BIMI Essay Film Festival: Forces and Volumes, a selection of films curated by May Adadol Ingawanij
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Birkbeck Cinema
43 Gordon Square London WC1H 0PD United KingdomDescription
On this final day of screenings and discussion, and to close Birkbeck’s inaugural Essay Film Festival, the focus is on contemporary essay filmmakers who are engaging with current political struggles and complex historical memories from around the world.
Part two: Forces and Volumes,1.30-3.20pm, a selection of films curated by May Adadol Ingawanij
An almost entirely wordless programme featuring studies of land and sea by outstanding Southeast Asia-based artists. These potent videos by Charles Lim, Nguyen Trinh Thi, Khvay Samnang and Nget Rady, and Taiki Sakpisit, invite us to reflect on the ways in which physical and sovereign forces shape and reshape space, and take lives or reverse fortunes. Yet rather than referencing the territorialising motion of history’s makers, these works instead channel undead forces. They utilise the tactile, gestural and durational capacities of video to embody subterraneous currents charged with anteriority and danger.
All the Lines Flow Out, Charles Lim, 2011, Singapore, 21 minutes, 20 seconds, HD digital video
Landscape Series #1, Nguyen Trinh Thi, 2013, Vietnam, 5 minutes, digital video
Where is My Land?, Khvay Samnang with Nget Rady, 2014, Cambodia, 13 minutes, 30 seconds, three-channel digital video
A Ripe Volcano, Taiki Sakpisit, 2011, Thailand, 15 minutes, 15 seconds, digital video
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Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image (BIMI) is a response to the growing interest in film and the moving image across the College. Through public events and academic research initiatives, BIMI will address a wide variety of contemporary issues, particularly those relevant to its interdisciplinary structure. Working closely with the Birkbeck Cinema, BIMI programmes public screenings and special seasons, making use of 35 mm film in addition to the Cinema’s high quality DVD projection.
We will be running from research seminars to film screenings. Please check these pages for further details in the coming weeks.