SPECTRAL
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SPECTRAL gathers 6 organizations run by artists dedicated to analogue film practices with an experimental and DIY approach. The practices include research, curation, invention, empirical engeneering and construction in a non-hierarchical way. We share a common enthusiasm for experimental cinema (and its history), from the pioneers who invented moving image, up to avant-garde and underground film and cross-media practices.
BALTIC ANALOG LAB / LV
CRATER-LAB / ES
LABORBERLIN / DE
LAIA - TORRE / PT
MIRE / FR
WORM.FILMWERKPLAATS / NL
SPECTRAL stands for Spatial, Performative & Expanded Cinematics - Transnational Research at Artist-run Labs.
Now we want to bring this heritage to new places and entangle theses practices with other disciplines. Collectively we came up with the term Expanded Cinematic Arts (E.C.A.), a placeholder for the range of practices that we aim to encourage and develop, creating overlapping areas between film labs and a large variety of contexts and aesthetic concerns. For SPECTRAL, we draw inspiration from ancient projection rituals such as Asian shadow theater, magic lanterns and phantasmagorias, to contemporary visual arts.
These multiple references will be mobilized to invent new forms of art through photo-mechanical projection, performative practices, hybrid technology and scientific research. E.C.A is meant to promote plurality which makes it a particularly favorable channel for uniquely sensitive experiences with an emphasis on exchange and communication.
SPECTRAL aims to develop new structures and tools for E.C.A. practicioners in order to cultivate a network independent of traditional circuits of moving image creation and distribution.
Each participant-lab will offer a program of residencies supporting artists of this field. (link to the agenda with only residencies displayed) Some of the labs will work on developing new tools either by recycling machinery no longer used on an industrial scale or by building new equipment from scratch. In order to encourage knowledge circulation we will hold multiple workshops, both on the use of newly-developed devices, and on broader E.C.A. techniques. We will also exhibit new works within festivals, events and touring programs in each of the lab’s regional network.
Along the whole project, special attention will be paid to reaching out to people from other disciplines as well as artists from under-represented communities in different parts of the world, to help them attend the events.
The project also involves the important work of documentation. It will consist of technical information surrounding the production of new devices, video documentation of resulting performances, reports of each workshop, and diverse media, such as text, photography, interviews and sketches, forming a vast E.C.A archive. These elements will be gathered online through a collaborative wiki and in a final print publication.
BALTIC ANALOG LAB / LV
CRATER-LAB / ES
LABORBERLIN / DE
LAIA - TORRE / PT
MIRE / FR
WORM.FILMWERKPLAATS / NL
SPECTRAL stands for Spatial, Performative & Expanded Cinematics - Transnational Research at Artist-run Labs.
Now we want to bring this heritage to new places and entangle theses practices with other disciplines. Collectively we came up with the term Expanded Cinematic Arts (E.C.A.), a placeholder for the range of practices that we aim to encourage and develop, creating overlapping areas between film labs and a large variety of contexts and aesthetic concerns. For SPECTRAL, we draw inspiration from ancient projection rituals such as Asian shadow theater, magic lanterns and phantasmagorias, to contemporary visual arts.
These multiple references will be mobilized to invent new forms of art through photo-mechanical projection, performative practices, hybrid technology and scientific research. E.C.A is meant to promote plurality which makes it a particularly favorable channel for uniquely sensitive experiences with an emphasis on exchange and communication.
SPECTRAL aims to develop new structures and tools for E.C.A. practicioners in order to cultivate a network independent of traditional circuits of moving image creation and distribution.
Each participant-lab will offer a program of residencies supporting artists of this field. (link to the agenda with only residencies displayed) Some of the labs will work on developing new tools either by recycling machinery no longer used on an industrial scale or by building new equipment from scratch. In order to encourage knowledge circulation we will hold multiple workshops, both on the use of newly-developed devices, and on broader E.C.A. techniques. We will also exhibit new works within festivals, events and touring programs in each of the lab’s regional network.
Along the whole project, special attention will be paid to reaching out to people from other disciplines as well as artists from under-represented communities in different parts of the world, to help them attend the events.
The project also involves the important work of documentation. It will consist of technical information surrounding the production of new devices, video documentation of resulting performances, reports of each workshop, and diverse media, such as text, photography, interviews and sketches, forming a vast E.C.A archive. These elements will be gathered online through a collaborative wiki and in a final print publication.