Archive for June 2016
Mirror
Went to the GFT to see Mirror on the big(ish) screen and had an informative chat about it before hand with a woman in Sleazy’s who had once failed an exam on it. Of course, the wind in the field is stunning, but so is the scene of panic as Margarita Terekhova searches for a typo at…
Read MoreAbout an hour of Christian Marclay’s The Clock
Because all montage brings you here. Isn’t interesting how we try to watch this, the most precise of works? Out of time, offbeat, from the side, in dribs and drabs. Thanks to kottke.org. About an hour of Christian Marclay’s The Clock. About The Clock here.
Read MoreBen Rivers – Terror! (2006)
If you are in a brightly lit room and not overly delicate this am, I recommend watching Terror! ‘You’re all gonna die in there!’ Terror!
Read MoreBen Rivers at Hamburg Kunstverein
Nowhere near finished my Hamburg Report. At the Kunstverein was a Ben Rivers show. The first film, with a struggling narrator and a volcano, was the highlight for me. Show details here. Ben Rivers here.
Read MoreAttention Required on Your Vimeo Account
To ensure delivery, add no-reply@vimeo.com to your address book. Hello Jane Topping, A Vimeo moderator marked your account for review for the following reason: Vimeo does not allow you to upload material that you did not create yourself. You need to take the following action as soon as possible: Please remove any and all…
Read MoreHito Steyerl – How Not to be Seen A Fucking Didactic Educational .MOV File 2013
Just reading Steyerl’s short essay A Thing Like You and Me, so this retort-titled video is the perfect accompaniment. Watch it here.
Read MoreIncident at Loch Ness (2004)
Climb into your expedition jumpsuit, kick off your deck shoes and enjoy Incident at Loch Ness. Herzog, you are a funny one after all. Trailer here.
Read MoreThe Nabokov Paper Returns
There will be a small installation of The Nabokov Paper at Forms of Criticism, organized by Kaja Marczewska of the University of Westminster at Parasol Unit on June 30th. More info here.
Read MoreIKFF – An impeccable jury team
I was hugely fortunate to team up with Siegfried Alexander Frauhauf and Christoph Girardet as the NoBudget Jury. Smart conversation and hilarious wurst coin debates were but the tip of the iceberg – what a team. Sigi was also showing Vintage Print (2015) in the International Competition and Christoph personne (2016), made with long time collaborator Matthias Müller.
Read MoreIKFF – Other Favourites – D.^^.$.® by Samuel Fouracre
D.^^.$.® by Samuel Fouracre is the best film about relationships now I’ve seen since Francis Stark’s My Best Thing. After seeing D.^^.$.® (Dance Music Sex Romance) I immediately wanted to watch it again and again and again. A Bret Easton Ellis of a film. Loveit. More by/about Fouracre here.
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