for everybody who has missed our show last week, there is a recording now online of our previous show. All the video is generated from scientific films from the 1920s. Enjoy!

https://vimeo.com/577743164

Labocine’s August 2021 Issue Spirit of the Forest is out!

„The concept of the forests as a source of life cannot be isolated from the integrity of nature that corresponds to the integrity of the physical body and cultural personality of local and indigenous peoples. As a source of life, the forests need to be understood in accordance with the natural elements that support life, such as the earth, water, trees and wildlife, air, sun, sounds or language. Since ancient times, undisturbed patches of vegetation have been dedicated to folk spirits In this issue, we pay tribute to these very same spirits of the forests that have protected our bioreserves and have awoken at times abruptly to the the impending cries and human-induced pertubances.“ (Curated by Alexis Gambis)

Watch the 32 films now from the link: https://www.labocine.com/issues/spirits-of-the-forest

Tomorrow we will be performing outdoors at OK LÀ. Free entry but seats are limited to 200. First come, first serve. It’s a very cool venue (parking garage above ground), so come on by!

more info:

Quelques informations utiles concernant votre grand voyage à Verdun pour OK LÀ ce weekend. La capacité sera limitée à 200 personnes par soir. Premier arrivé, premier servi. Les portes ouvrent à 19h00 donc ne tardez pas. Exceptionnellement cette année – dans le but d’offrir des conditions d’écoute optimales – nous aurons 200 chaises sur place. Un bar se trouve sur place avec options alcoolisées et non-alcoolisées, mais aucune nourriture n’y sera offerte. Il vous est donc conseillé de manger avant ou d’apporter vos snacks sur place. Respecter les gens autour de vous, les artistes et le staff sur place. On vous incite à vous rendre au Stationnement Éthel en transport actif mais dans l’impossibilité, les transports en commun sont préférables. L’adresse est le 4000 rue Éthel, Verdun. Notez bien, la rue Wellington est piétonne donc prévoir en conséquence. HORAIRE6 août 202119h00 – Ouverture des portes19h00 – Salon Privé (dj)20h00 – Anna Arrobas20h45 – Last Ex21h30 – Michaela Grill + Sophie Trudeau

I just found out that the amazing „Film Unframed. A History of Austrian Avant-Garde Cinema (edited by Peter Tscherkassky) is still available via sixpackfilm /Index (it’s sold out pretty much everywhere). It’s such a great read about individual artists (and I’m not only saying this because Steve Bates wrote this great piece on my work) and the entire development of experimental film in Austria. If you ever wondered why such a tiny country has produced so many leading figures in avant-garde cinema, you might find some answers here. Highly recommended!

https://sixpackfilm.com/en/indexedition/release/100/

The book includes texts by Peter Tscherkassky, Adrian Martin, Stefan Grissemann, Norbert Pfaffenbichler, Hans Scheugl, Maureen Turim, Maya McKechneay, Bert Rebhandl, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Christa Blüminger, Livio Belloi, Steve Anker, Andréa Picard, Christoph Huber, Nicole Brenez, Steve Bates, Barbara Pichler

will be part of the Female Shorts program at Filmarchiv Austria tomorrow Sat 26 at 8pm in Open Air Augarten and on Sun 27 at 7pm at Metro KinoKulturhaus.

https://www.filmarchiv.at/program/film/female-shorts-20-21/

mark your calendars: August 6th Sophie and I will be part of OK LÀ! First show with an audience!

https://okla.quebec/

edge of doom will be screened tomorrow 22.6.2021 at 20:00MEZ at Stadtkino im Künstlerhaus Viennain the Küsse das Kino/ Kiss Cinema program. free entry!

https://www.k-haus.at/kuenstlerhaus/album/freies-kino/

I’m so honoured to be part of the overview effect exhibition in the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade that „explores the complexity of the ecological problematics and the inseparable links between them and issues like corporate imperialism, indigenous sovereignty, gender, different kinds of extractivisms and the importance of decolonising not just history but also our concept of nature in order to reshape an inclusive mindset akin to a post-anthropocentric world.“

Thanks so much for including Antarctic Traces, Zoran Eric!

OVERVIEW EFFECTMuseum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, June 19th – September 20th 2021 Opening of the exhibition: Saturday, June 19th at 1 pm

project and curatorial direction: Blanca de la Torre and Zoran Erić, assistant curator: Dušan Savić, production: Dragana Jovović, design: Katarina Popović, Andrej Dolinka (project logo)

is part of the big found-footage retrospective at the Austrian Filmmuseum:

Recycled Cinema Tue 15.6. | 19:00 & Fri 25.6. | 16.00

Shred, Scratch, Sync

blowfeld Rainer Gamsjäger. AT, 2004, DCP, color, 4 min
LOSSLESS #5 & #3 Rebecca Baron, Doug Goodwin. US, 2008, DCP, bw, 3 & 10 min
cityscapes Michaela Grill & Martin Siewert. AT, 2007, 35mm, bw, 16 min
Twelve Tales Told Johann Lurf. AT, 2014, DCP, color, 4 min
Freude Thomas Draschan. AT, 2009, 35mm, color and bw, 2 min
She Puppet Peggy Ahwesh. US, 2001, DCP, color, 15 min
A Movie by Jen Proctor Jennifer Proctor, US, 2010–12, DCP, color, 12 min
Technology Transformation: Wonder Woman Dara Birnbaum. US, 1978–79, DCP, color, 6 min
Kopierwerk Stefanie Weberhofer. AT, 2020, 35mm, color and bw, 7 min

The art of reclaiming and reworking found footage exploded into previously unimaginable dimensions with the invention of digital technology and its tools for image manipulation. „Shred, Scratch, Sync“ explores the consequences of this new vocabulary of special effects: channel combiner, curves, fill, exposure, linear wipe, noise, triton, set matte, venetian blinds, limiter effect, minimax, fractal noise, digital glitch, chromatic aberration, blur, de-noise, glow, sharpen, convert, plane to sphere, rotate, motion blur, bicubic sampling, transform, directional blur, drop shadow, fast box blur, gradient ramp, offset, find edges, mosaic, tint, invert, gaussian blur, 3D channel extract, depth matte, ID matte, EXtractoR, IDentifier, bilateral blur, reduce interlace flicker, compound blur, directional blur, smart blur, blend, compound arithmetic, remove color matting, shift channels, broadcast colors, change to color, color stabilizer, equalize, PS arbitrary map, vibrance, kernel, fit to comp width/height, scale, reduce noise, alpha, Bezier warp, bulge, corner pin, displacement map, liquefy, magnify, mesh warp, mirror, optics compensation, polar coordinates, reshape, ripple, smear, spherize, transform, turbulent displace, twirl, warp, bend, blobbylize, flo motion, griddler, ripple pulse, slant, smear, split, tiler, angle control, 4-color gradient, beam, cell pattern, checkboard, eyedropper, paint bucket, radio waves, ramp, scribble, stroke, vegas, write-on, glue-gun, light sweep, luma key, advanced spill suppressor, keylight, matte choker, roto brush, mocha shape, add grain, bevel alpha, color emboss, posterize, texturize, threshold, block load, burn, burn, burn… (Jurij Meden)

has received a Special Mention at the Mister Vorky Filmfestival in Ruma, Serbia:

Special mention is given to edge of doom by Michaela Grill and Sophie Trudeau. 
An effective montage analysis shows the faces of the women in the film – and when there’s drama, women exaggerate as if the world is on the edge of doom. In addition to insights into the ways of acting in silent cinema and to the fascination with human face, viewers still have to ask themselves: why did filmmakers tell women to exaggerate in dramatic scenes as if it were the end of the world? Feminism in a three-minute found-footage movie comes when you least expect it.

We are thrilled!