Dials, Frames, and Screens: Recent Experimental Cinema (US, 2011-14)

Tonight’s program of recent experimental films celebrates the possibilities of cinema. Vincent Grenier finds beauty in an unassuming creek, Tomonari Nishikawa shot Times Square through colored filters, and Adele Horne chronicles a hillside garden through the seasons. In two films, Andrew Lampert reconstructs a Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye from imperfect materials and, in a second film, explores how to project 16mm. Also featured are local artist Mary Helena Clark’s beautiful and enigmatic meditation on loss, Karly Stark’s recollection of a past sexual relationship, and Linda Scobie’s fragmented film history composed of frames collected from filmmaker Craig Baldwin’s floor.

G Is the Dial (Andrew Lampert, US/UK, 2014, 6 mins, Color, Digital file, From the artist)

Watercolor (Vincent Grenier, US, 2013, 12:30 mins, Color, Digital file, From the artist)

El adios largos (Andrew Lampert, US/Mexico, 2013, 11 mins, Color, Digital file, From the artist)

45 7 Broadway Tomonari Nishikawa, US/Japan, 2013, 6 mins, Color, 16mm, From Canyon Cinema

Craig’s Cutting Room Floor (Linda Scobie, US, 2011, 2 mins, Color, 16mm, From the artist)

I’m Delighted by Your Alchemy, Turning Everything in My Kingdom to Gold (Karly Stark, US, 2014, 5 mins, B&W, Digital file, From the artist)

The Dragon Is the Frame (Mary Helena Clark, US, 2014, 13:30 mins, Color, 16mm, From the artist)

In Common (Adele Horne, US, 2014, 19 mins, Color, 16mm, From the artist)

Total running time: 75 mins