Regularly attended by a circulating group of around 10 film-makers, writers and enthusiasts,
cinema book club aims to highlight film-writing as an art form and seek connectivity between the audio-visual and the textual. The curation of excerpts aims for accessibility: little time commitment, collective understanding, and a range of thinkers and references not confined to academia or high art sphere.
The 1st edition discussed ‘cinema of the Everyday’, paying homage to Millnnium Film Workshop’s history. We asked critical questions about The New American Avant-garde, and mapping the quotidian’s resistance against being co-opted into oppressive structure.
The 1st edition discussed ‘cinema of the Everyday’, paying homage to Millnnium Film Workshop’s history. We asked critical questions about The New American Avant-garde, and mapping the quotidian’s resistance against being co-opted into oppressive structure.
The 2nd edition discussed the relationship between nature and film, questioning the political possibility (or lack thereof) of the sublime. We also discussed the image of nature in documentaries as a tool of othering from the colonial gaze - and its potential for reclamation.
The 3rd edition was co-hosted by Sebas Alarcon and Charles De Agustin and featured De Agustin’s short Mission Drift. Drawing from this work, we reflected on the position of art and film spaces in systems of oppression, guised under philanthropy and political virtue-signalling. Is art really a public service? We also discussed how the potential for violence sewn into the making of certain art spaces.
The 3rd edition was co-hosted by Sebas Alarcon and Charles De Agustin and featured De Agustin’s short Mission Drift. Drawing from this work, we reflected on the position of art and film spaces in systems of oppression, guised under philanthropy and political virtue-signalling. Is art really a public service? We also discussed how the potential for violence sewn into the making of certain art spaces.