SPECIAL FOCUS: DARKROOM PRACTICES AND THE BOLEX CAMERA

This season's Special Focus explores the Bolex camera and the transformative possibilities of the darkroom. We host two evenings: one performance by Vancouver's Alex MacKenzie and one screening of films. Each night includes a panel of cutting-edge film artists who have chosen to invest themselves in these unique film-based practices - with diverse and challenging results. Come hear their thoughts on the rewards, risks, and 'realities' that lie in wait for those who engage with the most extraordinary of film genres.

These programs introduce and complement this season of specialized workshops in darkroom practices and camera techniques.

Strategies of the Medium III
Performance/discussion: In the Dark
- SATURDAY OCTOBER 10, 8PM
- co-presented with Pleasure Dome
- the wooden lightbox: a secret art of seeing, Alex MacKenzie
- Alex MacKenzie in person

Using a homebuilt hand-cranked projector in an expanded cinema format to present a striking array of handmade and processed emulsions, MacKenzie revisits long forgotten ideas surrounding the moving image and its early promise.

Location:
Cinecycle, 129 Spadina Avenue (down the alley)

Suggested donation:
Members $5
Non-Members $8

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Strategies of the Medium IV
Screening/panel: In 27 Seconds - The Bolex
- SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21, 7PM
- Robert Todd in person

Featured Films:
- Recámara, Rosario Sotelo
- Somewhere between Jalostotitlan & Encarnacion, Philip Hoffman
- A & B in Ontario, Joyce Wieland & Hollis Frampton
- Bouquets 21-30, Rose Lowder
- January 15, 1991: Gulf War Diary, Susan Oxtoby
- Incantation, Cara Morton
- Burning, Barbara Sternberg
- Cloud Fragments, Chris Welsby
- Stable, Robert Todd

Location:
Trash Palace, 89b Niagara Street

Suggested donation:
Members $5
Non-Members $8

The Strategies of the Medium series is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and runs through the Spring of 2010.