Mattijn Seip
Mattijn Seip studied at the Nederlandse Filmacademie in the early 1960s, and was a member of the illustrious generation of Wim Verstappen, Pim de la Parra, Adriaan Ditvoorst, and Nicolai van der Heyde. He made controversial films during that period: IJdijk and Schermerhoorn, both from 1965. In August of 1968, Seip and Niko Paape co-founded ‘STOFF’, due to their dissatisfaction with the existing subsidy regulations. They demanded more freedom, and wanted to democratize filmmaking. STOFF emerged from a collaboration that also included other filmmakers such as Jos Schoffelen and Seip’s then-partner Barbara Meter. This collaboration was continued in Electric Cinema. The films that Seip made in this period had a strong structuralist focus; they were films in which the properties of the film medium played the central role. Examples include Double Shutter and After the Colours from 1972. From 1974 onwards, Seip increasingly began to focus on socially critical films. Together with Meter, he was part of the Polkin collective. In the 1980s, he directed two feature films: the short In de buik van de stad (1983) and the feature film De val van Patricia Haggersmith from 1986.
...And a Table (1971)
A man and a woman sit in front of a window and eat breakfast. Through the window, we see the countryside. During the day, they remain seated at the table. The settings, light, and depth of field change: slowly we learn the vocabulary of the medium. In the final ... (more)
A man and a woman sit in front of a window and eat breakfast. Through the window, we see the countryside. During the day, they remain seated at the table. The settings, light, and depth of field change: slowly we learn the vocabulary of the medium. In the final ... (more)
Rubbish (1972)
A film about the beauty of impermanence and about everything that people throw away. A mix of recognizable images from reality and abstract images, which have been painted or made using colour filters. (more)
A film about the beauty of impermanence and about everything that people throw away. A mix of recognizable images from reality and abstract images, which have been painted or made using colour filters. (more)
After the Colours (1972)
For After the Colours, Mattijn Seip filmed abstract collages of strips. The first part of the film consists of footage shot by using rotating objects that were located between the camera and the collage. The image is thus split, causing a hypnotic effect. The ... (more)
For After the Colours, Mattijn Seip filmed abstract collages of strips. The first part of the film consists of footage shot by using rotating objects that were located between the camera and the collage. The image is thus split, causing a hypnotic effect. The ... (more)
Retour d'enfance (1970)
Photos and film footage are edited, damaged, scratched, and painted. The original images are only vaguely recognizable, as if they are already part of our ‘tainted’ memory. The film was made in response to the death of Janis Joplin. (more)
Photos and film footage are edited, damaged, scratched, and painted. The original images are only vaguely recognizable, as if they are already part of our ‘tainted’ memory. The film was made in response to the death of Janis Joplin. (more)
Double Shutter (1972)
Shots of a street filmed from a swing. An additional shutter has been mounted in front of the camera, creating a pulsating flicker effect. This causes the image to be interrupted and divided thirty times per second. (more)
Shots of a street filmed from a swing. An additional shutter has been mounted in front of the camera, creating a pulsating flicker effect. This causes the image to be interrupted and divided thirty times per second. (more)
Aap, Noot, Mies (1963)