Eye Drops, Scandium, and Sewn Scenarios at After Dark
After Dark Presents:
Cinema Arts: Eye Drops
The Best of Punto y Raya Film FestivalUsing purely visual language, this global selection of short animations offers a dose of eye-catching abstraction using simple forms. Comprising the best selections from the 2016 Punto y Raya Film Festival, eighteen short films highlight diverse techniques. From synesthetic representations to computer-generated hallucinations, each film challenges and rewards viewers with an appetite for eye candy. The selections are the finalist and awarded-winning films that were shown at ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany.
Punto y Raya (Dot & Line), dubbed “the most abstract festival in the world†by the Japanese press, explores experimental narrative expressions in filmmaking and live cinema through the use of pure form, color, motion ,and sound, avoiding direct representation. Since its launch in 2007, Punto y Raya aims to overcome intercultural barriers and bring together people worldwide under the motto “back to basics.â€
Special thanks to Larry Cuba at the Iota Center.
FEATURING 18 Films...
Zdarzenie plastyczne (Ink meets blank) by Tymon Albrzykowski & Sebastian ÅadyżyÅ„ski, Poland (2016, 5 min.)
Proportion (Balance 5 of 5) by Daniel Iregui & Mitchell Akiyama, Canada (2015, 5 min.)
Line by Steven Subotnick, USA (2014, 2 min.)
Fugue by Oerd van Cuijlenborg & Miho Hazama, France (2016, 6 min.)
Vitreous by Robert Seidel & Nikolai von Sallwitz, USA/Germany (2015, 3 min.)
Kompozicija (Composition) by Mitja Mancek, Slovenia, (2015, 4 min.)
Boeygen (The Boyg) by Kristian Pedersen & Erik Hedin, Norway (2016, 6 min.)
Interference Oscillations by Matthew Biederman & Pierce Warnecke, Canada (2016, 4 min.)
The Dancing Line by Shelley Dodson & David Rose, USA (2016, 2 min.)
Almost 1.0 by Gábor Szûcs, Slovakia (2015, 4 min.)
letters.EHO by Aga Jarząb & Maciek Bączyk, Poland, (2016, 4 min.)
Vagina Cosmica by Cosmic Vagina] (Luca Pertegato & Otolab, Italy (2009, 5 min.)
Jazz Orgie by Irina Rubina & Emanuel Hauptmann, Germany (2015, 1 min.)
SusY by Barbara Doser & Hofstetter Kurt, Austria (2016, 7 min.)
Oneiria by Jeroen Cluckers, Belgium (2014, 4 min.)
Point by Matt Abbiss & Martins Strautnieks, UK (2013, 2 min.)
Virtuos Virtuell by Thomas Stellmach & Maja Oschmann, Germany (2013, 8 min.)
RGB Colour Model by Blanca Rego Constela, Spain (2016, 5 min.)
Everything Matters: Scandium
Come be in your elements with Exploratorium host and scientific raconteur Ron Hipschman. Follow tales of intrigue and invention, join in dynamic demonstrations, and uncover fascinating connections between individual elements and our collective human experience.
A transition metal found mixed among rare earth elements, scandium is thinly scattered across the globe, and is considered expensive and difficult to obtain. Alloyed with aluminum, scandium strengthens jet planes and high-end bicycle frames but is too costly for widespread applications. And although pure scandium is seldom seen, its compounds are used in stadium lights and film set lamps to simulate natural sunlight.
Join marine scientist Claire Till to explore the significance of dissolved scandium. Learn what it’s like to be at sea collecting samples of trace elements, and the elaborate steps her team undertakes to avoid contaminating them with their ship or themselves. Find out how this seemingly obscure element illuminates important chemical and physical processes in the ocean.
Claire P. Till is Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry at Humboldt State University. She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Cruz in Ocean Sciences in 2016. Dr. Till’s research focuses on the concentrations of metals (especially scandium) in the ocean, and how they impact or provide insights into biological, chemical, and physical systems.
Think of any scenario. Put it into five words or less. Now watch as artist Paul Nosa interprets your words and uses a sewing machine to draw the resulting image on fabric.
Embroidered patches will be available for purchase.
Paul Nosa is a sewing artist who draws with a sewing machine (without a computer or a template) powered by a solar panel and a bicycle electric generator. Paul is on a sewing tour across America facilitating people's creativity and demonstrating alternative energy sources.
Thursday, 04/20/17
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