For this night where experimental film and performance form a symbiosis, we turn our big screen into a rippling mirror. We reflect on the unseen and the unheard. In the noise we can hear new voices, in the distorted footage we can see new faces. Water forms a common thread throughout the program, trickling drops of (post)humanist themes. 

We open the night with two experimental shorts. Bells of Atlantis (1952) is an aquatic fantasy by Ian Hugo formed of ‘hieroglyphs of a language in which our unconscious is trying to convey important, urgent messages’. The voice of writer Anaïs Nin, his wife, reads hauntingly fitting poetry. Les Eaux Dormantes (2016) by Emmanuel Piton shows us the Guerlédan reservoir in Brittany through abstract imagery, reflecting on collective memory and resistance, with a hypnotizing score by Vincent Malassis. 

Luz Mercedes and Matti Kutzner end the night with a semi-improvised performance with their sound sculpture Merel. They weave together a collection of field recording fragments sent on a wild journey through granular synthesis, percussion captured via contact mics from the sounding metal sculpture, alongside electronics and live vocals. Additionally, visuals by Luz accompany the performance. –Lucas

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