On March 24, at 9pm, in RIXC Media Space, there will be two expanded cinema performances by Karel Doing and Xavier Quérel, as well as an analog 3D film screening by Bjorn Speidel.
21:00 „Twilight”
Björn Speidel (DE)
2 x 16mm anaglyph (stereoscopic cinema)
This film puts the double-visibility of stereoscopic devices to the test. By the double projection of two independent projectors the sync in time is impossible and the common 3D effect gets obsolete. With the offered experimental arrangement the own eyes could be observed at work.
Björn Speidel's experimental films explore the relationship between image and imaging surface dealing with questions about the off-screen and stereo3D. He programmed the Theme “The Third Image“ during the 61st International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, 2015 and further programs at international short film festivals. He currently works as an assistant profesor at the Filminstitut, UdK-Berlin and is a member of the film collective LaborBerlin. His films have been presented at international festivals such as EXiS Festival in Seoul, The Forum Expanded, Berlinale, The Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival.
21:10 „Pattern/Chaos”
Karel Doing (NL/UK)
16mm film, kinetic and optical objects, shadow-play
A negotiation between the unpredictability of organic processes and the regularity of frames, optics and motors. The work can be understood as an attempt to undermine the assumption that the natural world and the human world are opposites. The work is presented as a humble curation of organic readymades.
Karel Doing is an artist and filmmaker who works across analogue and digital formats, inquiring into the medium and its perception. His work includes experimental films, expanded cinema, installations and documentaries. He has screened widely in a variety of venues and festivals, such as Rotterdam International Film Festival; International Short Film Festival Oberhausen; Cinémathèque Française, Paris; Arsenal Kino, Berlin; Tate Gallery, London; Anthology Film Archives, New York; etc., and numerous DIY artist run spaces in Europe, Asia and America. He is currently living and working in London, finalizing his practice based research project and thesis 'Ambient Poetics and Critical Posthumanism in Expanded Cinema' at the London College of Communication, as well as running an artists’ film lab “Film in Process”.
21:40 “Quelques minutes de soleil après minuit”
Xavier Quérel (FR)
cinema/sound/light performance (16mm film projector, light, sound)
Set up at the front and facing the audience, the artist projects his films onto a small A4 format screen. There are moments when light manipulations are reflected in the whole room. Using various microphones to amplify or distort the sounds from the projector itself, the spectators are led into a strange and exciting landscape of light and sound.
Xavier Quérel is a filmmaker based in Grenoble, focusing on performance with light and film. Quérel considers the cinema projector as an instrument. Applying his experience in improvisation, he has developed idiosyncratic techniques and ingenious manipulations allowing him to play with the spontaneity of a musician. He co-founded "L'Atelier MTK", a collective ‘handcraft’ cinema laboratory for experimental cinema techniques. He has presented his works in various festivals, art institutions and venues all around the world, such as the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Rotterdam International Film Festival; Festival AAVE, Helsinki; Crossing the Line Festival, New York; Museum of Modern Art, Seoul; etc.
22:30 DJ set at „Aleponija”
“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