concept of repetition compulsion (German: Wiederholungszwang). All for a hypnotic song by Hainbach that is named after a beat frequency oscillator.
LIGHT SPLITTING, 2020
Music by Hainbach
Visual Album by Julian Moser
Type Design by Nani Gutiérrez
Co-directed by Felix Moser
43’
Online Premiere: Fact Magazine
Official Selection: Ars Electronica.ART Gallery 2020
The visual album to “Light Splitting”, recorded on MiniDV camera and played back at half speed, analyzes unprocessed low resolution images. Macro observations mimicking early space probes and telescope photographs. On a universal scale, image quality can only be a depiction of the current technological advance and therefore the true value lies in the newly found information these images present. As a consequence of isolation this work is a retreat into a microverse. Working with a combination of glass, water and the morning sun, the video embraces the fragile beauty of light and offers a psychedelic journey through Hainbach’s album.
SPESSART, 2020
8 videoloops by Felix and Julian Moser
Filmed on MiniDV camera
Music by Johannes Albert
24’
The album was inspired by memories of the Spessart region in Bavaria, but later produced in Berlin. This contradiction served as a blueprint for this video loop series. The Spessart becomes a fragile longing place in the middle of Berlin. A bark of a 130-year old Sycamore tree and swaying pines on the sidewalk, wild flowers in a park or the glimpse of a church spire behind the trees create a fake Spessart tune. The entrance to a park becomes the edge of the woods and the public water fountain turns into a sweeping stream. Sometimes blurry images, filmed on MiniDV camera, are looking for moments of nature in the city and question the concept of memory itself.
MIASMATIC, 2017
Music by Hainbach
Written, directed and edited by Nani Gutiérrez
Camera and Light by Julian Moser
Production by Felix and Julian Moser
Best Music Video: Boddinale Berlin Community Festival
Semi-Finalist: Ishinomaki International Film Festival
Official Selection: Backup - Film and Media Art Festival Weimar, Portland Unknown Film Festival, HorrorQuest Film Festival Atlanta
PROTO, 2017
Music by Johannes Albert & Iron Curtis
Video by Julian and Felix Moser
Official Selection: Portland Unknown Film Festival, Berlin Flash Film Festival
