OCP (film)

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A prosthetic headpiece supported the performers to walk like a spider.

OCP is a performance video project produced and directed by Mitch Stratten. The work involved an elaborate three tonne moving set which allowed a puppeteer to synchronise the space with the unpredictable movement of the three performers contained.[1]

Engineering, construction and testing took place in a North London warehouse over three months preceding the film shoot completed in two days.[2] An additional physical challenge was for the three separate bodies, supported by a special prosthetic helmet, to walk as a single entity resembling a spider. [3] The score was composed by Mitch Stratten (also known as Nodern) and mastered by Denis Blackham in the Isle of Skye.[4] The experimental project had a budget of GBP 24,000 according to its IMDb entry.[5]

OCP was first released on the Sedition distribution platform where it is curated online.[6] The reception to OCP was polarised with some critics praising it as an imaginative feat and “genius”[4] while others called it unsettling and too abstract.[7][8] OCP has further been included amongst institutional art programmes internationally. [9][10][11][12] The work integrates ideas on language and folklore.[3][13] OCP is the abbreviation for orifice conditioning plate, a piece of equipment used in the mining industry that turns the asymmetrical flow of liquid in pipes symmetrical to monitor performance.

References[]

  1. ^ Etchison, Amanda. "BWW Review: Films Capture Mastery of Movement in Ohio State Department of Dance's DANCE@30FPS".
  2. ^ Dazed (27 November 2013). "Behind the scenes of Mitch Stratten's OCP".
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Mitch Stratten". s[edition]. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b NTS Radio. "The Synth Hero Show W/ MITCH STRATTEN 16th November 2015 | Listen on NTS". nts.live. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  5. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9222558/?ref_=nm_knf_t1
  6. ^ "OCP by Mitch Stratten". www.seditionart.com.
  7. ^ Etchison, Amanda. "BWW Review: Films Capture Mastery of Movement in Ohio State Department of Dance's DANCE@30FPS".
  8. ^ Dazed (27 November 2013). "Behind the scenes of Mitch Stratten's OCP".
  9. ^ John Ángel Rodríguez, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Bogota, Colombia. "Transparency, Fluidity and Mediation". Faculty of Arts ASAB.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ Etchison, Amanda. "BWW Review: Films Capture Mastery of Movement in Ohio State Department of Dance's DANCE@30FPS".
  11. ^ Performative Film at the EYE. "EYE filmmuseum". eyefilm.nl.
  12. ^ "Cinedans". cinedans.nl.
  13. ^ Dazed (27 November 2013). "Behind the scenes of Mitch Stratten's OCP".

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