[Frameworks] Xcèntric, the cinema of the CCCB (Barcelona) turns 20

[Gloria Vilches]

Dear frameworkers:

On November 4th 2001, Xcèntric, the CCCB's cinema<http://xcentric.cccb.org/en>, held its first ever screening (a retrospective of Kenneth Anger), launching a regular program of screenings dedicated to experimental and artists' films, an unprecedented event in the city of Barcelona. Exactly 20 years (and thousands of films) later, we're celebrating this 20th anniversary with a series of screenings, performances and talks to pay tribute to cinema as a collective experience, to the survival of photochemical film, and to the profession of the projectionist, as well as necessarily reflecting on the present and future of cinema in the digital era.

This event will take place at the Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona from November 4 to 7 (next week) and on December 12, 2021. Here you have some information about each session:

Nov. 4: Opening act.<http://xcentric.cccb.org/en/programas/fitxa/coming-soon-to-this-screen-le-film-est-deja-commence-/237236> Coming soon to THIS screen: Le Film est déjà commencé ?: The first film by the Lettrist Maurice Lemaître, multidisciplinary artist and pioneer of expanded cinema, involves the audience in a festive "happening" that does away with all the elements of traditional cinematography. Screened in 35mm.

Nov. 5: Scenes From Under Childhood<http://xcentric.cccb.org/en/programas/fitxa/scenes-from-under-childhood/237238>: Stan Brakhage's major work and his great film about childhood, Scenes From Under Childhood (1967-70) explores the birth of vision. By filming his children, the cineaste composes, in four parts and from foetal beginnings, the experience of discovering colour and light, materialising his ideas about the art of vision and the unexplored but original potential of cinema. Screened in 16mm.

Nov. 5-7: The Futures of Cinema:<http://xcentric.cccb.org/en/programas/fitxa/the-futures-of-cinema/237237> Is cinema dying or simply changing? Are the world's film archives endangered and therefore also our collective audiovisual memory? These are just some of the many questions posed by Cinema Futures, a documentary by Michael Palm about the present and future of cinema in the digital era.

Nov. 6: Obsolete technology or cinema of vision?<http://xcentric.cccb.org/en/programas/fitxa/obsolete-technology-or-cinema-of-vision/237239>: This session, which includes the talk Cinema of Vision by professor Tom Gunning (via Zoom) as well as screening the film Kodak by Tacita Dean (screened in 16mm), aims to generate reflection through a dialogue with the other screenings and proposals for the 20th anniversary of Xcèntric.

Nov. 7: Projection Instructions<http://xcentric.cccb.org/en/programas/fitxa/projection-instructions/237240>: A special session that brings the projector and work of the projectionist to the fore. The recreation of the legendary performance A Lecture, by Hollis Frampton, will be followed by the screening of a collection of works that reflect the material aspects of the act of projection, with works by Morgan Fisher, Barry Gerson, Ernie Gehr, Gary Beydler, Paul Sharits and Hans Scheugl. Finally, the artists Valentina Alvarado Matos and Carlos Vásquez Méndez will enact a performance entitled Echo Chamber. Screenings in 16mm.

Dec. 12: Album<http://xcentric.cccb.org/en/programas/fitxa/album-boris-lehman/237241>: This session presents one of the first films in which Boris Lehman, who will be present in this session, lays the foundations of what will become his filmography, Album 1. It's a silent film shot in Super 8 that's designed to be shown with direct sound: a piano improvisation and several voices reading texts by William Burroughs, Henri Michaux and the filmmaker himself, features that make this screening a unique event. Live musical accompaniment by Marina Herlop. Screened in 16 mm.

It would be great if you could join us! If you are far away, you can always check our online program Xcèntric Focus<http://xcentric.cccb.org/en/focus> (this month we have La plage by Patrick Bokanowski).

Best wishes,


Gloria Vilches
Xcèntric
Departament Audiovisual
933 06 41 00
Montalegre, 5. 08001 Barcelona
T 933 064 100 / www.cccb.org<http://www.cccb.org>

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