On June 14th and 15th (Saturday and Sunday), Viktoria Schmid will give an introductory workshop on experiments with Bolex and cyanotype at Simultanhalle in Cologne (outdoors). On Saturday evening we will host an open-air film screening of Schmid’s work at Simultanhalle.
“The layering of these three levels of time, contained on this one film, the distillation of time, a new temporal level that doesn't exist beyond film, that's something that keeps me going,” says Viktoria Schmid in conversation with Michelle Koch about her critically acclaimed short film NYC RGB. The graduate of Vienna's Friedl Kubelka School for Independent Film works at the interface between art and film. Her works focus on the dialectical basic elements of the medium: the relationships between space and time, light and shadow as well as movement and standstill are at the disposal of a renewed, profound consideration.
Viktoria Schmid was born in Neuhofen/Ybbs (Austria) in 1986 and is one of the founding members of the Artist-Run Film Lab filmkoop wien. Her films have been presented at renowned film festivals in Toronto, Rotterdam and Marseille, among others. Their artistic works were recently shown at Vienna's Museum of Contemporary Art Belvedere 21.
The open-air film screening on Saturday, June 14, begins at sunset (approximately 10 pm) and will be projected both analog and digitally. The discussion with the filmmaker provides an opportunity to reflect on her artistic processes and underlying considerations. The audience is cordially invited to come to Simultanhalle at 8pm and experience the sunset together.
The two-day workshop offers beginners the chance to gain first experience with the 16mm Bolex camera and learn photographic cyanotype techniques. Participation is free of charge, but registration is required due to the limited number of places - by Friday, June 6, via e-mail to info@filmauffilm.de
With the kind support and as a guest on the premises of the Förderverein Simultanhalle. The quarterly event series FILM AUF FILM can be realized thanks to the kind support of Stiftung Kulturwerk der VG Bild Kunst, Kulturamt der Stadt Köln, and Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen.