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Michael Snow Slidelength 1969–71 Film still |
The Lightbox will also play a key role in TIFF’s Future Projections, an existing program of experimental film projects and installations. This year, Future Projections works have been chosen for their relationships to films on the Essential 100 list. Five pieces, including Michael Snow’s looping installation Slidelength (a companion to the artist’s landmark film Wavelength, which appears on the list), are on view for free in the Lightbox while another seven projects are located at venues across the city. Among these are Stan Douglas’ Klatsassin, a western remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon that is set in Gold Rush-era British Columbia (on view at Stephen Bulger Gallery and Camera); the South African artist William Kentridge’s lyrical, stop motion interpretation of 1902’s A Trip to the Moon, the world’s first science fiction film (at Gallery TPW); and the North American premiere of Otolith III, a reworking of a never-realized, 1960s science fiction movie set in India by London-based duo the Otolith Group (presented by the Power Plant).
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Otolith Group Otolith III 2009 Video still |
One TIFF fixture that is not relocating this year is the festival’s avant-garde showcase Wavelengths, a series of six screenings at the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Jackman Hall. Curated by TIFF programmer Andréa Picard, Wavelengths concentrates on films that push the boundaries of storytelling and reimagine cinematic conventions. Combining screenings dedicated to the legacy of individual artists, including San Francisco’s Nathaniel Dorsky and German-American filmmaker James Benning (who is also the father of artist Sadie Benning), with thematic screenings that tackle the changing face of cityscapes (as is the case in Oliver Husain’s Leona Alone video) and plein-air practices (seen in Jem Cohen’s filmic tribute to minimalist artist Anne Truitt), Wavelengths offers a sneak peek at the leading edge of experimental filmmaking that is sure to create intrigue for next year’s art-and-film fête.
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Oliver Husain Leona Alone 2009 Video still |
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