OFFoff Cinema: Memories of Nightmares [1]
Many of the earliest film experiments were later assigned to the horror genre. Horror nails the viewer to his seat, first by the temptation to look and then the relief that it was all fiction. No genre is so inherently parasitic as in the way it physically adheres to the viewer and inevitably makes him break into cold sweat. Not to mention the many parasites that powers the horror genre, from vampires to aliens to zombies. In this program, we look at how experimental filmmakers operate the horror genre, disassembling it to tinker again as if a new Frankenstein.
For example, the multimedia artist Joshua Gen Solondz brings the first Godzilla film with a new cover, while John Smith again uses humour to tell about the day he realized he was being chased by a big black tower. In addition, Peter Tscherkasskhy, Cordula Ditz and Nicolas Provost use different strategies to expose the tricks of the horror film throuh artistic recycling.
Programme:
- It's not a Prison if you never try the Door (Joshua Gen Solondz, US, 2013, 7', colour, digital)
- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (Cordula Ditz, DE, 2016, 9', colour, digital)
- The Black Tower (John Smith, GB, 1985-1987, 23', b&w, 16mm)
- Long Live the New Flesh (Nicolas Provost, BE, 2009, 14', colour, 35mm)
- Outer Space (Peter Tscherkassky, AT, 1999, 10', b&w, 16mm)
Category:
- Screenings [3]
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OFFoff Cinema [4]
Art Cinema OFFoff provides a unique platform for the displaying and research of experimental film. The screenings at OFFoff look back on the rich and vast history of film all the way into its most obscure and remote corners. As such, productions of the avant-garde cinema are often juxtaposed to more contemporary audio-visual creations of new and upcoming talents. Our focus on the formal aspects of film allows us to further demonstrate the seemingly endless plethora of possibilities of what one can achieve through it. As follows, we purposefully select works that bear witness to an investigative or deviant attitude towards the medium of film.
Additionally, the screenings are placed in a much broader perspective through lectures and debates to keep the discussion about the more pertinent issues within this context going. Furthermore, several films are also accompanied by experimental live performances and concerts which approach the formal aspects of film on a much more practical level. Thus, every OFFoff event is also a gathering place for film enthusiasts, critics, researchers and artists.