The closing event of “Process” will take place on the 25th March, at 7pm, in Ģertrūdes Street Theatre. Three live audiovisual performances will be presented in analog media by international and local artists.
19:00 „Scoreline”
Greg Pope (UK/NO)
solo film - sound performance
16mm projector, black film, contact mics, guitar pick-ups, engraving tools, hobby grinder, other tools and unspecified local materials.
The film projector works as an instrument for visual and sonic broadcasting, leading to the exploration of cinematic apparatus and ignoring traditional strategies to create a dynamic live event.
Greg Pope is an Oslo-based British filmmaker and performer. After dabbling in punk rock bands and absurdist performance, in the 1980’s Greg founded two film collectives: ‘Situation Cinema’ and ‘Loophole Cinema”. Working collaboratively and individually, Greg has made video installations, live art and single screen film works since 1996. He has performed in prestigious art institutions as well as international art and media biennales, and festivals such as Rotterdam International Film Festival; L'Alternativa Festival, Barcelona;, London; Bienal de la Imagen en Movimiento, Buenos Aires; Tate Britain; Cinematheque San Francisco.
20:00 New Museum of Mankind
OJOBOCA (Anja Dornieden, Juan David González Monroy, DE)
A traumatoscopic presentation
16mm, 30 min, sound
In the museum a world of possibilities present themselves to the open and focused mind. An immense number of scenes can be created to appease even the wildest of imaginations. With the help of the Traumatoscope the following test will guide you through the most common scenarios you will encounter and give you the tools you will need to persevere in your mission to create a new museum of mankind.
Anja Dornieden and Juan David González Monroy are filmmakers based in Berlin. Since 2010 they have been working together under the moniker OJOBOCA. Together, they practice Horrorism, a simulated method for inner and outer transformation. The duo make films, performances, installations and run analog cinema workshops. They have presented their work internationally in a wide variety of venues. They are currently members of the artist-run film lab LaborBerlin.
21:00 „The Invisible Octave”
Clausthome (LV) + Mārtiņš Ratniks (LV)
Audiovisual performance/association in the environment of VHS and analog synthesis.
The moth as a transcription of being, made in the eternal tone of gravitation and inaudible light.
Clausthome is a Latvian industrial and noise music band that has been active since the end of the 1990’s. Their main interests lie in the modification of radio and analog video/sound tools, technical and introvert imagination and a creative journey as a happening.
Mārtiņš Ratniks is currently one of the most visible Latvian artists in the field of new media. He is the co-founder of artists’ collective F5 and one of the first-wave VJ’s in Latvia. He works in the RIXC Center of New Media Culture and teaches media art in Latvian Art Academy. He has been collaborating with Clausthome since the end of the 1990’s and together they have performed in various festivals and venues in Latvia and Europe.
22:00 DJ Viestarts Gailītis
“Process” is the first film festival in the Baltics dedicated to experimental, analog filmmaking. Taking place on the 22nd to 25th of March in Riga, Latvia, the festival will provide a four day programme which will include film screenings, lectures, a photo exhibition and audiovisual performances. During the festival the following film programs will be presented: Essay Films, Found Footage, Structural Film, Film Diaries and Baltic Films, these will introduce different forms of experimental analog cinema and films by interesting contemporary authors.
Analog film will be widely represented in the programs and shown in its original 16mm and Super 8mm format. Meanwhile, in the audiovisual performance program “Process Expanded”, there will be the chance to experience expanded cinema, where film is being carried out as a live audiovisual performance. The artists will perform their cinematic works using multiple analog film projections, plus utilizing various other analog audio techniques.
The festival is organized by Baltic Analog Lab in collaboration with Kino Bize cinema and supported by the State Cultural Capital Foundation.
First 10 tickets - 3 EUR, after these are sold out the ticket price will be – 4 EUR.
For students, pensioners and disabled people – 3 EUR.
The ticket price may rise on the days of the event.
Ticket numbers are limited.
www.process-fest.lv
