Tags: Plenty

Tagged content

Plenty 12: Dichtung und Wahrheit

By Marcos Ortega on Mon, 24/10/2011 - 14:05
Plenty 12: Dichtung und Wahrheit
Tuesday November 1st, 2011 19h
Event Gallery, 96 Teesdale Street, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9PU

Dichtung und Wahrheit (Poetry and truth)
Peter Kubelka, Austria, 2003, 16mm, colour, silent, 13 minutes

“Dichtung und Wahrheit contains collected pieces from publicity films with a common element: they show actors before they start and then begin to play what they are directed to represent. Repeated ready-made takes create cycles of symbolic significance, glorified glimpses of the contemporary human condition: the beauty from a hair conditioner, courting and insemination by chocolate-feeding, labourless birth onto a varnished floor, animal and inanimate companions. It was my aim not to shape the found material perfectly into an unambiguous message but to preserve the full richness of archaeological information. My point of view has changed from the contemporary artist into an observer looking into the distant past." - Peter Kubelka

The screening series Plenty proposes a new way of looking at artists’ films by showing only a single work, regardless of its duration. Each film is given the freedom to unfold on its own terms, and the viewer is given the time and space to consider it. Selected by Mark Webber. The Brief Habits exhibition programme at E:vent is curated by Shama Khanna with support from Arts Council England and the Austrian Cultural Forum.
Category:
Events
Plenty: Joseph Cornell

By Marcos Ortega on Thu, 16/06/2011 - 08:59
Plenty: Joseph Cornell
Monday June 20th, 19h
Event Gallery, 96 Teesdale Street, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9PU

The aviary / Nymphlight / A fable for fountains
Joseph Cornell & Rudy Burckhardt, USA, 1955-57, 16mm, b/w & colour, sound, 19 minutes

A trilogy of films, united on a single reel, which offer a magical glimpse at New York long since passed. In each, a young woman drifts through the city’s streets and parks, embodying the artists’ distinctive qualities of melancholia and childlike wonder.

“Joseph Cornell describes the marginal area where the conscious and the unconscious meet.” (P. Adams Sitney, Visionary Film)

The artist Joseph Cornell (1903-72) is best known for his enigmatic box constructions. His films likewise used found materials, but on occasion he employed filmmakers Rudy Burckhardt, Stan Brakhage or Larry Jordan to photograph original footage under his direction.

PLENTY is a free monthly screening series selected by Mark Webber, and forms part of the Brief Habits programme curated by Shama Khanna. Supported by Arts Council England.
Category:
Events
Plenty: Plastic Haircut

By Marcos Ortega on Tue, 05/04/2011 - 06:00
Plenty: Plastic Haircut
Tuesday 12 April 2011, 19h-21h
Event Gallery
96 Teesdale Street, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9PU

- Plastic Haircut (Robert Nelson, USA, 1965, 16mm, b/w, sound, 15 minutes)

Two actors perform absurd actions in sets composed of geometric shapes. Two experts try to explain what it all means. Goofing off in positive/negative space, Robert Nelson and collaborators William T. Wiley, Ron Hudson, R.G. Davis and Steve Reich construct a spirited work that invokes Alfred Jarry, Dada and improvised theatre.

“None of us knew anything about making movies, but we all knew about art (namely that it had something to do with having a good time).” (Robert Nelson)

Robert Nelson (born 1930) was a key figure of the post-war independent film scene and one of the founders of Canyon Cinema. His belief that filmmaking should be primarily a fun activity created some of the most entertaining and infectious works of the American underground.

Plenty is a free monthly screening series selected by Mark Webber. It forms part of the “Brief Habits” programme curated by Shama Khanna, supported by Arts Council England.
Category:
Events
Plenty 5: O’er The Land

By Marcos Ortega on Thu, 03/03/2011 - 06:54
Plenty 5: O’er The Land
Tuesday 8 March 2011, 19h-21h
Event Gallery
96 Teesdale Street, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9PU

- O’er The Land (Deborah Stratman, USA, 2009, 16mm, colour, sound, 52 minutes)

Marine Corps pilot William Rankin ejected from his jet into a severe thunderstorm, surviving lightening strikes in a 40-minute descent. 50 years later, his account is the starting point for a contemplation of American national identity that takes in revolutionary war re-enactments, high school football games, gun shows, firefighters and border patrols. Deborah Stratman (born 1967) is a Chicago-based artist working in photography, sound, drawing and installation. Her films use experimental and documentary techniques to explore an interest in landscapes, mythologies and systems.
Free Admission. Small space. Arrive early. Doors 19h. Film 19:30h.

The screening series Plenty proposes a new way of looking at artists’ films by showing only a single work, regardless of its duration. Each film is given the freedom to unfold on its own terms, and the viewer is given the time and space to consider it. Plenty is a free monthly screening series selected by Mark Webber. It forms part of the “Brief Habits” programme curated by Shama Khanna.
Category:
Events
Plenty: Cocullo

By Marcos Ortega on Tue, 04/01/2011 - 08:49
Plenty: Cocullo
Tuesday, January 11th 2011, 19h
Event Gallery
96 Teesdale Street, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9PU

- Cocullo (Nino Pezzella, Italy, 16mm, colour, sound, 2000-06, 30 minutes)

Snakes alive! For the annual Festa dei Serpari in Cocullo, a statue of San Domenico is adorned with snakes and paraded through the village streets, escorted by bagpipes and a marching band. Traditional foods are prepared using time-honoured methods. Pezzella’s dynamic film collides sounds and images as it follows this extraordinary ritual and its participants.

Painter and filmmaker Nino Pezzella (born 1961, Wiesbaden) studied at the Städelschule, Frankfurt, where he now teaches life drawing. His current work documents the lives of the Femminielli in Naples.

Plenty proposes a new way of looking at artists’ films by showing only a single work, regardless of its duration. This free monthly screening series is selected by Mark Webber, and forms part of the "Brief Habits" programme curated by Shama Khanna.
Category:
Events
Plenty 2: Ägypten

By Marcos Ortega on Tue, 23/11/2010 - 03:05
Plenty 2: Ägypten
Tuesday November 30th, 19-21h
E:ventGallery, 96 Teesdale Street, London E2 6PU

The screening series PLENTY proposes a new way of looking at artists’ films by showing only a single work, regardless of its duration. Each film is given the freedom to unfold on its own terms, and the viewer is given the time and space to consider it.

- Ägypten [Egypt] (Kathrin Resetarits, Austria, 1997, 16mm, b/w, sound, 10 minutes)

Ägypten takes viewers on a journey into the silent world of sign language, exploring visual communication between people of all ages. Children recount movie scenes and an expedition to the pyramids, a woman signs a traditional Viennese ballad and a group of pensioners socialise. The film uses the power of cinema to explore this theme with humour and compassion.

Kathrin Resetarits (born 1973) is a Viennese writer, actress and filmmaker. Her other films include Fremde (1999) and Ich Bin Ich (2006). She played a leading role in Barbara Albert’s Fallen (1997) and has worked as an assistant to Michael Haneke.

Plenty, a free monthly screening series selected by Mark Webber, forms part of the “Brief Habits” programme curated by Shama Khanna.
Category:
Events