STICK climbing
Daniel Zimmermann | AT 2010 | 14 min. 
Material: DV
Format: DigiBeta
Original language: no dialogues
Script: Daniel Zimmermann
Camera: Raoul Schmitz , Bernhard Braunstein, Andreas Kreimeier
Editing: Bernhard Braunstein
Sound: Bernhard Braunstein
Production: dz-productions
Print/Sales: Sixpack
Awards: Bester Schweizer Film Winterthur 2010
A contemplative walk leads to a bizarre climbing tour. The camera that has just panned over everyday village life now homes in on a construction of wooden slats to then follow a breakneck route up a vertical rock face. From the perspective of the invisible climber we experience a seemingly impossible ascent while hearing his breath growing heavier and heavier with every move. Having reached the top, the camera roams one more time over the point of departure – the village lying only a few exciting minutes of film and a tangible eternity away below the rock face.
Daniel Zimmermann, born in 1966 in Thun. Attends Fine Arts school in Bern. 1993 Mixed-Media projects and exhibits in Switzerland and abroad.
Films: Bobrennen im Sommer 2000 | Die 10 Schweizer 2002 | Lauberhornrennen im Sommer 2007 (UNDERDOX 02) | Stick Climbing 2010