[Frameworks] LaborBerlin presents: DIFFRAKTION at Villa Neukölln, Berlin/ Feb 1st

[Anja Dornieden]

Hello Frameworks,

For those of you in Berlin, I wanted to let you know about an event we're
organizing this Saturday.


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Film Screening / Performance / Concert

After three successful editions LaborBerlin once again presents
DIFFRAKTION, its very own annual showcase of new works on film by its
members and friends. This year, DIFFRAKTION will encompass a fullday event
with various film programs, talks, film performances and live music.

LaborBerlin is a nonprofit, independent film collective, open to any and
every individual interested in artistrun initiatives and analogue film
practices. With this in mind, the goal of this event is to be an open
invitation to anyone that’s interested in preserving the artistic use of
analog film, and in supporting collective initiatives that seek to make
these types of practices open, accessible, nonhierarchical and
noncommercial.

We believe that the present moment, when most traditional film labs are
closing and digital media has become the dominant option for audiovisual
production, is not a time of crisis for analog film but a moment of
opportunity. Film and the knowledge around it, now free from the demands of
the commercial sector, can begin a new life as a truly independent medium
to be openly shared and collectively developed. However, with this
opportunity come many more challenges. Which is why we want to present this
event as an open forum for discussions and suggestions on how to overcome
the challenges that LaborBerlin, and many other organizations like it, face
today. LaborBerlin in particular is currently at risk because of upcoming
rent hikes.
Therefore this event also serves as a fundraiser to guarantee that we can
keep an open and economically accessible space.

To initiate the discussion we are opening the event with a screening of
part one of the film “In Arbeit” by lab members Minze Tummescheit and Arne
Hector, which deals directly with the realities of running a collective, in
this case, L’abominable, one of the most established and long standing
artistrun film labs in Europe. The screening will be followed by an open
discussion on these themes. This will be followed by a screening of films
from friends of LaborBerlin. The program will contain films from members of
two other independent Labs, WORM.filmwerkplaats
(Rotterdam) and Cherry Kino (Leeds). Next we will show a program of new and
recent films and film performances by our own LaborBerlin members. Finally
to close the night, there will be live music by Filmriss and the Craig
Mattingley Band.


PROGRAM


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© Minze Tummescheit & Arne Hector

4pm
*Film “In Arbeit” (Part 1 L'abominable)*
This is the first part in Arne Hector and Minze Tummescheit’s ongoing
documentary series, “In Arbeit”, a filmic investigation of the reality,
possibilities and limitations of collective action. In this section the
directors visit the french artistrun film lab, L’Abominable, to explore the
particulars of their collective experience.

5pm
*Open discussion* on the contemporary realities of the collective film lab.
Following the screening, the film’s directors and other members of the lab
will be present to talk
about the the model of the collectively run independent film lab and the
advantages and challenges that one faces when working within a structure of
this type. In particular we will discuss the future of such models and the
strategies available for their survival.


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© Jodie Mack

6:30 pm
*Films by friends of LaborBerlin*
LaborBerlin is a proud member of FilmLabs.org, the network of independent
film labs. Filmlabs.org is a platform for the exchange of knowledge,
information and new ideas around the practice of analog filmmaking. Its aim
is to support and expand the independent use of photochemical filmmaking in
all its possible forms. This year we’ll be showing films from two other
labs in the network, WORM.filmwerkplaats (Rotterdam) and Cherry Kino
(Leeds). In this program we will also show two films by another guest,
Jodie Mack, who is joining us in Berlin after presenting a program of her
films at the Rotterdam Film Festival.

With works on Super8 und 16mm by Daan de Bakker; Florian Cramer; Martha
Jurksaitis; Jodie Mack; Judith van der Made; Helene Martin; Marcy Saude;
Lichun Tseng; Esther Urlus; Nan Wang


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© Clara Bausch

8:30 pm
*Films and performances by members of LaborBerlin*
As it has become our custom we present here a program of recent and new
films and performances by LaborBerlin members. Though ranging widely in
their approach they all nonetheless show a commitment to exploring the
possibilities of film as an artistic language that still has much to say.

With works on Super8 und 16mm by Clara Bausch; Guillaume Cailleau; Teresa
Delgado & Jakob Kirchheim; Distruktur, Anja Dornieden & Juan David González
Monroy; Imogen Heath; Andreas Kebschull & Andreas Zech; Kolja Kunt & Bernd
Lützeler; Linn Löffler; Lucas Maia; Klara Ravat; Sadashivam Rao; Björn
Speidel; Volga

10:30pm
*Concert with Filmriss & Craig Mattingley Band.*


-- 
LaborBerlin e.V.

Gerichtstr. 65 – 13347 Berlin

S-/U- Wedding / S- Humboldhain

labor.organisation at gmail.com

http://laborberlin.wordpress.com/
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