
photo by Mika Taanila
Just what happened last night…
Thanks, CIRCLE and Mika Taanila and everyone helping out for being the best… and, of course, thanks to our charming audience!
See you tonight at the last day of GEGENkino 2017 and the last day of our Mika Taanila hommage—with another short film reel, 16 and 35mm projections and the German premiere of RETURN OF THE ATOM (ATOMIN PALUU)—at UT Connewitz.
Sun, 16 May 2017
8pm, UT Connewitz
Short film reel II: THE FUTURE IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE
The Zone of Total Eclipse (FIN 2006, 6’, no dialogue, 2 x 16 mm), A Physical Ring (FIN 2002, 4’, no dialogue, 35mm), Future Is Not What It Used To Be (FIN 2002, 52’, OV/English subtitles, 35mm), Spindrift (FIN 1966/2013, 14’, OV/English subtitles, 35mm)
10pm, UT Connewitz
RETURN OF THE ATOM
(FIN, D 2015, 105’, Doc, D: Mika Taanila & Jussi Eerola, OV/English subtitles, BluRay)
Mika Vainio has died – The Wire
We were shocked when we heard from Mika Taanila yesterday that his long time collaborator, electronic music producer Mika Vainio (aka Ø), has passed away yesterday. The screening of Taanila’s work MANNERLAATTA (TECTONIC PLATE), for which Vainio did the soundtrack, will now also be an hommage to the pioneering works of Vainio. Likewise, the two screenings on Sunday will be dedicated to him: for one, the short film reel THE FUTURE IS NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE, which includes the film A PHYSICAL RING, also scored by Vainio, and the screening of RETURN OF THE ATOM, featuring music by Vainio’s collaborative project Pan Sonic. Our condolences go out to all friends and relatives.
See you tonight at Luru Kino.
Fri, 14 April 2017
8pm, Luru-Kino at the Spinnerei
Short film reel I: FUTURO
Futuro – A New Stance for Tomorrow (FIN 1998, 28’, OV/English subtitles, 35mm), RoboCup99 (FIN 2000, 25’, OV/English subtitles , 35mm), Six Day Run (FIN 2013, 15’, OV/English subtitles, DCP), Optical Sound (FIN 2005, 6’, no dialogue, 35mm), Delay of Game (FIN 2017, 6’, no dialogue, 3D, file)
10pm, Luru-Kino at the Spinnerei
MANNERLAATTA (Tectonic Plate) (FIN 2016, 74’, OV/English subtitles, DCP) The Sad Song of Hard-Edged Transition Wipe Markers (FIN 2017, 4’, no dialogue, file)
Director Mika Taanila will be present for all the screenings.
There’s only a few unreserved seats left for the 10:30pm performance of COLOR FIELD IMMERSION. If you need some more reasons to come over tonight, check that RadioBlau teaser—thanks again to Melanie Albrecht for this one!— or, alternatively, Doron Sadja’s bandcamp page.
See you soon!
COLOR FIELD IMMERSION
Licht- und Soundperformance von Doron Sadja
Das Bestreben, die Kinoerfahrung für das Publikum zu einem direkteren, immersiveren und intensiveren zu machen, fand seine letzte große Manifestation wohl in der Wiederbelebung des 3D-Kinos. Ob es diesem wirklich gelang, das filmische Erlebnis und die Wahrnehmung auf eine neue Ebene zu hieven, ist fraglich – vor allem dort, wo die Technik mehr bloßes Gimmick bleibt als zu einem künstlerischen Mittel zu werden. Der US-amerikanische Medienkünstler und Ambient-Musiker Doron Sadja sucht in seinen unterschiedlichen Arbeiten immer wieder nach Wegen das Erleben der Zuschauer*innen auf auditiver und visueller Ebene neu auszuloten und verborgene Bereiche im Sinnlichen zugänglich zu machen. Als Ausgangspunkte dienen ihm dabei unter anderem Wahrnehmungsexperimente und technische Versuchsanordnungen aus der Geschichte der Wissenschaft. Für COLOR FIELD IMMERSION hat Sadja sich mit den Ganzfeld-Experimenten der 1970er Jahre beschäftigt; in diesen Versuchen wurden die Augen der Proband*innen mit lichtdurchlässigen Materialien verbunden und farbiges Licht darauf projiziert. Durch diesen anhaltenden Entzug sinnlicher Reize erhoffte man sich die Aktivierung hellseherischer und telepathischer Fähigkeiten. Ohne selbst solchen parawissenschaftlichen Bestrebungen nachzugehen, greift Sadja diese Tests auf und entwickelt daraus seine COLOR FIELD IMMERSION Performance. Zu einem passend arrangierten Mehr-Kanal-Soundtrack im Stile seines “Breath Heart Skin”-Albums wird die Kinoleinwand sozusagen auf wenige Zentimeter vor der Netzhaut verlagert, sodass Sadjas visuelle Kompositionen je nach räumlicher Position und geistiger Verfassung jede*n Teilnehmer*in auf jeweils andere Weise trifft. Eine parakinematographische Erfahrung, in der es genausoviele Filme gibt wie Augenpaare.
Menschen mit photosensitiver Epilepsie seien auf die intensiven Lichtreize während dieser Veranstaltung hingewiesen.
13. April, 21 Uhr und 22:30 Uhr – UT Connewitz
Since we all want you to get a sufficient dose of light and sound tomorrow, DORON SADJA will offer a second run of his COLOR FIELD IMMERSION performance at 10:30pm.
The first run is already booked out, so all your further reservations will have to be for the second one.
13 April, 9pm & 10:30pm – UT Connewitz
Hope you’ll all have a good trip!
Your GEGENkino crew
Wooh, Luru was packed yesterday! Thanks a lot for coming in such quantity!
IMPORTANT!
Seems like today won’t be much different. So, those of you who want to come and see Julian Radlmaier’s SELBSTKRITIK EINES BÜRGERLICHEN HUNDES today, please make a reservation by writing a mail to info[at]luru-kino.de. Those of you who have a festival ticket should be at Luru-Kino 20min before the beginning of the film (i.e. 7:40pm), so you’ll be guaranteed to get a seat. (If you can’t make it early enough, please make a reservation as well to be safe.)
Selbstkritik eines bürgerlichen Hundes
GER 2017, D: Julian Radlmaier, A: Julian Radlmaier, Deragh Campbell, Kyung-Taek Lie, Beniamin Forti, 99’, OV/English subtitles, DCP
Selbstkritik eines bürgerlichen Hundes (D, 2017, Julian Radlmaier)
Isn’t it oh so hard to make a true communist movie?! Sure, it is. Julian Radlmaier (”Ein proletarisches Wintermärchen”) knows about these things and will show us—in an honest and self-questioning way—his struggles with trying and trying and trying to be a political filmmaker in his newest film with the beautiful and telling title “Self-Criticism […]
12 April, 8pm – Luru Kino at the Spinnerei
Director Julian Radlmaier and producer Kirill Krasovski will be present.
And, as you know, afterwards we will have the double screening of TARA and FLUIDØ, which will start a little later though—at 10:15pm. Try to be there early or make reservations, too, nonethless. Read more about the two films here.
Unfortunately, the MOTEL Regiekollektiv had to cancel their visit and won’t come to the screening of TARA tonight. Let’s hope for a good screening anyway. See you later on in the dark!