Come meet the filmmakers as they discuss the emergence of independent production venues or 'microlabs' that are bringing forth some of the most refreshing work produced in the last decade. Nicolas Rey, the founding member of l'Abominable, one of the most active experimental cinema labs, will present his new Opera Mundi, a 60 minute, three-screen live projection film. This is followed by a program of short Super 8 and 16mm films from Paris and Grenoble. The filmmakers do not burden themselves with any institutional or commercial guarantees and they sweep away all traces of conventional filmmaking - screenplay, actors, etc. They discard preconceived models, they invent their own rules and provide each other with completely independent means of producing and showing their films.
Experimental films owe their sole existence to the perseverance and obstinacy of the filmmakers.
The nine artists selected from our national call for submissions for The Blueprint Project will now unveil their speculations on what role moving images might play in the new century. Working throughout the last year, our imaginative soothsayers have been busy creating an eclectic range of responses to the new millennium. They cast forth new attitudes about our bodies, the power of sexual healing, the influence of non-linear digital images, the state of visual and verbal language and the impossibility of cohesive superlatives at the end of the century. 37 Hanna Ave. On the following day Pleasure Dome and LIFT are pleased to co-present a one day workshop with Lee Krist.