NYC RGB, 2023, Viktoria Schmid

Elephy-Program 3

Am frostigen Atlas Antoinette Zwirchmayr; Cinematography: Leena Koppe. AT, 2020, 16mm, color, 6 min
Achtung/Hallo 35 Viktoria Schmid. AT, 2010, 35mm, b/w, 2 min
VID-20200603-WA008.mp4/VID-20200603-WA009.mp4 Chloë Delanghe. NL, 2021, DCP, color, 2 min
Gil Eva Giolo; Music: Conal Herron. BE, 2014, DCP (from Super 8 and video), b/w, 5 min. With English subtitles
A proposal to project in 4:3 Viktoria Schmid. AT/US, 2016, 16mm, color, 2 min
NYC RGB Viktoria Schmid. AT/US, 2023, 16mm, color, 7 min
The Demands of Ordinary Devotion Eva Giolo. BE/IT, 2022, DCP (from 16mm), color, 12 min
House and Universe Antoinette Zwirchmayr. AT, 2015, 16mm, color, 4 min
 
A multifaceted collection of short film vignettes that are distinguished by the carefully considered precision of their construction, the contemplative stillness of their breath and sharpness of their gaze, and above all by their extraordinary attention to physicality, tactility, and vulnerability. From Antoinette Zwirchmayr's condensed meditations on environment, landscape, and body that bracket this program to Viktoria Schmid's subtle revamping of image-making processes and retooling of the filmic apparatus; from Chloë Delanghe's concentrated exposures of the camera's disconcerting outings as haunted object to Eva Giolo's pensive explorations of the interstices between absence and presence, physicality and materiality, inner and outer worlds: nine films that invite reflection on the sensitive relationships between beings and objects, the process of filmmaking, and the uncertainties in creation, balance, and composition. (S.D.)
 
Film talk with Eva Giolo, Chloë Delanghe, Antoinette Zwirchmayr, and Viktoria Schmid