Outsider Lenses (15*) Visions of Haiti Thu 19 Oct 2023, 18:30,Cinema 2
This programme brings three formally different works by filmmakers based in the US, who approach Haiti as outsiders.
From the position of an outsider, each work seeks to document and understand the customs and everyday life of the Haitian communities they encounter, serving as fleeting historical glimpses of rituals and ceremonies performed on the island.
A Synesthete’s Atlas: Cartographic Improvisations between Eric Theise and The Asthmatic
Real-time cartographic improvisations using projected, manipulated digital maps by Eric Theise in collaboration with The Asthmatic (Sigrid Harmon), a one-woman band and sound collage artist. A visual wash of street grids, land masses, water bodies, and curiosities from built and natural environments. Orphaned labels. Free-floating symbology. Saturated colors and the subtlest of tints. Jittery zooms, pans, and traversals. Glitches from crowdsourced data.
“"I've always been interested in that kind of film. That kind of window film where you place your camera and leave it, over a long period of time. Canadian Pacific took about three months. When I moved into that studio I immediately saw the window and thought there could be something done there . What interested me about the shot were the horizontals: train tracks, the water, the mountains, the sky. Very few verticals in it.
An Evening with/for Margaret Tait Glimpses from a Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995, (2020) Ute Aurand Being in a Place- A Portrait of Margaret Tait (2022), Luke Fowler Wex Film/Video Theater • October 4th 7 pm • Free
•Glimpses from A Visit to Orkney in Summer 1995 is an homage to Margaret Tait with footage shot from Ute Aurand’s visit with Tait in Orkney. This short film showcases Aurand’s signature diary approach with a wandering and active camera. Looking at landscapes, animals, flowers that weave in and out of abstraction.
Media artists from all over the world can submit their works now for the European Media Art Festival 2024. The online platform https://emaf.filmchief.com/entry-forms is now open.
