In the black beating of shutters things penetrate, ghostly, as islands which have not received their name yet.
A 30 minutes performance in which Riojim plays with his 16mm projector in an instrumentist gesture, creating deep breath out of a frenzy chromatic flush of celluloïd, the projector singing it's uncanny, sometimes funny, 50 hertz lullaby.
Performer: Riojim (Etienne Caire,France) is a filmmaker working with photo-chemical processes and live, expanded cinema projector performances, often under the pseudonym RioJim.He is particularly attracted to abstract animation, the pleasure of physically modifying images on the film via twisted and other chemical treatments frowned on by professional labs. The material produced in the laboratory becomes a work of improvisation integrating all the parameters of projection. By means of prepared projectors, he applies severe treatment to the projector and plays with the film and the homemade optical sound on film to create a real visual music. Involved in experimental film for 20 years, Riojim have been a member of the 102, a venue dedicated to experimental arts, as well as co-founder of one of Europe’s first artist-run film lab MTK in Grenoble.
Year of production: 2023
Duration: 30 min, variable time
Format: 2 x 16mm film projector
Performed at Suspaustas Laikas festival, Klaipeda, 2023
Curated by Baltic Analog Lab
