Boundaries will be blurred

With 30 films from across the world, the film festival Experimenta 2011 brings in a set of path breaking films that redefine the meaning of modern cinema

Boundaries will be blurred

With 30 films from across the world, the film festival Experimenta 2011 brings in a set of path breaking films that redefine the meaning of modern cinema

The city is choking with multiplexes screening mainstream cinema. But a certain section ofu00a0 viewers have had enough of it. The biennial film festivalu00a0Experimenta 2011 is in town to treat them.u00a0

Hallelujah the Hills

Featuring 30 odd films from USA, Europe, UK and India, the five-day festival will not only showcase experimental movies but will conduct music workshops and present gigs.

"The aim is to show films that blur the boundaries of documentaries, short and feature films. Experimenta is the merging of different disciplines," says Shai Heredia, the festival director. She adds that each film is like a painting and reflects the journey of making films.

In that regard, she cites the example Hallelujah the Hills, the film that will inaugurate the festival. Directed by late American avant garde filmmaker Adolfas Mekas, this film according to Heredia, defines the idea of Experimenta 2011.

"This film looks at the text of filmmaking through raw and slapstick comedy," says Heredia. The festival will also feature works of Joyce Wieland from Canada and Toronto-based German-Indian artist Oliver Husain among others.

Along with films, Experimenta 2011 will also have Marc Duseilleru00a0 from Switzerland in an open workshop teaching participants how to make new media audio and video devices using old video camera and DIY methods.
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Also, artists from ANYMA (Switzerland) and city-based India Sonic Research Organisation will share the stage to play the best of technology aided experimental music.

Explaining why Experimenta 2011 works for Bangalore, Heredia says, "It is all about artistes who create new moving challenges. In Bangalore film is art unlike Mumbai where it is entertainment.
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The city is open to all kinds of experiments." Hallelujah the Hills by Adolfas Mekas, A&B in Ontario by Joyce Wieland and Natasha Mendonca's Jan Villa are three must watch films at Experimenta 2011, according to Heredia.

Film Festival Schedule

November 30, NGMA, 6 pm onwards
ADOLFAS MEKAS RETROSPECTIVE 1
Hallelujah The Hills
Sean Mekas Adolfas Mekas Accepts The Bard Award
David Avallone 'Hallelujah The Villa'

December 1, NGMA, 6.30 pm onwards
JOYCE WIELAND - ARTIST IN FOCUS 1
Barbara's Blindness
A&B in Ontario
Water Sark
Handtinting
Birds at Sunrise

December 2, Jagaa Creative Common Ground, 11 am
An open workshop on DIY Musical Instruments & Hacking Electronics

NGMA, 2.30 pm
ADOLFAS MEKAS RETROSPECTIVE 3
Windflowers
The Saga Of The Windflowers
JOYCE WIELAND - ARTIST IN FOCUS, 4.30 pm
'Reason Over Passion

OLIVER HUSAIN - ARTIST IN FOCUS, 6.30 pm
Dear Whats Your Face
Echtzeit
Q Germany
Leona Alone
Shrivel
Green Dolphin
Hovering Proxies
Purfled Promises

December 3, NGMA, 2.30 pm
ADOLFAS MEKAS RETROSPECTIVE 4
The Brig
An Interview With The Ambassador From Lapland
Skyscraper

4.30 pm
JOYCE WIELAND - ARTIST IN FOCUS 3
Rat Life and Diet in North America
Patriotism
Patriotism II
Pierre Vallieres

December 4, NGMA, 2.30 pm
SPECIAL SCREENING; From the Experimenta Archives
4.30 pm
Jan Villa by Natasha Mendonca
City Beyond by Shreyasi Kar
Condolences by YingLiang
Vertical City by Avijit Mukul Kishore
The Voice of God by Bernd L tzeleru00a0

6.30 pm
24 Frames per day by Sonali Gulati
enroute or of a Thousand Moons by Ayisha Abraham
Place for Landing by Shambavi Kaul
I Was a Child by Rahul Gupta
There is Something In the Air by Iram Ghufran

8pm
Award Ceremony

Where National Gallery of Modern Art, Palace Road &
Jagaa Creative Common Ground, KH Double Road
On till December 4
Log onto www.experimenta.in
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