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Film in the Present Tense

By Marcos Ortega on Tue, 18/07/2017 - 12:32

In spite of claims of its obsolescence, analog film is still alive. It continues to exist as an inimitable artistic medium, put to use in myriad forms around the world. Nonetheless, in the context of our ever-expanding digital landscape, analog film faces new challenges that have forced it into a process of deep transformation. What steps do we need to take to guarantee that analog film will remain as a living-breathing medium? What are the alternatives to the idea of film as an obsolete, historical object?
Dates:
Friday, October 20, 2017 (All day) to Sunday, October 22, 2017 (All day)
LaborBerlin Opening

By Marcos Ortega on Fri, 28/04/2017 - 04:57

Please join us for the grand re-opening of LaborBerlin! After the success of our crowdfunding campaign FILM AIN’T DEAD we want to share with you the fruit of our collective efforts. We will also introduce our collaborative project REMI with films by our partner labs Filmwerkplaats (NL) and Mire (FR). Have some food and drinks, take a tour, have a look at our wonderful new facilities, watch films or just hang out with us and have a good time!

Dates:
Saturday, May 6, 2017 - 16:00
Venue:
LaborBerlin - Berlin, Germany
Workshop: Projector as an instrument, by Floris Vanhoof

By Marcos Ortega on Tue, 16/02/2016 - 03:42

"An immediate form of creating image and sound, a play on the possibilities offered by the film projectors, a use of mechanical machines in performance, discover what you can do with multiple projectors running simultaneously.

Performances with multiple projectors offer artist-filmmakers the opportunity to expand their spectrum of lumino-pictorical techniques. With modified 16mm projectors, conventional tools become personal instruments for transforming images loops of pure black and white into immersive perceptual phenomenons. Abstract forms and strobe pulsing on the screen slowly transform when adding additional projectors, overlays creating strange halos, bizarre 3D expansions and contractions. When more projectors are added, there occurs an intense sensory overload of light, sound and color."

Dates:
Saturday, February 20, 2016 - 10:00 to 17:00
Sunday, February 21, 2016 - 10:00 to 17:00
Venue:
Mire - Nantes, France
Call for films - Nantes Film labs meeting

By Mire on Thu, 14/01/2016 - 16:33

From July 4th to 10th, 2016 in Nantes, France, the association MIRE will organize the next Independent Film Labs Meeting. In the recent history of artist run film labs’ there have been several meetings that have contributed to the reinforcement and expansion of the network. Mire wants to continue this “tradition” by hosting an event, which will combine practical hands on workshops and discussion as well as a series of public screenings of work produced by independent and artist run labs.
Dates:
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 (All day)
Venue:
Mire - Nantes, France
RE MI: a new cooperation project by three european film labs

By Marcos Ortega on Tue, 12/01/2016 - 11:03
RE MI (Re-Engineering Moving Image) is a two-year European cooperation project run by Mire (Nantes, FR), WORM.Filmwerkplaats (Rotterdam, NL) and LaborBerlin (Berlin, DE), focused on the creation, preservation and circulation of technical knowledge of analogue film in order to support its use as a creative medium.

The project will involve other film labs, cinemas, art schools and other cultural organizations, as well as a broad international audience of film enthusiasts.
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