A selection of films in which Luis Macías investigates the concept of what he calls spectral cinema.  Exploring each of the different components of the film spectrum: the process and structure as a challenge, the photochemical transformation in the laboratory of created and/or appropriate images, editing/manipulation and re-photography through the optical/contact printer, and the projection as an event.  The properties of the image and its forms and the modification/alteration of the mechanical structure of the projector are combined in new proposals for the exercise of a human eye that explores the images of nature and/or how it is revealed to us.  These are parts of a filmic form organized in closed structures allowing intermediate spaces that force/activate improvisation.

* 16mm & 35mm multi-projector film performance
* filmmaker in attendance from Barcelona Spain
* post-screening Q&A

Luis Macías is an artist, filmmaker & image composer. His work deals with the formal & spectral properties of the moving image, through the exploration of the cinematographic device itself & the photochemical nature of the medium. Focused on experimental & procedural practices of analog image, his works in Super-8mm, 16mm, 35mm & video are composed for projection performance. His films and pieces of expanded cinema have been shown in prestigious film, art and music festivals as well as art centers, museums & alternative spaces around the world. Macias is a co-founder of Crater-Lab, an independent laboratory for analog cinema, and alternates his art work with specialized teaching in experimental cinema and the exploration of analog formats.