BECOMING CINEMA: a one day symposium on MICHAEL SNOW'S WAVELENGTH Saturday 25 May, 11am - 6pm CCA 4 �8 / �6 CCA Box Office: 0141 352 4900
This one day symposium includes a rare screening of Michael Snow's ground-breaking film 'Wavelength' and aims to generate discussion about the enduring significance of the film within the context of avant garde and experimental film and video. Speakers include: ROB GAWTHROP is the Head of Art at Hull School of Art and Design. He is a founder member and chair of Hull Time Based Arts and has curated projects for Hull Screen, NFT, Oberhausen Short Film Festival and ROOT Festival. MICHAEL O'PRAY is a Reader in Visual Theories at the University of East London, and has published widely on avant-garde film, animation and video art. His recent interview with Michael Snow appeared in the May issue of Art Monthly. A.L REES is Senior Research Fellow in Film at the Royal College of Art and author of 'A History of Experimental Film and Video' published by the BFI in 1999. JOHN CALCUTT is a Lecturer in Historical and Critical Studies at Glasgow School of Art DAMIAN SUTTON is a Lecturer in Historical and Critical Studies at Glasgow School of Art 'Wavelength' has proved seminal in its influence on UK-based and world-wide avant-garde film practice. It has been described as simply a "pure and tough" piece of filmmaking, as an "inexorable reduction" of cinema, or as the very "horizon of expectation" in film. The film represents a threshold point for an avant-garde film practice that was to become known as Structuralist-Materialist filmmaking, and that was to influence the careers of filmmakers and artists alike - but also affect the relationship that these have with popular culture. Wavelength is also famous for its soundtrack which provides a test of the listener's endurance as the glissando reaches a peak that is ever full of suspense - a sine wave whose remorseless acceleration presents the wavelength of the title. Organised by the Department of Historical and Critical Studies, Glasgow School of Art, and CCA. Rebecca Shatwell Education Programmer CCA 350 Sauchiehall Street Glasgow G2 3JD www.cca-glasgow.com <www.cca-glasgow.com> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: 00 44 (0)141 332 7521 (reception) Tel: 00 44 (0)141 352 4912 (direct line) intY has scanned this email for all known viruses (www.inty.com) ------------------------------------------------- a m b i t : networking media arts in scotland post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] info: send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and write "info ambit" in the message body -------------------------------------------------
