Series of recent works that reflect on the perception and interaction of images in the contemporary world, both in their impact on everyday life and on landscape and nature. At a time when screens have become omnipresent and created a significant effect on the ecosystem, these films reflect on the collision of the multiple images and viewers that digital devices generate when entering spaces, tinging them blue.
Presented as part of Chicago Filmmakers’ special series of 50th Anniversary retrospective programming.
Chicago Filmmakers’ PerforMedia programming originated in the 1980’s as the groundbreaking “Time Arts” series. By bringing together artists across an eclectic spectrum of genres and disciplines, including film, video, music, performance art/theater, and poetry — converged or in tandem, this historic series helped to bring a new, broader audience to Chicago Filmmakers.
For the fourth consecutive year, the OBSKURA festival is launching its call for entries ! The festival will be held between the 3rd to 7th of July 2024 at the Théâtre National de Bretagne and La Parcheminerie, in Rennes, France. We wish to show films that elude common framework, play to our senses and reimagine reality through their formal expression. OBSKURA also explores other perceptions and narratives with film performances.
We are looking forward to your film proposals with enthusiasm !
Michael Snow and Vincent Grenier, two of the most important Canadian avant-garde film artistes, share an ironic and reflective sense of humour that involves the viewer in their works. Snow’s cinema stands out both for its brilliant formal research and its intellectual depth, which it uses to explore ideas about image, language and reality. Some of his most splendid works, such as Wavelength (1967), defined the sensibility of Vincent Grenier from the start of his filmic creation.
At 2220 Arts + Archives, 2220 Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90057In person introduction by Jennifer Doyle, Professor of English at UC RiversideTickets: $15 general, $8 students/seniors, free for Filmforum membersAt https://link.dice.fm/jccd3e610c1d
To mark the recent publication of Collected Stories, we're delighted to welcome Ben Rivers to introduce a selection of his short films all presented on 16mm. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with Rivers, hosted by Fireflies Press editor Giovanni Marchini Camia.
