Revolutions Per Minute (RPM) is a Boston-based, artist-run festival devoted to experimental cinematic work in animation, documentary, essay film, installation, and audiovisual performance. This touring program features 16mm films by Malic Amalya, Karel Doing, Anna Kipervaser, Ryan Marino, Moviate (Josh Drake, James Hollenbaugh, Jeremy Moss, Caleb Smith), Tomonari Nishikawa, Kathleen Rugh, Josh Weissbach, and Lilan Yang. Exploring the formal and conceptual possibilities of the medium with distinctive approaches, their films showcase the diversity of works shown at RPM Festival in recent years. The event is organized by Benny Shaffer and Wenhua Shi with Pittsburgh Sound + Image.
Program: 65 minutes
16mm prints:
Winter’s First Moons
Kathleen Rugh
3 mins, 2018, USA, color, sound, 16mm
Radiant Forms
Ryan Marino
7 mins, 2022, USA, color, sound, 16mm
Babbler, Fairy and Thrush
Karel Doing
3 mins 44 secs, 2022, UK, B/W, sound, 16mm
Amusement Ride
Tomonari Nishikawa
6 mins, 2019, Japan, color, sound, 16mm
This Is How I Felt
Josh Weissbach
1 mins 35 secs, 2022, USA, B/W, sound, 16mm
Everything Comes Full Circle (pictured, right)
Lilan Yang
13 mins 44 secs, 2022, USA, B/W & color, digital sound, 16mm
With the Tide, With the Tide
Anna Kipervaser
2 mins 49 secs, 2022, USA, color, sound, 16mm
Living Lessons in the Museum of Order
Malic Amalya
20 mins, 2022, USA, B/W and color, sound , 16mm
Ill Composto
Moviate (Josh Drake, James Hollenbaugh, Jeremy Moss, Caleb Smith)
3 mins 48 secs, 2023, USA, color, sound, 16mm
