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Whoever is familiar with the work of Lydie Jean-Dit-Pannel will recognize the signature right away: the stuttering repetitions and rapid, Editing: of short image fragments which include the maker herself as an extra. Inspired by celebrities like Marcel Duchamp, Pierre Schaeffer and Wolf Vostell, she rapidly built up a reputation with such videos as 'Mille e tre' (1990), 'J'ai rêvé que j'étais toi' (1991) and 'Le cinquième jour' (1992). BB.Bats even transmits the language of stammering images into the titles. In three minutes we are given a rapid sequence and repetition of six fragments. At first, they do not seem to have much to do with each other - possibly a homage, a present day version of the adage of the Surrealists: "the chance meeting of an umbrella and a sewing machine on the dissecting table". The particular power of Jean-Dit-Pannel's work becomes apparent after a while: there is indeed a connection. A connection that cannot be pinned down exactly, but which rather calls upon our associative, non rational capacities. Bats, death,milk, blood, vampires, mama?
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Lies Holtrop
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Camera, sound, editing: Aurélie Mormesse, With thanks to: Gaybeul, Eliott, Jean-François Busz, BVI, CHF, la chauve-souris de la grotte du Contard (Plombière les Dijon), Production: E.N.B.A. Dijon, Vortex, Lydie Jean-Dit-Pannel
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