Filmmakers present
dal 31/3/2003 al 23/4/2003
Segnalato da
31/3/2003
Filmmakers present
Smart Project Space, Amsterdam
A series in which film-and videoartists present their work.
A series in which film-and videoartists present their work.
Tuesday April 1, 19.30 hrs.
Jan Ketelaars has studied at the Vrije Academie in The Hague. He has directed
short experiÂmental films and documentaries. As an editor and producer he has
worked on many documenÂtaries. Paul van den Wildenberg has studied at the Dutch
Film Academy in Amsterdam. He directed documentaries and also worked as a
director of art programmes for the National Dutch Broadcasting Company. Both are
teachers at the Utrecht School of the Arts (HKU), Faculty of Art, Media and
Technology in Hilversum. They have collaborated on several films, of which they
will present the following:
Wasteland-The Hill and The Pit (45 min., German, French, Italy, 2001, DV,
English subtitled). This documentary presents a double portrait in bringing
together two places violated by man: the slag heap of a former coalmine in the
Borinage of Belgium and the quarry of a lignite mine in Hambach in Germany.
Uit/zicht (A Dutch Day) (18 min., Croatian, 2002, DV, English subtitled) A
fiction film about a displaced man in a house trailer in the rain.
Terrain Vague (45 min., 16 mm, 1992, b&w, English subtitled) A cinematic voyage
through the periphery of Amsterdam, the frayed zone of transition between city
and countryside. In the terrain, the fields, parking areas, along railway
embankments and at industrial sites the filmmakers encounter city nomads,
allotment gardeners, pony clubs, clay pigeon shooters, dog trainers and much
more.
Wednesday 23 April, 19.30 hrs.
Jean-Pierre Sens In his films rhythm is the important constitutive element. In
each work he tries to reflect his own experience of time in the film recording,
and later in the editing. In Berlin Afterimages for example, which is a portrait
of the artist Ulay, a filmic approach is taken that gives expression to the
rhythm and the movement of the city. His work with film expresses his interests
in real logical time, observing a subject in a given time frame, by using
different speeds of recording and film techniques or by editing in the camera
during shooting. Jean Pierre Sens will show a selection of his films, amongst
others:
Chance Meetings 3 (1979, 5 min. 16 mm, b&w, silent) In this film the camera
becomes a rather pushy 'persona'. It moves through an empty street and seems to
search for a subject. When the occasion arises in a meeting with a family, the
camera is pushing itself to them aggressively. The presence of this 'observer'
finally disrupts the natural course of circumstances.
Jeroen Eisinga makes since 1993 short experimental films characterized by a
simple narrative structure. His works can be viewed in relation to a similar
sense of poetry and humour found in the films of Marcel Broodthaers and Bas Jan
Ader, and the early work of Bruce Nauman. In Eisinga's work language likewise
plays an important role, as does the registration of an action performed in
front of a camera without an audience. Recently Jeroen Eisinga travelled to
Kenya to shoot a film with a dead zebra in the leading role. The resulting film
Sehnsucht will be premiered on this evening, along with a selection of earlier
works.
Sehnsucht (2001, Kenya, 16 mm transfer to dvd) In a closed barn somewhere in
Kenya, a dead zebra lies on the floor surrounded by five 16 mm cameras operated
by remote control. Every camera is equipped with a wide angle lens through
which one can see the whole zebra from different perspectives. The cameras
record the zebra drying out and crumpling up in single frames over the period of
months it took the carcass to decay. The effect of interval recordings results
in an impression of rapid and impossible deformation and the pattern of
black-white stripes on a black and white tile floor constantly changes form.
Tuesday April 1 and Wednesday April 23, 19.30 hrs.
Location: Smart Cinema
Price: 5.50 Euro
For information please contact Alice Smits
Opening times: Tues-Sat from 12.00-22.00, Sun from 14.00-22.00 hrs.
SMART Project Space
Exhibition Space & Cinema: 1e Const. Huygensstraat 20
Mail to: P.O.Box 15004, NL-1001 MA Amsterdam
Phone: +31 20 427.5951
Fax.: +31 20 427.5953