can i have 2 minutes of your time?

From the very beginning Brigitta Bödenauer´s video can i have 2 minutes of your time? evokes irritation. While most abstract films make use of monochrome and often digitally generated elements, Bödenauer drew her images with charcoal and pastels and then set them in motion: At first the picture condenses rapidly, accompanied by the rustling of Miguel Carvalhais soundtrack, then seems to gallop forward, driving and pulsing, along with a monotone ringing. Suddenly, a cut; tabula rasa: The screen turns almost completely white, the sound stops abruptly. And cautiously a new drawing of fragile lines takes shape.
The raw material used...