Things that happened (Cosas que sucedieron)
Essay / Video-Art
Runtime: 9 min 33 sec
Spanish Language
English subtitles
Original format: 4K
Projection format: (Cos channels) Blu-Ray, DCP 2K Stereo Color 1: 85: 1
Production: Gonzalo Puch © 2019 Spain
Production, direction and photography: Amparo Garrido
Edition: Ana Pozo
Editing Advisor: Julia Juaniz
Direct sound: Manu Prieto, José Carlos Sires y Esperanza Poveda
Sound post-production: Pecera Estudio
Color correction: Frodo García-Conde
Distribution and Sales: Teorema Films.
‘Things that happened’ (Cosas que sucedieron) is a job whose challenge is improvisation. Starting from only two elements: a double bass player and a basketball, a story is organized where music travels from one place to another. Part of the narration takes place inside a tunnel; there the music and the sound of the action of the ball game mix. The story extends and intertwines with photographs, drawings and other elements that go beyond the limits of the genre.
Director’s Notes
This is a project that talks about music, dance and performance. It is about transferring to the viewer a traveling concept of music, its interpreters and the interrelation of the actions they develop. It is also a tribute to the people who make music, to the contagious joy they provoke in us, to the generosity that any ephemeral art supposes.
This project does not participate in the narration of any story, nor in the idea of beginning and end, here the present is interchangeable with the past and future. A time in the image that unfolds towards an infinite where nothing is specified as a new beginning makes its appearance.
Director Bio
Gonzalo Puch, Sevilla 1950.
I started late as a painter and had my first solo exhibition at the age of 35 at the La Maquina Española gallery, later the Pepe Cobo gallery. Soon after I left painting to work with photography and installation. My preferences gradually covered a wider space and I became interested in theater and contemporary dance. In the midst of all this, the practice of video, photography and performative actions are my main activity. Soon after I left painting to work with photography and installation. My preferences gradually covered a wider space and I became interested in theater and contemporary dance. In the midst of all this, the practice of video, photography and performative actions are my main activity.
Director’s filmography
2008 Julia. 1´16´´
2011 Next cyclone in the Paradise office. 5´58´´
2012 Pato Rojo-Violín Verde.10´44´´
2013 Arbol talado por el sonido del mar. 11´08´´
2016 Matterhorn. 7´09´´
2017 Woman machine. 6´05´´
2018 Cosas que sucedieron. 9´33´´
2019 El mundo cuando era aquello. 11´59´´
2020 Algún instante futuro pronto o tarde 5´54´´
2021 El día vino solo 20´20´´