EYE's Selected Artist's Moving Image
New work by Dutch artists and experimental filmmakers that was recently added to EYE’s collection. The programme includes short films by filmmakers like Martha Colburn, Michiel van Bakel and EYE's artist in residence Alexandra Navratil: both emerging artists and established names.
The new collection films are distributed by EYE and are also screened at international festivals. The programme highlights recent trends in the artist”s film and the short experimental film. Most of the filmmakers featured in the programme will be present for a Q&A.
Programme
Elastic Recurrence Netherlands - 2017 - Johan Rijpma - 2 min.From all sides gravity tugs at a plate falling to pieces. While the shards appear to expand into space, new connections suggest a kind of virtual union.
The CraftKuwait, Netherlands, Lebanon - 2018 - Monira Al Qadiri - 16 min.Al Qadiri explores her childhood in Kuwait and asks herself:"Were my parents conspiring with extraterrestrials?" Gradually reality dissolves like quicksand in this film dealing with paranoia, futuristic architecture, political culture, junk food, geopolitics, war and peace.
Stand-by Office Netherlands, Lebanon, France - 2017 - Randa Maroufi - 13 min.We are introduced to a group of people in an office space, but nothing appears to be in place. As the camera guides us through the rooms, our perception of this space changes. What does this office mean to this group of people having no official status?
We're All Here Netherlands, United States - 2016 - Beny Wagner - 12 min.Beny Wagner focuses on the sense of inexplicable loss and yearning for something unknown using two unexpected metaphors: camouflage and fossil fuels.
Western Wild... or how I found Wanderlust and met Old Shatterhand United States, Netherlands - 2018 - Martha Colburn - 9 min.A richly textured documentary about a filmmaker preparing a film on the famous German author Karl May. The film subtly interweaves stop-motion animations, found footage and interviews, any of which are enough to rouse wanderlust.
Holy Land Netherlands - 2017 - Roman Ermolaev - 7 min.Holy Land flirts with the history and cultural codes of the Netherlands through a counterfeit Dutch “landscape” that has been copied to evoke an experience of what it is like to live in this country.
The Night Side Netherlands, Germany - 2016 - Alexandra Navratil - 4 min.The large Agfa-Orwo plant in Wolfen-Bitterfeld shut down when East and West Germany merged and was transformed into a museum of film and industry almost overnight. A former employee worked for 25 years in the plant”s dark room and takes a long look at her hands.
Forest Paths (Forget Heidegger) Netherlands - 2018 - Michiel van Bakel - 3 minA twisted walk through a forest. Animated still photographs show movement and light on the forest paths that are normally invisible to the naked eye. Van Bakel made a 'scanner camera' able to augment human vision. What is the fundamental difference between the perception of a robot, an insect or a human being?
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