Friday, 07.11., 8:30 p.m. | Short film program, 16mm projection | Filmhaus Köln

Saturday and Sunday, 08.-09.11., 10 a.m. - 5/5:30 p.m. | Workshop “Subverting the image“ | EYE GOT SPACE Köln | Free of charge | Limited Places | Registration via info@filmauffilm.de until 31st of October

OJOBOCA is a Berlin-based artist duo formed by Anja Dornieden and Juan David González Monroy. Their work is rooted in an exploration of cinema as a social ritual and as a tool for generating collective experience. They call their practice Orrorism, which they define as a simulated method of inner and outer transformation. Since 2010, OJOBOCA has created a series of experimental films, installations, and performances that have been screened at film festivals and art venues worldwide, among them the Museum of the Moving Image, ICA London, Anthology Film Archives, Berlinale, International Film Festival Rotterdam and New York Film Festival. Their work is also known for its innovative use of analog film techniques which they continue to develop as members of the artist-run film lab, LaborBerlin.

On Friday 07.11. (8:30 p.m.), at Filmhaus Köln, OJOBOCA will present a curated program of some of their short films. The analog 16mm screening will be followed by a talk and discussion with the audience.

The two-day workshop from Saturday 08.11. (10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.) to Sunday 09.11. (10 a.m.-5 p.m.), at EYE GOT SPACE Köln, is going to be defined by the title: Subverting the Image - A Workshop on Refusal in Analog Film.
We are rapidly entering a state of infinite images, where vast amounts of energy and attention are being devoted to constructing a mirror world that is intended to surpass our own material reality. But in a finite world, striving toward this simulated infinity comes at a cost: the erosion of meaning and the collapse of the very world we inhabit. Drowning in this deluge of images, perhaps it is time to reconsider our relationship with them. This workshop invites filmmakers and We are rapidly entering a state of infinite images, where vast amounts of energy and attention are being devoted to constructing a mirror world that is intended to surpass our own material reality. But in a finite world, striving toward this simulated infinity comes at a cost: the erosion of meaning and the collapse of the very world we inhabit. Drowning in this deluge of images, perhaps it is time to reconsider our relationship with them. This workshop invites filmmakers and artists to explore strategies of
subversion —methods of working against the image from within the language of film.

Together we will engage with a range of experimental practices that seek to unmake the image, reduce its power, or displace it entirely. Participants will work with 16mm found footage, black and clear leader, and explore erasure as a gesture of resistance and text as a tool for rebuilding images.
Participation for the workshop is free of charge, but registration is required due to the limited number of places - Registration by e-mail to info@filmauffilm.de - Deadline: Friday, October 31st

FILM AUF FILM, a quarterly event series, is made possible thanks to funding from the Stiftung Kulturwerk der VG Bild Kunst, the Kulturamt der Stadt Köln, and the Ministry of Culture and Science (MKW) of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia