Film

Blue For a Moment

Sven-Åke Johansson in a film-portrait by Antoine Prum

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1h 22m

2017

“Sven-Åke Johansson in a film-portrait by Antoine Prum”

Synopsis

Blue for a Moment is a documentary portrait of Swedish-born, Berlin-based musician Sven-Åke Johansson, a key figure in European improvised and experimental music. Active as a jazz drummer, composer, poet and visual artist, Johansson has spent decades challenging artistic conventions and genre boundaries. Born in 1943, he moved to Berlin in the late 1960s and became involved in the city’s experimental scene, including the Zodiak Free Arts Lab. During the 1970s and 1980s he played an important role in the West Berlin free jazz movement around the FMP/SÅJ label, collaborating with musicians such as Alexander von Schlippenbach and Rüdiger Carl. Influenced by Fluxus and modernist traditions, Johansson developed a distinctive approach based on noise, reduction and the use of everyday materials, anticipating the Echtzeitmusik scene that emerged in Berlin after 1990. The film explores his creative process, artistic philosophy and lasting impact on contemporary experimental music.

Director

Antoine Prum

MusicDocumentary

composerpercussionfree improvisationdocumentaryexperimental musicavant gardeconcert footage

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Cast & Crew

Peter Ablinger

as Self

Burkhard Beins

as Self

Peter Brötzmann

as Self

Nicholas Bussmann

as Self

Rüdiger Carl

as Self

Axel Dörner

as Self

Norbert Eisbrenner

as Self

Aris Fioretos

as Self

Andreas Neumann

as Self

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