This screening honors the work and legacy of one of Germany’s most pioneering, yet overlooked experimental filmmakers. In the 1960s, the painter Dore O. became one of the first women to work consistently and independently in postwar German experimental cinema. A co-founder of the Hamburg Co-op, she was actively involved in exploring new forms of cinema with her then-husband, Werner Nekes.
Blissed is an experimental love story, both lyrical and graphic. Hovering in the sensuous haze where flesh and dream become one, it wordlessly explores the shared inner life of two people whose devotion to one another expresses itself in forms that still challenge convention. Sexually frank and poetically immersive, this plunge into one couple’s erotic utopia pushes the boundaries of what has previously been shown in Irish cinema in a way that is both sensitive and provocative.
En los últimos quince años, las ciudades españolas han visto florecer comunidades heterogéneas dedicadas a mantener la cultura del cine analógico. A través del intercambio de materiales, la influencia mutua, las proyecciones informales y la amistad, tres generaciones de cineastas se entremezclan en Madrid, Barcelona, Coruña y San Sebastián en un momento extraordinario para el cine poético español.
Fechas:
De Sábado, Mayo 13, 2023 (Todo el día) hasta Domingo, Mayo 14, 2023 (Todo el día)
Master Class EXPERIMENTAL & PERSONAL FILMMAKING by Rouzbeh Rashidi June 26 – 30, 2023, Berlin Art Institute, Berlin, Germany
‘Experimental & Personal Filmmaking’ is a 5-day intensive immersive on-site program at BERLIN ART INSTITUTE from June 26 – 30, 2023 that exposes you to alternative film and video history, artist practice, and methods. In addition, it provides you with the knowledge to begin making your own experimental media.
In the early 1960ies, a number of filmmakers emerged in the United States and Europe to produce remarkable films that challenged any previous formal tendency in avant-garde filmmaking. The Structuralist filmmakers— including Peter Kubelka, Tony Conrad, Paul Sharits, and Kurt Kren––arranged their shots according to mathematical principles, attempting to produce non-narrative and non-illusionist films to oppose the cinematic apparatus.
