EBONY AND IVORY

Shortfilm, 2018/2021

The short film shows clothes blowing in the wind, hanging on the clothesline of a balcony. Just as the wind makes the clothes dance calmly at the beginning and more strongly in the course of the film, a conversation between two people also develops from a initial morning greeting to a turbulent argument, which is led out by the piece of music “Ebony and Ivory”. The passage sung in the song “Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don’t we?” is reflected throughout the film in the argument of a pair of lovers and in their everyday life together.

An image of harmony combined with the sound of disharmony.
The video recording was created in 2018 from a chance observation.
In 2021 the idea was taken up to complement it with a voice recording.

Camera/Editing: Maria Schneider
Speakers: Val Smets, Paul Lässer
Music: Monique Kessous, Ebony and Ivory (originally written by Paul McCartney)
Date of creation: 2018/2021
Playing time: 00:02:42