ARTIST IN FOCUS: Robert Fenz In the context of the Courtisane Festival 2011 (Gent, March 30 – April 3 2011) Robert Fenz (1969, Ann Arbor, Michigan) is one of the most singular and committed filmmakers breathing new life to avant-garde film traditions today. Fenz’s films, mostly shot in black and white 16mm, have a rare … Continue reading ARTIST IN FOCUS: Robert Fenz
ACCELERATED LIVING SCREENINGS In the context of the programme “Accelerated Living”, part of IMPAKT FESTIVAL 2009, 14-18 October 2009, Utrecht, NL. Preview here. All screenings @ Filmtheater ‘t Hoogt It seems as if time is increasingly out of joint. We no longer experience time as a succession or an acceleration of events, but rather as … Continue reading Accelerated Living // Screenings
Impakt Festival 2009 14 – 18 October 2009 Utrecht, Netherlands It is now 100 years since Filippo Marinetti published his controversial “Futurist Manifesto”, in which he described the enthusiasm brought about by the arrival of modern industrial rhythms, driven by a total belief in speed and progress. In his recent “upgrade” of the Manifest, media … Continue reading IMPAKT FESTIVAL // Accelerated Living Preview
Here’s a transcript of the presentation Maria and I did at the Animation Breakdown conference at Tate Modern on Saturday 21 March. It’s about the Drawn to Life program we showed in November 2008. Drawn to Life – Reanimating the Animate Animation Breakdown Study Day, Tate Modern London, 21.03.2009 (Please note that this is the … Continue reading Animation Breakdown
The worldwide success of the Pecha Kucha event formula – each presenter is allowed 20 images, each shown for 20 seconds each – is pretty exemplary for our recently developed weakness, or urge, for information snacks. A happy crossbreed between elevator pitching and speed dating. Some professors have even started to require their students to … Continue reading Pecha Kucha