Two Originals

19’17” Digital Video
2024

Co-directed with Tal Stadler, Lucas de Montalembert and Robin Vandenbussche

First screened at Bulb, Bubble, Burst, Amsterdam

Two Originals is a film that captures the final moments of a vacant office floor in the historic IBM Amsterdam building. During a temporary intervention, 70 participants were given exclusive access into the highly secured compound. Unfolding as a quiet drama, the film considers and weaves together notions of climate and microclimates, office archeology and futurology, contracts and mystique, as well as the building’s own march towards obsolescence.

Two Originals, film stills

Script
Nina Blume
Zhiyi Cao
Lucas de Montalembert
Enno Pötschke
Tal Stadler
Robin Vandenbussche

Interviews
Ludwig Engel, futurologist
Brian McKenna, artist and security consultant

Cinematography
Zhiyi Cao
Lucas de Montalembert

Color Grading and Sound Mixing
Firgun Recordings

Graphic Design
Enno Pötschke

Special Thanks to
Arie de Fijter
Ana Maria Gomez Lopez
Ludwig Engel
Studio for Immediate Spaces and Medialab of Sandberg Instituut
Red Company
The participants of Trust the building – 25th, 26th May 2023

*This film is a work of fiction inspired by real events and individuals associated with IBM (International Business Machines Corporation). While certain historical figures and incidents may be portrayed, creative liberties have been taken for storytelling purposes. IBM is not involved in the production of this film, and the views, opinions, and representations depicted herein are those of the filmmakers and artists involved. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or deceased, or to real companies, past or present, is purely coincidental.