Thirty years ago, VHS tapes containing striking Commodore Amiga animations started showing up at parties, micro cinemas, and living rooms across the country. Each copy was made to satisfy the audience's thirst for more of these narratively diverse films showcasing fairy tales, dinosaurs, consumption, play, politics, and even the Bosnian War. Those holding their tapes were left hungry in their pursuit of figuring out the true identity of its creator, Nanny Lynn. In the late 2010s, renewed interest led to the discovery of Lynn Ochberg, an Octogenarian Grandmother living in Florida whose oeuvre of animated wonders was created for her grandchildren.
This season’s opening session presents a series of films that address the relationship between women and musical composition. These are films with composition models very similar to those of music, scores where the sounds are notated in the form of images that work on their synchrony, where what is seen and what is heard is often materially the same. These kinetic compositions by Eugènia Balcells, Mary Ellen Bute, Lis Rhodes and Blanca Rego serve as a pretext to highlight the presence of female composers in the history of music.
Thursday, January 12, 2023, at 8pm Session : De la roche/About the Rock (in presence of Juliette Agnel) Espace En cours, Paris
Braquage proposes a session revolving around the material of rocks, boulders, stone and their geological or plastic modifications. (Screening with the photographer Juliette Agnel)
MONO NO AWARE is a non-profit organization in NYC, an important base for experimental film production and education using film in the US. Steve Cossman(founder) and artist Lily Jue Sheng will visit Center in Japan. We have a talk about the history of MONO NO AWARE and screening of experimental films that have not been shown in Japan.
Guests Ko Nakajima, Barbara London, Alexander Zahlten, and Fusako Matsu will help us celebrate the beta launch of CCJ’s Viewing Library beta testing version with a discussion around Nakajima’s works with screenings. In addition, Nakajima is offering a free screening of his key work, My Life for the month of January!