Vertical Cinema comes to Amsterdam. The programme, comprising ten new 35mm films for a vertical Cinemascope screen, will be presented at the Stedelijk Museum over four consecutive nights. The screenings will be accompanied by expanded lectures and a workshop on the Synchronator device. Find full information in verticalcinema.org
Vertical Cinema at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2014. Photo by Pieter Kers
VERTICAL CINEMA LECTURES & SCREENINGS AT STEDELIJK MUSEUM AMSTERDAM 20-23 FEBRUARY 2014
Thursday, 20 February
20:00: Lecture by Philippe-Alain Michaud
22:00: Vertical Cinema screening
Philippe-Alain Michaud is film curator at the Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris.
Friday, 21 February
16:00: Lecture by Noam Elcott
18:00: Vertical Cinema screening
Noam M. Elcott (Columbia University, NY) specialises in the history of modern art and media in Europe and North America, with an emphasis on photography and film. He has published essays about James Welling, Man Ray, Moholy-Nagy, the London Film-Makers’ Co-op, and others, and is currently working on a book, provisionally entitled Artificial Darkness: An Art and Media History, 1876-1930.
Saturday, 22 February
16:00: Lecture by Erica Balsom
18:00: Vertical Cinema screening
Erica Balsom lectures in Film Studies and Liberal Arts at the Film Studies Department, King’s College, London, and is the author of Exhibiting Cinema in Contemporary Art (2013).
Sunday, 22 February
16:00: Lecture by TBC
18:00: Vertical Cinema screening
VERTICAL CINEMA SYNCHRONATOR WORKSHOP AT STEIM – 21 FEBRUARY 2014
The Synchronator device converts electronic audio signals into composite video signals. Designed by Bas van Koolwijk and Gert-Jan Prins in 2009, it has seen a steady growth in the number of users since then. During this workshop, we will introduce you to the background, techniques and use of this device for live improvisation and recordings. Each participant is invited to work with the Synchronator devices and television monitors, ask questions, and engage in hands-on experiments.
More information on the workshop and the instructors can be found here: www.sonicacts.com