ARGOS, centre for Art & Media, and BOZAR CINEMA - Brussels - presents

Indeterminate Cinema
Tony Conrad & Ken Jacobs

Cinema: illusion or reality? As spectators we are constantly torn between distance and proximity, between criticism and fascination; we are always aware of the spectacle, but at the same time we are eager to believe, to be caught unaware by the simulacrum. We thoroughly enjoy getting carried away in a linear flow of images and sounds, pushed forward by narrative conventions. At the same time, countless filmmakers investigate lines of fracture in the cinematic experience, the negative surroundings where cinematographic codes and conditions can be deconstructed, manipulated and rebuilt at wish. Cinema is being reinvented, liberated from the surface of the screen, the borders of the frame, cinematic time and space, the illusion of movement, beyond the borders of enchantment and meaning. The spectator is pushed out of his role as a passive image consumer, and is urged to define his/her own aesthetic experience. In their performances, films and videos Ken Jacobs and Tony Conrad, each in their own way, undermine the cinematic experience, in a quest for the interaction between stasis and movement, light and texture, time and duration. The result stands up to psychological interpretation, but also generates a purely sensory response, a hard confrontation with the essence of cinema.

Tony Conrad
Sa 13.10.2007 20:30 performance Ten Years Alive on the Infinite Plain (Tony Conrad + guest musicians) (venue: Bozar)
So 14.10.2007 18:00 A sunday afternoon with Tony Conrad

Ken Jacobs
Sa 20.10.2007 14:00 interview + screening Screening Star Spangled To Death
So 21.10.2007 20:30 Performance Nervous Magic Lantern with a live soundtrack by Aki Onda (venue: Bozar)

This and much more in the context of the OPEN ARCHIVE #1 festival. Event program composed by Stoffel Debuysere.

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