During two nights in April, 19th and 20th – Filmform will present the legacy of Swedish experimental film & video art at Image Forum, Tokyo (2 Chome-10-2 Shibuya). The two separate screenings will be introduced by Filmform's Andreas Bertman and followed by a talk together with the writer Martin Grennberger.
April 19th, 9PM
Experimental film
Diagonalsymfonin (Symphonie Diagonale), Viking Eggeling, 1924, 8 min
Enligt lag (According to Law), Peter Weiss & Hans Nordenström, 1957, 20 min
Schmeerguntz, Gunvor Nelson & Dorothy Wiley, 1966, 14 min
Nixon Visions, Hans (Esse Li) Esselius & Kjartan Slettemark, 1971, 4 min
EMS nr 1, Ralph Lundsten, 1966, 14 min
Total running time: 60 min. All films are shown on 16mm prints from the Filmform archive.
April 20th, 9PM
Video Art and Digital
Whiteout, Katarina Löfström 2001, 3:41min
Nuit Blanche, Teresa Wennberg, 1983, 7:23 min
Graders ökning (Temperature Rising), Christine Ödlund, 2003, 04:13 min
Murmurs of Earth, Lars Arrhenius & Johannes Müntzing, 7:10 min
Reconstruction, Lina Selander, 2000, 6:30 min
2011 12 30, Leontine Arvidsson, 2012, 02:53 min
Sound Cut, Peter Geschwind, 2001, 1 min
Interbeing, Martina Hoogland Ivanow, 2018, 10:40 min
Walk on a Stick and Cry, Peter Larsson, 2015, 3:49 min
You Don’t Love Me Yet, Johanna Billing 2003, 07:43 min
Total running time: 60 min.
The screening is supported by Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation and the Swedish Arts Council. For tickets and more information on the screening, please visit Image Forum's webpage through the link below.