FSM Film


AVAILABLE LIGHT: The Use of Light in Artists' Films

October and November 2005 at Eyedrum

A five-part series of screenings
curated by Andy Ditzler and Shana Wood

presented by Atlanta Celebrates Photography

and Frequent Small Meals

Available Light is part of “The Reincarnation of Switch” at

Eyedrum

and is the official film series for

Atlanta Celebrates Photography 2005



still from Luis Recoder's "Available Light: Yellow-Red," courtesy of Museum of Contemporary Cinema (MOCC), Paris, France

All screenings begin at 8:00 pm
Eyedrum
290 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Suite 8
Atlanta, GA
404.522.0655
www.eyedrum.org

still from "Eye," from Guy Sherwin's Short Film Series (shown October 19)

Along with movement, light is the primal element that makes all cinema possible. A bulb inside the projector shines, images on the film strip are thrown to a screen on the opposite side of the room, and through this magical process we see movies. Many film artists have been fascinated with light itself, and have used it as a subject and a defining structural element of their films. Filmmakers have explored refracted sun rays, illuminated moth wings, flicker effects, and light reflecting in water. They have let their films be structured by movements of the sun, the light of fireflies, or digital light processes. And they have even projected images through fog, making the projector’s beam of light the star of the film. As part of Atlanta Celebrates Photography 2005, Frequent Small Meals presents “Available Light,” a five-part series of historical and contemporary films inspired by the idea of light.


Available Light #1
Friday, October 7, 2005
LIGHTING THE SPACE: FILMS BY GORDON MATTA-CLARK AND ANTHONY MCCALL

Available Light #2
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
ON-OFF


Available Light #3
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
THE LIGHT SERIES


Available Light #4
Friday, October 28, 2005
LOCAL FILMMAKERS EXPERIMENT WITH LIGHT
An evening dedicated to new work by local and regional filmmakers, curated by Shana Wood.

Available Light #5
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
REFRACTED LIGHT: STAN BRAKHAGE AND JIM DAVIS

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