Atmospheres + Auras

From mattress.org:

Two public film screening series curated by Benny Shaffer and co-hosted by Pittsburgh Sound + Image will be presented as part of Summer School: State of the Sky, an interdisciplinary, arts-centered education program organized by artists Luke Stettner and Calista Lyon within the State of the Skyexhibition this summer.

Taking the exhibition’s inquiry into atmospheres and ways of seeing the sky as a point of departure, the screening programs will feature experimental and documentary films projected on 16mm film and video. Each program will be followed by a discussion exploring how visual and sonic strategies engage with various social and environmental experiences of labor and industry, while also intervening in archives and historical narratives.

Light, Noise, Smoke and Light, Noise, Smoke (2023) – Tomonari Nishikawa – 6 mins 33s – 16mm

Don’t Look Directly into the Sun (2010) – Kathy Rugh – 8 mins 42s – 16mm

Tåke (2018) – Inger Lise Hansen – 14 mins 57s – Digital (shot on video / super8 / 16mm)

Coal Spell (2008) – Sun Xun – 7mins 56s – Digital

Obscuring Power (2023) – Erin Mallea – 32 mins 23s – Digital

Total running time: 70 mins

A scan of a printed program cover, depicting five strips of 16mm film laid out vertically. Slightly kilter lettering in between the strips reads: "ATMOSPHERES + AURAS"

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