Programme:
Despedida (Farewell), dir. Alexandra Cuesta, Ecuador / USA 2013, 10 min., 16mm, English
Shot
in Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles, this transitory neighbourhood
resonates with the poetry of local resident Mapkaulu Roger Nduku.
Antonio Valencia, dir. Daniela Delgado Viteri, Ecuador 2021, 6min., digital, sound, Spanish with English subtitles
An
imaginary dialogue with a football player (Ecuadorian Antonio Valencia,
a former defender with Manchester United) unfolds as written text over
slightly underexposed footage of men playing football and bathing in a
beach in San Jacinto, Ecuador.
Hand-Held Day, dir. Gary Beydler, USA 1975, 6 min., 16mm, silent
A full day in the Arizona desert is recorded via time-lapse photography and a carefully hand-held mirror reflecting the view behind the camera.
Notes, Imprints (on Love): Parts I & II, Carmela, dir. Alexandra Cuesta, Ecuador / USA 2020, 25 min., 16mm to digital, sound, English & Spanish with English subtitles
Two opening instalments of a six-part series that meditates on love and the act of making. Notes, Imprints (on Love)
is crafted from autobiographical footage shot in Upstate New York,
Chile, Japan, Los Angeles, the Californian desert, Miami and Mexico
City.
Cielo Abierto / Mar Abierto / Suelo Abierto, dirs. Libertad Gills & Martín Baus, Ecuador 2021, 4 min., Super 8mm to digital, sound
From
a point of view/listening that is both animal and elemental, between
the air, the ocean and the sand, relationships emerge between humans,
birds and marine life.
Lungta, dir. Alexandra Cuesta, Ecuador/Mexico 2022, 10 min., 16mm to digital, sound
The
lungta (Tibetan for “wind horse”) is a symbol for the human soul in
shamanistic traditions in Central and East Asia. Alexandra Cuesta
repurposes a few seconds of footage of a horse in a field that she had
shot years before but never used in this analogue composition of image
and sound that emphasizes its own materiality.
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