Feelers, Sensors – the EMAF 2024 thematic focus explores the role that sensory perception plays in the human and non-human experience of the world, and how a technologically enhanced sensorium is changing our orientation and interaction in the world: making the world shareable and communicable in a different way. It is curated by Jamie Crewe, Inga Seidler, Oraib Toukan, and Anna Zett.
As part of its ongoing commitment to contemporary cinematographic creation, Light Cone proposes a program featuring films that have recently entered the collection, all made between 2022 and 2024.
Embracing the enduring legacy of Jonas Mekas, a visionary who dedicated his life to democratizing film, media, and art, the Monira Foundation and the Jonas Mekas Studio welcomed Chihiro Ito for a six-month-supported Residency and Fellowship in which he worked to support Sebastian Mekas in enhancing the archives and to create new works inspired by that archive. With unwavering commitment, Ito delves into the studio’s rich repository, collaborating with Sebastian Mekas to preserve archival treasures and craft new artistic marvels for ‘Reel to Reel – Jonas Mekas.’ Each week, he immerses himself in the studio’s treasures, infusing them with new life and meaning.‘
Fechas:
De Lunes, Abril 1, 2024 - 12:00 hasta Domingo, Junio 30, 2024 - 17:10
Helga Fanderl and Nicky Hamlyn will be present to introduce and discuss their work.
Since 1986, Helga Fanderl has made over a thousand 8mm films that record encounters with events and images in the real world. She responds in an intuitive and highly concentrated way to the subjects in front of her lens, discovering cinematic rhythms and relationships in everyday life. Each of her films preserves and reflects the traces of its creation, as well as the sensations and emotions that she felt in the moment of shooting.
The third annual Wide Open Experimental Film Festival, presented by the Oklahoma City University Film Department in partnership with Oklahoma City Museum of Art, will take place April 26 - 28. Five programs will showcase 58 short films from around the world, including works by Tomonari Nishikawa, Lori Felker, Mark Street, Gregg Biermann, Sasha Waters, and more.
Fechas:
De Viernes, Abril 26, 2024 (Todo el día) hasta Domingo, Abril 28, 2024 (Todo el día)
