Lecture: William Raban

EXPANDED CINEMA: LECTURE
Saturday 9 December 2006, at 3pm
Stuttgart Württembergischer Kunstverein

WILLIAM RABAN: EXPANDED CINEMA AND STRUCTURAL FILM

Using film examples, William Raban will give a personal account of EXPANDED CINEMA at the London Film-Makers’ Co-operative throughout the 1970s, demonstrating how some of the multi-screen and film performance works came into being and will describe their relationship within a broader structural film aesthetic.

Screening

EXPANDED CINEMA: SCREENING
Saturday 9 December 2006, at 7pm
Stuttgart Württembergischer Kunstverein

Paul Sharits, Razor Blades, USA, 1965-68, 2 x 16mm, colour, sound, 25 min
“By opposing the eyes and ears against the mind, Razor Blades cuts deeply, both in our psychic and visceral bodies.”

Joost Rekveld, #5 (Variation 2), Netherlands, 1994, 3 x 16mm, colour, silent, 6 min
A luminescent action painting of abstract light forms in kinetic motion.

Carl Brown & Michael Snow, Triage, Canada, 2004, 2 x 16mm, colour, sound, 30 min
Each artist worked independently on one panel of a double screen ‘exquisite corpse’.

Performance: Bruce McClure

EXPANDED CINEMA PERFORMANCE: BRUCE MCCLURE
Saturday 9 December 2006, at 8:30pm
Stuttgart Württembergischer Kunstverein

McClure creates hypnotic and immersive film experiences from a minimal quantity of audio-visual information. Loops constructed by bleaching clear frames from opaque emulsion are manipulated live by the filmmaker, using guitar effects pedals and adapted 16mm projectors, which have been modified in order to vary their intensity, speed and framing.

Bruce McClure, Rack and Slide, USA, 2006, 3 x 16mm performance, colour, sound, variable duration
Bruce McClure, Nethergate, USA, 2006, 3 x 16mm performance, colour, sound, variable duration

Demonstration: Bruce McClure

EXPANDED CINEMA: DEMONSTRATION
Sunday 10 December 2006, at 3pm
Stuttgart Württembergischer Kunstverein

BRUCE McCLURE: DEMONSTRATION

Bruce McClure will discuss his work and give a practical demonstration of his uniquely modified projectors and sound processing units.

Screening

EXPANDED CINEMA: SCREENING
Sunday 10 December 2006, at 7pm
Stuttgart Württembergischer Kunstverein

Malcolm Le Grice, Castle One, UK, 1966, 16mm, b/w, sound, 20 min
One of the earliest expanded works, “The Light Bulb Film” questions the role of the spectator in film viewing experience.

Morgan Fisher, Projection Instructions, USA, 1976, 16mm, b/w, sound, 4 min
Every film must be performed by the projectionist. This one requires extra attention.

Lis Rhodes, Light Music, UK, 1975-77, 2 x 16mm, b/w, sound, 25 min, film environment
A dynamic and interactive sound and light environment in which image and sound are inextricably linked.

Performance: Tony Conrad

EXPANDED CINEMA PERFORMANCE: TONY CONRAD
Sunday 10 December 2006, at 8:30pm
Stuttgart Württembergischer Kunstverein

Tony Conrad presents two performances that propose alternative systems of film production and refer back to a sequence of interventionist works he made in the mid-1970s Bowed Film combines Conrad’s interests in film and musical minimalism. For Sukiyaki, unexposed film strips are stir-fried in the traditional manner prior to their unique projection.

Tony Conrad, Bowed Film, USA, 1974, 16mm performance, b/w, sound, variable duration
Tony Conrad, Sukiyaki, USA, 1973, 16mm performance, colour, sound, variable duration