September 23 2009

MONTHLY READING + DISCUSSION GROUP EXPLORING CINEMA + CINEMATIC PRACTICE THROUGH WRITTEN WORDS

A monthly reading + discussion group, Thought on Film aims to promote critical thought around film product and practice through community-based discussion. Open to the public, Thought on Film fosters the close reading of texts confronting issues in contemporary, cutting-edge cinematic practice and philosophy.

Provoked by the presentation of Ross Birdwise’s Stillness and Movement Studies as part of Cineworks’s Moveable City exhibition, September’s meeting will feature Donato Totaro’s essay “Time, Bergson, and the Cinematographical Mechanism.”

Says Birdwise of the essay, “it really opened my mind to thinking in terms of duration, and also provided important clues into understanding some of the philosophical concepts of Henri Bergson and Gilles Deleuze. The essay was also helped me to articulate my own artistic practice and provided me with inspiration during the completion of my Master’s degree from the Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design, which was completed in 2008. My artistic practice is mostly concerned with portraiture, identity, difference and time. The medium I frequently use is video, but I am also active as an electronic musician and have applied my philosophical and film theory-related research to making music as well.”

Experimenting with the form of reading groups and their discussions, this month’s selection will be read out loud by participants. No pre-reading required!

If you have any questions about Thought on Film, please do not hesitate to contact Programs Manager + Curator cheyanne turions at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

THOUGHT ON FILM XX
reading Donato Totaro's "Time, Bergson, and the Cinematographical Mechanism"
Cineworks [1131 Howe, back lane entrance]
23 September 2009, 6pm
Free