SYNOPSIS Focused on the essence of fire as the center of the common, the gathering, the sharing, and the enlightening (physical and spiritual), Kalk'iin takes the audience into a singular cinematic experience. Other than been surrounded, the spectators become the surrounders of the projection, acknowledging their being and position, as part of an inspiring collective ceremony.
TECHNICAL INFO The audience is invited to sit around the projector. The position of the projector is lying on the ground, with a 90º lens that enables the vertical projection, that I interact with live (using several cristals, filters and modulating the projection speed). The screen is a semitransparent tull fabric/textile, held by a specifically designed system
Performers:
ADRIANA VILA GUEVARA is a Venezuelan filmmaker and anthropologist currently living in Barcelona-Spain. Her work moves in the realms of non-fiction experimental filmmaking, influenced by a reflexive and reflective relation with the world and the self. Her film pieces embrace the materiality and immateriality of film combining analogue-photochemical and video formats, as single-channel, film performance, and installation. Interested in the intersection between poetics and politics, and how cinema can explore and transform states of conscience as a useful stimulation for the times we are living and the times to come.
ADRIANO GALANTE is a Spanish singer, musician and founder of Seward, the sound, performance and free song action collective. Since 2005, Galante has found his place in the intersection of collective creation, interdisciplinary interpretation, critical thinking, community management and artistic curatorship, collaborating with artists such as Núria Giménez Lorang, Javier Gallego, Sara Fontán, Jordi Oriol, Denise Duncan, Marc Vilanova, Silvia Pérez Cruz, Txalo Toloza, Andrea Soto, B1N0, Adriana Vila, Za, Marina Herlop, Adrián Vega, Pol Batlle, Alba G. Corral, Refree, or Judit Neddermann, among many others.
Year of production: 2020
Duration: 40 min, variable time
Format: 2 x 16mm film projectors, hand made screen installation, live voice
Performed at Suspaustas Laikas festival, Klaipeda, 2023
Curated by Baltic Analog Lab
