HISTORY and PRESENCE Cinema Séance #4 December 1 7pm FREE!
*Court Tree Collective* *2nd Floor, 371 Court St, New York, NY 11231 (718) 422-7806* These films weave their way from optical journeys through the past to the doors of the church of what’s happening right now. All on 16mm. 1 hour TRT. *Fever* , Paula Froehle, sound, 1998 6m A child’s fever rips the world asunder . *Heterodyne *Hollis Frampton ,silent, 1967, 7 m “Geometric animation made entirely by sculptural methods: cutting, punching, welding colored leader.” *Information* Hollis Frampton, silent, 1966, 4m “Hypothetical 'first film' for a synthetic tradition constructed from scratch on reasonable principles, given: 1) camera; 2) rawstock; 3) a single bare lightbulb.” *Optic Nerve* Barbara Hammer, sound, 1985 16.5 m “The sense of sight becomes a constantly evolving process of reseeing images retrieved from the past and fused into the eternal present of the projected image.” *Farmer’s Almanac *Mark Street, silent, 1999 2m 3 shots (starting with a snowstorm on Court Street) arranged in a helium haiku. *3part Remix: composition in RGB* #2 Amanda Christie, sound 2015, 6m Images from an experimental dance film manipulated and reinvented. *v=d/t* Amanda Christie, sound, 2008, 7m. A handmade film using contact and optical printing as well as chemical manipulations that explore the possibility of measuring distances between loved ones through time zones. *Fallen Flags* ,Amanda Christie, sound, 2007, 8m. Images of trains and underwater footage explore the realms of fear, death and transience. *Knowledge of Good and Evil*, Amanda Christie, silent, 2005, 1m An abstract exploration of the tension surrounding women and stereotypical representations of their knowledge. http://courttree.com/event-name/history-and-presence-film-screening/
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