The SPECTRAL project brought together six European artist-run analogue film labs (Baltic Analog Lab, Crater-Lab, WORM Filmwerkplaats, Laia — Torre, LaborBerlin, Mire) that collaborated around the theme of expanded cinema between 2022 and 2025. They organized performances, exhibitions, residencies, tours and workshops, and revitalized old machinery and forgotten traditions while developing new devices. The six contributions contained in this publication, one for each laboratory, span essays about the evolution of immersive, 360° analogue film technology, poetic explorations of the elemental origins of film, DIY technical manuals, analyses of the practice of re-enacting expanded cinema performances, transcripts of discussions about the work of artists active in this field, and finally logbook-like accounts of those who took part in the residencies. Together, they provide an insight into the work and activities of artist-run analogue film labs in Europe, and more specifically, into forms of cinema that expand beyond the four corners of the screen.

The book can be purchased both physically and online at stores in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Latvia, France and Portugal.


More info at: https://www.spectral-cinematics.eu/spectral-2022-2025-publication

Editorial Coordination by Laia / Monica Baptista

Texts by Baltic Analog Lab, Crater-Lab, WORM Filmwerkplaats, Laia — Torre, LaborBerlin, Mire
Design by Pedro Nora
Pictures by Dinis Santos