Rightfully praised as the godfather of hand-processing workshops, Phil Hoffman has always stood as a lightning-rod of hope and creative agency through the 30 years of his summer retreats in Ontario, Canada. He finally blesses the Bay Area with three visits this week, with this OC program offering the best opportunity to revel at the most extraordinary 16mm exemplars from his three decades of enlightened instruction on photochemical experimentation.
"The short films in this program reflect a mix of formal experiments and collaborations that often feed into and fuel some of my longer poetic narratives, essay and autobiographical films, spanning my 45 year practice. Formally, the first half of the program are mid-career works which experiment with techniques of fragmentation through shooting, editing optical printing and through photo-chemical processes.
Tiempo, estructura, patrones. Estos son algunos de los principios que guían la novena edición del (S8) Mostra Internacional de Cinema Periférico que, bajo el título Lux Algebra, invoca los elementos alquímicos cinematográficos que manipulan el tiempo y sus estructuras, y que definen una programación con la que se completa la trilogía dedicada a la creación cinematográfica que la Mostra ha ido desarrollando en estas pasadas ediciones, desde la luz con Los nuevos impresionistas (2016) a la materia que da soporte a las imágenes con Objetos y apariciones (2017), sobre los conceptos de apropiación el found footage.
Fechas:
De Viernes, Mayo 25, 2018 (Todo el día) hasta Domingo, Junio 3, 2018 (Todo el día)
In spite of claims of its obsolescence, analog film is still alive. It continues to exist as an inimitable artistic medium, put to use in myriad forms around the world. Nonetheless, in the context of our ever-expanding digital landscape, analog film faces new challenges that have forced it into a process of deep transformation. What steps do we need to take to guarantee that analog film will remain as a living-breathing medium? What are the alternatives to the idea of film as an obsolete, historical object?
Fechas:
De Viernes, Octubre 20, 2017 (Todo el día) hasta Domingo, Octubre 22, 2017 (Todo el día)
