[Nettime-ro] Directors Lounge, Berlin

[irina botea <irinab@gmail.com>]

• The third Directors Lounge will take place from 8. - 18. february,  
at the time of the Berlin International Festival. Expect video art  
and experimental film from all flavors and parts of the world. Beside  
the works from the open call are several curated programs,  
cooperations with fellow projects and institutions ensure ten  
cosmopolitan days.
Once again we will offer a hideaway, a meeting point as a relaxed  
space for filmmakers, videoartists and everybody interested in  
experimental forms of cinema and videoart.


In Focus LiveBox

Program 1: “Didn’t Cha Know” 20:45 min
This selection of work is a playful look at contemporary narratives.  
All the artists deploy humor and tap into the mundane moments of life.

“Home Made”, 2004, 4:50
David Lachman, USA
An evening of one man enjoying Ben and Jerry’s cookie dough ice cream

“In My Mind I am in NY”, 2005, 9:45
Rachelle Viader Knowles, Canada
This work weaves together three strands of narrative about the life  
of Bernie Flaman, who 'in his mind he lives in New York.' On the left  
hand screen Bernie is at home in his Regina condo, showing us aspects  
of his downtown, urban life. On the right hand screen, we see him at  
his family farm in Southey – his 'upstate getaway’. On the screen in  
the middle we are on the move, in between, drifting through  
Saskatchewan.

“Flower to Flower”, 2004, 6:50
David Lachman, USA
A childhood experience of bee petting remembered in voice over, while  
a contemporary footage of bee petting is shown

Program 2: “Knots and Crosses” 7:24 min
The videos in this selection are short, sharp and witty.

"Aktion", 2003, 1:00
Irina Botea, Romainia (living in USA)
Reduced food packages breathing and squeaking like pets.

“Gate Vision”, 2005, 5:24
Kazuhiko Kobayashi, Japan
Imagery for Gate Vision was photographed from the window of the  
Shinkansen shopping district of Tokyo. The photographed images are  
circularly processed using computer manipulation.

“Cup”, 2006, 4:00
Thom van der Doef, USA
Cup follows a blue wax-paper Hinckley drinking cup in close-up as it  
gets blown through the streets and parking lots of Chicago.

Program 3: “Sparkling Diamonds” 13:11 min
The artists in this program load their work with saturated colors,  
intensity, high energy and inventiveness.

“Alpinia”, 2006, 01:36,
Lee Arnold, born London - lives in USA
Alpinia mediates modernist abstraction through the lens of  
contemporary technology. The camera travels through a 3D world  
comprised of simple 2D geometric shapes, suggesting a perfect Swiss  
landscape.

“Flower Immersion”, 2006, 7:35 min
Galina Schevchenko, born Russia, living in USA
Animated and layered drawings with photographs and video footage. The  
pieces are breathtaking and sumptuous.

“Pilchard.” 4 min, 2005
Patricia Shrigley, United Kingdom
Shrigley combines scratch tech and animation. In “Pilchard”, “Laugh  
In” meets the East End of London. Shrigley captures individuals of  
all ages dancing.

Program 4: “Brothers Grimm” 7:00 min
This selection of work evocatively appropriates and manipulates  
childhood nursery rhymes and fairy tales.

“Prickle Britches”, 2006, 6:00 min
Jill Johnston-Price, USA
Prickly roses, entangling barbs, zigzagging webs, exotic spinsters,  
capricious pussies, and counterfeit mothers conspire to seduce a  
young girl through a deliriously surreal journey. This digitally  
composited and painted animation is a loose adapted from Sleeping  
Beauty.

“Humpty Dumpty”, 2005, 1:00 min
Catherine Forster, USA
In “Humpty Dumpty”, children’s rhymes are coupled with amateur home  
videos, creating a commentary about family, nostalgia and memory. The  
video is silent.

Program 4: “Experimental Melodies”, 17:11 min
This selection is the most experimental and includes two gorgeous non- 
narrative musings.

“Chasing Pools”, 2005, 8:35
Carole Kim, USA
“Chasing the Pools” is a single-channel video based on an immersive  
performance installation exploring live cameras on dancers seamlessly  
integrated into the landscape of live video projection.

“A Short Song About Thread”, 2005, 4:06
Tony Gammidge, United Kingdom
A Short Song About Thread was inspired by the myths of Icarus and  
Ariadne and is a response to a text written by playwright Dominic  
Orlando. It was filmed in Florida where the local insects are used to  
express feelings of claustrophobia and the ensuing desire to break free.

“Lichtwelten”, 2006, 4:30
Kim Collmer, Germany
“Lichtwelten”- Light Worlds- is an abstract underwater realm of  
rhythmic vibrations. Spaces fold into themselves, time becomes  
submerged and our laws of gravity, visual and acoustic perception and  
orientation become momentarily disentangled from "reality".

“The Pond to the Ocean”, 2006, 6:40
Scott Wolniak, USA
The Pond to the Ocean is an animation created by 5000 drawings  
created with water color, ash, melted snow and pond water.


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