Film Program 3
Curated by Daphne Rosenthal
1)
Luminaries, Daphne Rosenthal, NL, 6’, 16mm, silent
Luminaries shows animated cycles of the moon and the sun on film. With DIY analog film techniques their beginning, their being, their disintegration is projected. Where the unknown begins, symbolism enters. In Luminaries the impermanence of the sun and the moon travels through the tactile space of film.
2)
Voluptuous sleep, Betzy Bromberg, US, 2011, 95’, 16mm, sound
“Betzy Bromberg’s Voluptuous Sleep is a mesmerizing two-part 16mm meditation on the nuances of light, sound and feeling as evoked through the poetic artifices of cinema. Bromberg’s close-up lens becomes a tool of infinite discovery that reveals as much about our bodily sensations as it does the natural world. Combined with intricate and perfectly matched soundtracks, Voluptuous Sleep is a rapturous, re-centering antidote to the fragmentation of modern life and offers a new experience of cinematic time and memory. It is also an emotional tour de force.” – Steve Anker, Redcat