POLYP
Amber Goodwyn, Canada, 2009, super 8, silent,02:50 www.ambergoodwyn.com
My nipples contract like sea anemones.
Amber Goodwyn is a multidisciplinary artist from Montreal. She plays in the rock band Nightwood and is a member of the Double Negative Collective. She holds a BFA in Film Production (with Distinction) from Concordia University and founded Lickety Split smut zine and co-founded Slowdance Night.
CURRENT LANDSCAPES
Nika Khanjani, Canada, 2007, 16mm to dv, sound, 07:54 nkhanjani@gmail.com
SECONDARY CURRENTS
Peter Rose, US, 1982, 16mm, sound, 15:26 www.peterrosepicture.com
A film about the relationships between the mind and language. Delivered by an improbable narrator who speaks an extended assortment of nonsense, it is an imageless film in which the shifting relationships between voice-over commentary and subtitled narration constitute a peculiar duet for voice, thought, speech, and sound.
Peter Rose has made over thirty films, tapes, performances and installations since 1968. Many of the early works raise intriguing questions about the nature of time, space, light, and perception and draw upon Rose's background in mathematics and on the influence of structuralist filmmakers. Rose has exhibited in shows at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Biennial, the Centre Pompidou, the Film Society at Lincoln Center, the Rotterdam International Film Festival, etc. He has been awarded fellowships by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Pew Foundation, the Independence Foundation, and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, and is fond of writing descriptions in the third person.
SNAP SHOT
Kim Kielhofner, Canada, 2008, dv, sound, 04:12 www.giantpixie.com
I watched a movie one afternoon and this is the story of that movie.” A fictional story is combined with my personal archives of photos. Together the story and images walk the line between fiction and autobiography, hero and villain, and humor and melancholy.
Kim Kielhofner is an artist whose work spans a multitude of media. She is known for her small-scale drawings, video works, and books. Her work is interested in how we shift and navigate through the narratives that are woven into our environments. Her recent projects have included creating a fictional/real band called Gelding Express, building a video installation with found TVs and found images, and organizing a DVD compilation of video art. She is currently doing her Master's at Central Saint Martins College on Art and Design in London, UK.
OF THE ESSENCE
Francesca Silveri, UK, 2010, dv, sound, 03:11 www.unchartedfilms.com
A London City lawyer suffers a heart attack in the underground. His spirit, or essence, lingers in the train.
Francesca Silveri is an Italian born, London based writer. She graduated in English Literature at the University of Rome La Sapienza specializing in Shakespearean Studies. In 2002 she completed an MA in Shakespearean Studies at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and King’s College, London. Although she considers herself mainly a scriptwriter, Francesca also writes short stories, poems and plays. Francesca's first collection of poems, Proprio Come una Balena (Very Like a Whale), is in the course of being published in Italy. In 2009 Francesca founded producing company Uncharted Films ltd. She is currently in pre-production with Fallen, a noir story a bit fantastical around the edges.
BIRDCALLS
Malcolm Sutherland, Canada, 2005, dv, sound,04:57 www.animalcolm.com
How the written languages of birds came to life…
Malcolm Sutherland is an animator and illustrator originally from Calgary, Alberta. He studied printmaking at the Alberta College of Art and Design before moving to Montreal in 2002 to direct a short animated film at the National Film Board of Canada. He also studied film at Concordia University. He has produced several comic books, including OOLA DUG in 2007. Malcolm currently lives in Montreal with his wife Anna.