Experimental Cinema
April 22-24, 2009
Austrian Film Museum

In contrast to their canonized predecessors like Maya Deren, Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage, Andy Warhol and Michael Snow, the younger generations of American experimental cinema are virtually unknown in Europe. Yet this independent film movement continues unabated. Notwithstanding the current “digital standard”, innovative work with film is undergoing a renaissance in North and South America.

This revival manifests itself not only in the captivating works of new artists who have broken onto the scene, but also in new festivals and film-cultural initiatives, in critical reception (particularly among young online writers) and in the art world, where film projections are again playing a paradoxical "avant-garde role" vis-à-vis the omnipresence of video installation, new media exhibitions and ubiquitous video game art.

Founded ten years ago, Christopher May's TIE - The International Experimental Cinema Exposition has been an ideal platform for these new generations of filmmakers (as well as for rediscoveries from previous decades). After several enthusiastically received events in North and South America, TIE is making its first guest appearance in Europe, at the invitation of the Film Museum. Christopher May will personally introduce four curated programs with a total of 45 works. These include films by several important artists who have yet to be discovered in Europe.

Program 1:
- Powerman (Lenny Lipton, 1966, 5 min)
- Shudder (top and bottom) (Michael Gitlin, 2001, 3 min)
- Transaension (Dan Baker, 2006, 7 min)
- Metaphysical Education (Thad Povey, 2003, 4 min)
- dippingSause (Luther Price, 2005, 10 min)
- Film Dzama (Deco Dawson, 2001, 23 min)
- And We All Shine On (Michael Robinson, 2006, 7 min)
- Observando el Cielo (Jeanne Liotta, 2007, 19 min)
- The Crossing (Timoleon Wilkins, 2007, 6 min)
- Black and White Trypps Number Three (Ben Russell, 2007, 12 min)

Program 2:
- NYC Flower Film (Sandra Gibson, 2003, 3 min)
- Parallax (Christopher Becks, 2008, 6 min)
- Ecstatic Vessels (Diane Kitchen, 2007, 21 min)
- You Don't Bring Me Flowers (Michael Robinson, 2005, 8 min)
- To Be Regained (Zach Iannazzi, 2008, 10 min)
- Angel Beach (Scott Stark, 2001, 10 min)
- A Fall Trip Home (Nathaniel Dorsky, 1964, 11 min)
- July Fix (Jason Livingston, 2006, 3 min)
- The Parable of the Tulip Painter and the Fly (Charlotte Pryce, 2008, 4 min)
- Ingreen (Nathaniel Dorsky, 1964, 12 min)
- Bellagio Roll (Sandra Gibson, 2003, 3 min)

Program 3:
- Blocking (Pablo Marin, 2005, 2 min)
- Progetti (Paul Bartel, 1962, 17 min)
- Mylar Balloon Rip-off (Jason Halprin, 2007, 3 min)
- Whirl (Scott Banning, 2007, 8 min)
- While Revolved (Vincent Grenier, 1976, 10 min)
- [Various 8mm Works] (Frank Biesendorfer, 2000-2009, 17 min.total)
- Space (Luis Recoder, 2001, 14 min)
- My Mess (Jesse Kennedy, 2007, 4 min)
- 1/48 (Jorge Lorenzo, 2008, 1 sec.)
- Clip from Colorado Springs Home of Champions (Jim Prange, 1968, 4 min)
- Double Your Pleasure (M.M. Serra, 2002, 4 min)
- 90 Years (Jonathan Schwartz, 2008, 3 min)
- Across the Rappahannock (Brian Frye, 2003, 11 min)

Program 4:
- What the Water Said, nos. 4-6 (David Gatten, 2007, 17 min)
- In a Year with 13 Deaths (Jonathan Schwartz, 2008, 3 min)
- Oblivion (Tom Chomont, 1969, 4 min)
- Black and White Trypps Number Two (Ben Russell, 2006, 8 min)
- The Fourth Watch (Janie Geiser, 2000, 9 min)
- Spirit House (Robert Todd, 2008, 11 min)
- Artifices #1 (Alexandre Larose, 2008, 4 min)
- Sin título (Focus) (Pablo Marin, 2008, 4 min)
- Film (Parkour) (Cine Parkour, 2008, 20 min)
- Nothing Is Over Nothing (Jonathan Schwartz, 2008, 16 min)
- Sacred Space (David Chaim Cohen, 2007, 14 min)