Real magic isn’t black or white. It has every colour of the rainbow and ties communities on a level beyond good and evil.

THU 23 APRIL, 16:00 - SAT 25 APRIL, 22:00 - SPHINX - 54’

1859
Fred Worden, US, 2008, DigiBeta, 11’

1859 was the year that solar flares were first observed. LSD is illegal, 1859 isn’t.

Quiero Ver
Adele Horne , US, 2008, DigiBeta, 6’

Hundreds of people gather in the Mojave Desert on the thirteenth of every month to see The Virgin Mary appearing in the sun. Afterwards, polaroids, film and photos are compared and interpreted.

Trypps # 6 (Malobi)
Ben Russell, US, 2008, 16mm, 12’

A film of a procession in Malobi, Suriname, done in one take. A contemporary interpretation of the work of Jean Rouch, anthropologist and one of the pioneers of French Cinéma Vérité.

Magnetic Sleep # 1
Janie Geiser, US, 2009, DigiBeta, 7'

‘Magnetic Sleep’ was the term used in the 19th Century to describe hypnosis. A collage of techniques (animation, photography, film and painting) creates the world of a woman who both loves and fears her hypnotic powers.

They Shine
Rosa Barba, DE, 2008, 35mm, 5’

The Mojave Desert. From behind a fence the camera registers endless rows of solar panels slowly rotating and reflecting their surroundings. A voice talks about the made-up truths the locals have  about the machines.

The Sounding Lines Are Obsolete
John Price, CA, 2009, 16mm, 13’