Filmmakers' Choice: Deborah Phillips
Monday June 25th, 19h
Arsenal – Institute for Film and Video Art
Potsdamer Straße 2, 10785 Berlin
Introduced by Deborah Phillips

I looked for films in which colors, textures, light and time were more important than people and stories. More and more, my research became a journey of discovery into the East European part of the Arsenal Archive. We begin with a film that observes nature, Viragat a Napnak. In Exú, which features magical compositions by Christoph Janetzko, reality is consumed. Painting in movement Encounter and animated buttons Guzik lead on to my animated painting film in different dimensions Untitled colourmation whereas Eye music in red major, a classic of pure color and light, paves the path to one of the most interesting portraits of an artist: Witold Lutoslawski. Heat shimmer is a subtle example of the three-color separation process, which brings us back to the observation of nature. (Deborah Phillips)

Programme:
- Viragat a Napnak (Sára Sándor, Hungary, 1960, 35 mm, 10 min)
- Exù (Christoph Janetzko, Germany, 1991, 16 mm, 9 min)
- Encounter (Maria Lassnig, USA, 1970, 16 mm, 1 min)
- Guzik (Teresa Badzian, Poland, 1965, 35 mm, 7 min)
- Untitled Colourmation (Deborah S. Phillips, Germany, 1991, 16 mm, 1 min)
- Eye Music in Red Major (Marie Menken, USA, 1961, 16 mm, 5 min)
- Witold Lutoslawski (Aleksandra Padlewska, Poland, 1976, 16 mm, 17 min)
- Heat Shimmer (Arthur & Corinne Cantrill, Australia, 1978, 16 mm, 9 min)