In the philosophical proposal that Esquirol has been developing, the concept of poetics occupies a very special place, which is not only linked to the arts but to everything that contributes to generating and creating justice, beauty and warmth. This exhibition will explain in what sense the escalation of the human and the world are […]
Memory boxes or multimedia files stored on my external hard disk was the trigger for a trilogy about my memory through the digitised images of my own video tapes (renouncing the analogue) and the assumption of a non-physical, nostalgic and ghostly material. From this experience emerged my three most personal films, because they are self-referential: […]
The talk will delve into the specific characteristics of home movies and amateur films, as well as the different methods of recontextualizing them in new artistic works that bring a personal and original point of view of this film heritage. We will address the crucial ethical and aesthetic questions raised by the reuse of this […]
Ben Rivers: The creative process as a hazy territory Ben Rivers’ cinema inhabits the margins between reality and imagination. His movies, shot with a personal and artisanal approach, reveal worlds that fluctuate between documentary and fiction, between everyday life and fantasy. In this talk, he will share his understanding of filmmaking as an open and […]
Philippe Ciompi will be speaking about his ways and methods of using sound in a documentary context, addressing conceptual as well as aesthetical questions, with some examples and demonstrations based on his practice with directors such as Ben Rivers, Jessica Sarah Rinland, Salomé Jashi and others.
