Saturday, May 4 at 7:30PM
Ellipsis: Shorts
124 S 3rd St, Brooklyn, NY 11249, USA
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A space in which different contexts and modes of storytelling can build off one another, Ellipsis is a moving image screening-series geared towards connecting two languages, either aesthetic or literal. We are invested in invigorating both art space and cinema with a context beyond the Western canonical perspective.
EL LABERINTO
Laura Huertas Millán, 2018
Colombia, 21 minutes
16 mm and found footage
EL LABERINTO is an investigative journey that explores physical and mental ruin and the insolvency of dreams built on smoking mirrors. The camera takes us through the ruins of a decaying palace in the southern jungle of Colombia that was once built after the mansion in the American soap opera DYNASTY. We encounter images alternating between found footage from the mansion in the TV show and 16mm footage of a man who guides us through the destroyed remains of its twin sister. The man narrates his experience working with the original house owner, drug trafficker Evaristo Porras, and retells the downfall of his drug dynasty.
DEEP SLEEP
Basma Alsharif, 2014
Kuwait/USA, 14 minutes
HD video transfer of super 8mm film
******seizure warning/strobe
DEEP SLEEP is an investigation of access to Alsharif’s own histories. An immersive audio-visual landscape study highlighting the affinities between two separate ancient geographies, Alsharif uses ambient soundscapes of both Gaza and Malta to craft a shared resonance between two seemingly different ruins.
OJOS PARA MIS ENEMIGOS
Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, 2014
Puerto Rico, 14 minutes
Santiago Muñoz’ OJOS PARA MIS ENEMIGOS uses site as a point of reclamation of culture, religion, and nature. A former highly controlled US military site in Puerto Rico becomes the place in which santero and activist Pedro Ortiz collects flowers for spiritual offerings. OJOS PARA MIS ENEMIGOS faces the physical leftovers of man made structure and US colonialism with the plants and animals that now physically reclaim the space.
BONESHAKER
Nuotama Frances Bodomo, 2013
Ghana, 13 minutes
BONESHAKER follows a West African family as they make their way through the American south to the church they hope will heal their youngest child.
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EL LABERINTO
Laura Huertas Millán, 2018
Colombia, 21 minutes
16 mm and found footage
EL LABERINTO is an investigative journey that explores physical and mental ruin and the insolvency of dreams built on smoking mirrors. The camera takes us through the ruins of a decaying palace in the southern jungle of Colombia that was once built after the mansion in the American soap opera DYNASTY. We encounter images alternating between found footage from the mansion in the TV show and 16mm footage of a man who guides us through the destroyed remains of its twin sister. The man narrates his experience working with the original house owner, drug trafficker Evaristo Porras, and retells the downfall of his drug dynasty.
DEEP SLEEP
Basma Alsharif, 2014
Kuwait/USA, 14 minutes
HD video transfer of super 8mm film
******seizure warning/strobe
DEEP SLEEP is an investigation of access to Alsharif’s own histories. An immersive audio-visual landscape study highlighting the affinities between two separate ancient geographies, Alsharif uses ambient soundscapes of both Gaza and Malta to craft a shared resonance between two seemingly different ruins.
OJOS PARA MIS ENEMIGOS
Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, 2014
Puerto Rico, 14 minutes
Santiago Muñoz’ OJOS PARA MIS ENEMIGOS uses site as a point of reclamation of culture, religion, and nature. A former highly controlled US military site in Puerto Rico becomes the place in which santero and activist Pedro Ortiz collects flowers for spiritual offerings. OJOS PARA MIS ENEMIGOS faces the physical leftovers of man made structure and US colonialism with the plants and animals that now physically reclaim the space.
BONESHAKER
Nuotama Frances Bodomo, 2013
Ghana, 13 minutes
BONESHAKER follows a West African family as they make their way through the American south to the church they hope will heal their youngest child.
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