Melt
Co-Directed by: Christopher Rohde & Kenneth Warner
Roles: Concept, Camera, Recording & Post-Production Audio - 2021
Melt is a psychotropic rock spectacle with images and music by Christopher Rohde & Kenneth Warner. Extreme close-ups of butter melting in a pan metamorphose into colourful abstractions that evoke shifting through distant stellar regions, as well as the familiar comforts of a home-cooked breakfast.
Christopher Rohde & Kenneth Warner have been constant artistic collaborators ever since an impromptu late-night jam session in 2001. For over 20 years, they have fostered a shared passion for analyzing, designing and creating art in a variety of formats, including music, film, video, mixed media experiments, live concerts and immersive multimedia experiences. In addition to their personal artistic endeavours, since 2014, they have been the driving forces behind Mirror Mountain Film Festival, a showcase for celebrating unique creative voices.
“A mouth-watering pop art infusion of abstract colour and form, playfully melting before our eyes.”
(Resolution 2021 jury notes)
Production Stills: Christoper Rohde
Screenings
Resolution 2021, Digital Arts Resource Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, February 11 2021, curated by Kathryn Desplanque, Ludmylla Reis & Jillian McDonald
MicroActs 8: An Evening of International Artist Film, MicroActs Artist Film Screenings, London, United Kingdom, June 24 2021, curated by Liberty Antonia Sadler
Insomnia International Animation Film Festival, Kaluga, Russia, July 19 2021
Free Range Film Festival, Wrenshall, Minnesota, August 20 2021
Experimental Superstars, Novi Sad, Serbia, November 10 2021
Mediawave Film & Music Festival, Kiscsősz, Hungary, May 6 2022