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wandering
thru yesterday & distant tomorrows
a micro-lab exchange
august 27, 2005 – cinecycle – toronto,
on, canada
september 2005 – the antimatter underground film festival
– victoria, bc, canada
october 7, 2005 – ata – san francisco, ca, usa
winter 2005 – paris, france
the laboritorium (medieval Latin)
1 a : a place equipped for experimental study in a science
or for testing and analysis; broadly : a place providing opportunity
for experimentation, observation, or practice in a field of
study b : a place like a laboratory for testing, experimentation,
or practice <the laboratory of the mind> (merriam webster)
More than merely a place to develop film, the spirit of
the d.i.y. micro-lab provides for a collaborative environment
with a strong sense of community. Working amongst like-minded
individuals, film artists are able to delve deeper into the
confines of their chosen medium. In this world the continual
existence of film is never questioned. Chemical stews, brews
and endless replications. develop. wash. fix. wash. repeat.
the labs involved:
L’Abominable – Asnières-sur-Seine,
France
Niagara Custom Lab - Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Studio X (SFAI) - San Francisco, California, USA
the works: descriptions
of works (from the makers)
Lab Movie – Sebastjan Henrickson
16mm, sound, colour, 2002, 12mins
When I first started work in the lab my old boss told me that
these machines were built for continuous run, the more film
we pushed thru them the better it would be, that's when I
started shooting film in the lab, to feed the machines, hungry
bastards…Lab Movie is one of these films, shot in 92
finished last week.
the waves - Kent Long
16mm, sound, b&w, 2004, 8 mins
A look at the microcosmic- patterns revealed and appropriated-
subjected to the wanton desires of dirty little hands. Sitting,
watching/not watching, darkness, silence, sustained.
Flamen'co - Olivier Fouchard
16mm, silent, b&w, 2002/2003, 7 mins
Two bodies, or rather two women looking for each other in
darkness. One's lit up and then it's the other one. They play
hide-and-seek in the half-light. Glow worms and butterflies,
they start an amazing choreography of which there remains
only a few fragments. Their bodies will end up getting closer,
hesitantly, sometimes backwards, a discreet dance. Yes, they
have danced that night but did they really meet? The real
film remains to be done...
the distance between here and there – Christina
Battle
16mm, sound, colour, 2005, 8 mins
traveling through an invented landscape…the space between
here and there.
Remembrance Day Parade - John Price
16mm, hand processed colour negative, 2005, 3 mins
an uncut camera roll from the remembrance day parade in vancouver...
Lifeboat – Ryan Glenn
16mm, sound, colour, 2005, 3.5 mins
echos of a past. ideals for a future. this is a fall out.
focused on breath. adrift beneath the sun and sky. anchored
in distant horizons. i the ocean.
Mer – Martine Rousset
16mm, sound, colour, 17 mins
"The sea is a language that we lost the meaning of"
(JL Borges)
Finger Petals - Kelly Egan
16mm, animated sound, colour, 2002, 3.5 mins
“Finger Petals” is a handmade cameraless film
which uses collage techniques to sculpt the images and sound.
The visual composition was made by meticulously cutting, shaping
and collaging flowers onto the filmstrip. The sound treatment
is created by pasting E.E. Cummings’ poem “Somewhere
I Have Never Travelled, Gladly Beyond,” the letters
themselves forming the audio as their graphic shape is translated
into sound.
Terminus For You – Nicolas Rey
16 mm, sound, noir & blanc, 1996, 10 mins
In the beginning, man invented the staircase. Standing at
its bottom, or resting at its top, he contemplated the scenery
that lay around him. Alas, he became weary of constantly climbing
up and down these steps and soon devised the escalator, which
would take him effortlessly to the peaks or the bowls of the
world. Verticality now conquered, man took his ambition to
the dreary lengths of the underground- cinema's unlikely twin-
hoping that the acceleration of bodies on conveyor belts would
provide a similar rush. But boredom continued to reign supreme
in the halls of the subway. So man, inspired by a stroke of
genius, decided to cover the walls with gigantic multicolored
advertisements... and finally, there was light.
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