The
Collective
Factory Works Screening Series
Programme
Friday, May 14, 2010
Screening of Works by Members of the Loop Collective
The Factory: Hamilton Media Arts Centre
106 James St. North, Hamilton ON
905-577-9191
info@hamiltonmediaarts.org
www.hamiltonmediaarts.com
Curated by Tyler Tekatch
Parícutin by Erika Loic
2007 | 14 min | 16mm | colour | sound
In February of 1943, a fissure appeared in the cornfield of Dionisio Pulido, a farmer in the Mexican state of Michoacán. Ash and incandescent rocks emerging from this fissure preceded lava flows, violent explosions, and the birth of Mexico's youngest volcano. Parícutin combines animation with footage shot at the current site of the volcano to recreate the full life cycle of the volcano.
mary/me by Kelly Egan
2004 | 4 min | 16mm | colour | sound
mary/me is a handmade cameraless film which uses collage techniques to sculpt the images and sound. The visual composition was made by meticulously cutting, shaping and collaging pages from “Cosmopolitan” magazine onto the film strip, combined with handpainting on the film. The sound treatment is created by pasting the words of an article from “Cosmo” titled “Why Men Marry Some Women and Not Others” directly onto the film’s optical soundtrack, with the letters themselves forming the audio as their graphic shape is translated into sound.
Quanta by Dan Browne
2008 | 10 minutes | 16mm | b&w | silent
Quanta is an investigative record of patterns found in the observable Universe, as contained within the perceptions of a Bolex taken for an afternoon excursion in a rowboat.
Waterfilm by Dan Browne
2007 | 6 min 30 sec | 16mm | colour | sound
Waterfilm is a flow chart formed by two strips of film which have been exposed to the patterns created by moving water: the first segment aboard a ferry crossing the English Channel at midday, and the second on the banks of Paris' Seine river late at night. Sound is generated by the projector bulb reading the images themselves, translates them into acoustic waveforms.
The Garden of Earthly Delights by Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof
2008 / 8 min. / 16mm / colour / silent
The Garden of Earthly Delights is visual duet consisting of a 16mm film and a 16mm photogram self-portrait collage. It is inspired by the earthly pleasures and wonders as revealed in the vibrant marvels of Stan Brakhage's cinema, and in the central panel of the 1504 triptych by Hieronymous Bosch titled “The Garden of Earthly Delights.”
fugitive l(i)ght by Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof
2005 / 9 min. / 16mm / colour / sound
fugitive l(i)ght emphasizes rhythmic structures over and above representation, by drawing the viewer's gaze into a maze of multiple folds of continuously unfolding colour patterns.
Manor Road by Stephen Broomer
2009 / 3 min / super 8 / color / sound
A bridge on Manor Road in Toronto overlooks subway tracks. To and from a fixed point in space, trains depart and arrive. The time between their arrivals and departures lapses rapidly. As night falls, focus softens.
Outside Sarajevo by Ajla Odobasic
2007 | 2 min | DV | b&w | silent
A visit made after a very long absence.
Levitas by Angela Joosse
2009 / 1min | dv / colour | sound
While in New York I lived in an apartment which had an excellent view of the constant flow of air planes making their way along the path towards landing. This one minute video is a visual music piece that plays with airborne things.
Shapes Eat Shapes by Angela Joosse
2006 | 3 min 16 sec | digital video / colour / sound
Shapes Eat Shapes is a sound-image waltz. The dance is performed between interior bodily rhythms, and exterior urban patterns and grids. In this way, the work explores the musical and rhythmic qualities of being-in-the-world.
Spiders in Eden by Ty Tekatch
2008 | 11 min | digital video | colour | sound
There's trouble in Eden! Spiders have taken over the garden and their intoxicating bite threatens paradise. Guest narrator Walt Whitman.
