Step aside Dogme 95. Audios Mumblecore. Low cost technology has freed a new wave of international filmmakers to tell personal stories in radical ways. These “bedroom filmmakers” use camera phones, web cams, household items and intense creativity to create beautiful images and stories that go beyond realism- embracing fantasy, surrealism and even horror. On July 10th, Take Your Medicine and Smile Productions is showcasing the best of these new auteurs in a single night of shorts from around the world.
In his groundbreaking four-part work Parallel (2012-14), Harun Farocki explores the realm of video game design, particularly in its conception and creation of virtual worlds. With his characteristically probing, philosophical perspective, Farocki reveals and ponders the myriad ways in which these designed environments connect to or depart from our own individual and collective understanding of the actual world we inhabit. Through Farocki’s lens, video game design, as a practice of digital cosmogony, reveals itself as both a tool of the imagination and, inevitably
Real time cartographic improvisations using projected, manipulated digital maps by Eric Theise, accompanied by Ken Field's ethereal and cinematic improvisations on saxophone with looping electronics. An evening of street grids, rivers, islands, and curiosities from the built environment. Saturated colors. Glitches in crowdsourced data. Orphaned information and free-floating symbology.
Bloomsday Film Festival 2022 will feature OVERLAP, a new experimental short by Irish filmmaker Arran Tenzin Bradstock. OVERLAP showcases Arran’s approach to non-narrative filmmaking that gives equal importance to sounds and images. In this immersive experimental film, a quiet street at night and a droning sonic collage are put under the spotlight, opening the doors to a meditative contemplation on the audiovisual experience.
To celebrate the publication of Landscape Imaginary, the first comprehensive book about their work, the artist Daniel & Clara return to Metal Southend on Thurs 9th June for an evening of films and conversation.
