Patterns is an experimental handmade film created by printing on a 60mm film base. It is intended to be screened as a live film performance using a special projecting apparatus called the Archeoscope created by the artist himself. The film examines the cinematic potential of patterns. What regular, repetitive structures on film can do when being screened in various ways. This film was made to present a unique opportunity to experience the essence of the fundamental nature of patterns directly in live action. It is an audiovisual struggle between chaos, and order. A Logos brought to life, set into an intensive luminous spectacle. An immersive sensorial play in which the eye is constantly trying to catch up and the brain struggling to make sense of it all. The interferences of various spacial and temporal patterns creates numerous visual creations, variations and modulations on the screen and, subsequently, in you mind. Out of all this arises something new nowhere else to be seen. The live projection of this film is technically irreproducible, so the only way to experience it, is to witness it with the naked eyes.
Performer Jan Kulka (1985) is a Prague-based experimental filmmaker dedicated to analog film who explores the fundamental principles of the film medium, it's phenomenology and physiology of perception in contemporary context. His aim is to dig to the core, reaching to the primary essence, which we all share in common somewhere deep inside and bring it into a live, shared experience. He incorporates the creation of own instruments in the creative process. His primary focus is on inventing of special projection apparatuses for live performances. Rather than telling a story, he tries to target the very senses of each spectator directly with light and sound to reveal some of the foundations of our perception, that makes our being.
Year of production 2023
Duration: 32 min
Format: 60mm film performance with Archeoscope
Performed at PROCESS festival in Riga, 2023
Curated by Baltic Analog Lab
