Oliver Husain
Squiggle | 2005 | 21:40mins | BetaSP | India
Oliver Husain studied fine arts at Baroda University, India, from 1990-1991, and film from 1992-1995 at HfG Offenbach, Germany, completing his studies with media art in 1998. Since then he has realized many short films and videos, which have been screened internationally at festivals and exhibitions and won several awards, including Best German Short Film in 2003.
With Michel Klöfkorn, he founded Husain Klöfkorn Musikvideos in 1996, producing Clips for German and international artists, and held workshops in Jakarta, Bangkok and Almaty. With Claus Richter and Sergej Jensen, Hussain formed Da Group in 1997, which had a monthly radio show that ran until 2004. Da Group continues to create stage shows, installations, music and performance.
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when the sun lifts itself,
soundless or smacking, from the slick horizon
a drop falls from the zinc tap into the bucket
when the dew on the grass is grey,
the earth is red
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