“Migrant Thoughts. Cinematographic Intersections” (2020) Download here _______________ As a publishing act, Migrant Thoughts argues that the image is inevitably nomadic and inexorably migrant and, as Henri Bergson reminds us, is everywhere. Everything is image. We are images among images, and in this respect film is no more than one of the media through which … Sigue leyendo
Carps (2015) Juliette Yu-Ming (SGP/FRA) Full HD + found footage 4 min Leaning over a carp pond, a child exclaims to another: «Look at the fish! They’re gasping for air.» «Carps» is inspired by Aimé Césaire, M-Theory, Marc Augé, sitting on a very long flight around the world, lost and found memories of sounds, … Sigue leyendo
In collaboration with groop*index, hambre presents the following films at Festival Ibrida pluri* – Espace Notre-Dame: – Dança dança fogo dança by Pedro Ferreira (Portugal) 2012- 6min40 – Mutizona by Leonardo Zito (Argentina) -2013- 4min2 – être chat by Sebastian Wiedemann + Juliette Yu-Ming (Brazil/Colombia/France/Japan) -2014- 19min26 More info here 17-18 July Espace Notre-Dame Montreal Canada Sigue leyendo
Persian Pickles (2012) Jodie Mack (GBR) 16mm / Color / Sound 3 min Fractal phonics accompany a delicate study of paisley fabrics. A swimming study of paisley patterns traces this decorative motif from its origins in Persian weavings to appearances Irish quilting and American Counterculture. Extending on the stroboscopic tradition of anti-animation, this short … Sigue leyendo
Arts Week 2015: Precariousness in Latin American Cinema Radical approaches to precariousness and violence in Latin American Cinema will be showcased in a stunning quartet of contemporary films from Brazil and Colombia which will be screened at Birkbeck, University of London. Realisms of Precariousness, a three-day series of free-to-attend screenings which push the boundaries between … Sigue leyendo
Interview to Norbert Pfaffenbichler By Eddy Báez download PDF In October of 2014 the Austrian filmmaker Norbert Pfaffenbichler was part of the 14th Muestra Internacional del Cine Documental (Doc Buenos Aires) presenting a program that went through 10 years of his career. The encounter allowed my friends from Hambre to make a first contact with … Sigue leyendo
CONFERENCE (2011) Norbert Pfaffenbichler (AUT) 8 min In this grotesque found-footage-film close-ups of 65 actors playing Adolf Hitler in movies created between 1940 and today are combined in shot/countershot-manner. The soundtrack is produced by the Austrian composer Bernhard Lang. No other historical figure of the 20th century was portrayed more often in movies and by … Sigue leyendo
On “Artists’ Cinema” and “Moving-Image Art”* By Roger Beebe download PDF I was asked to write about the present and future of “artists’ cinema” and “moving-image art.” This language conflates two traditions that I still have a stake in separating: experimental film and (gallery/museum) video art. It’s a move that I’ve seen frequently enough … Sigue leyendo
Undergrowth (2011) Robert Todd (USA) 16mm 11 min 30 s «A blind predator dreams through its prey’s eyes». The obvious predator is a Barred owl, but the film uses this a vehicle to consider the active role of the camera in image «capture». The prey is undefined, but suggested as a compendium of natural … Sigue leyendo
I Swim Now (2011) Sarah Jane Biagini (USA) 16mm 8 min 5 s Challenges the visual intelligibility of landscape aesthetics by imagining the experiences of one Violet Jessop, a steward on-board all three sister ships of the White Star Line – the Olympic, the Titanic, and the Britannic – while each suffered varying degrees … Sigue leyendo
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