DOUBLE NEGATIVE at the WNDX Festival Oct. 4-07

RADIANCE: New Works from Canadian Collective Celluloid Practitioners
Saturday, October 4 at 7 PM | Cinematheque – Introduced by the Loop Collective's Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof

SPECIAL DOUBLE PROGAM with an intermission between 8:30 PM and 9 PM

"As the impracticality of Celluloid as an instrument of image taking pushes it into the realm of craft, collectives of craftsphttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifeople have sprung up, working in unison to create work etched in alchemy, and burnt with light. These collectives often work together as both practitioners of Celluloid arts, and exhibitors of work from across the globe to their communities. Two such collectives are creating work in Eastern Canada. They are the Double Negative Collective in Montreal, and the Loop Collective in Toronto. Dedicated to producing work that explores film as craft, these artists inspire each other to create films that develop regional characteristics. With this, experimental work gains a new sense of familiarity as it radiates the creative energies that emanate from collective inspiration."

- Sol Nagler

For more details and to view the film program please visit the program page on the WNDX website.

Screening: Vincent Grenier in person at Ex-Centris Sept. 27

LE COLLECTIF DOUBLE NÉGATIF PRÉSENTE:

Dimensions de la lumière : l'oeuvre de Vincent Grenier

jeudi le 27 septembre
21h15
Cinéma Parallèle (Ex-Centris)
Tarif spécial : 7.50$

Après 16 ans d'absence, l'artiste québécois Vincent Grenier revient présenter un programme de courts-métrages expérimentaux comprenant ses premiers films 16mm ainsi que ses plus récentes oeuvres sur vidéo (projetées pour la première fois à Montréal). Profitez de cette occasion unique pour observer le parcours du formaliste rigoureux, de ses explorations phénoménologique de la lumière jusqu'à ses représentations cinématographiques uniques d'éléments culturels. Vincent Grenier enseigne le cinéma à l'Université de Binghamton dans l'état de New-York. Il se déplacera à Montréal pour l'occasion.

First time in 16 years, Quebecois artist Vincent Grenier makes his long-awaited return with a solo programme that includes his early 16mm films and recent digital video works not previously shown in Montreal. At this rare occasion, witness the passage the rigorous formalist has taken, moving through the phenomenological exploration of light and reaching unique cinematic expressions of cultural dimension. Grenier lives and works in the U.S. where he teaches cinema at Binghamton University, NY. Artist in attendance.


PROGRAMME :

Puits de lumière / Light Shaft (16mm, 8min., n/b, muet, 1975)
Closer Outside (16mm, 10min., couleur, muet, 1981)
Intérieur Interiors (To A.K.) (16mm, 15min., n/b, muet, 1978)
World in Focus (16mm, 20min., couleur, muet, 1976)
This, and This (DV, 10:30min., couleur, stéréo, 2006)
Surface Tension II (16mm, 4min., couleur, mono, 1995)
North Sourthernly (DV, 6min., couleur, stéréo, 2005)
Time's Wake (Once Removed) (16mm, 14min., n/b & couleur, muet, 1987)

Durée totale : 87min.30sec .

Biographie de l'artiste:
Né à Québec, Vincent Grenier à vécu aux Etats-Unis, principalement à New York. Il contribua grandement à la scène artistique Montréalaise durant les années 70 et 80. Il a réalisé plus d'une vingtaine de films depuis les années 70 et actuellement sa démarche s'oriente vers la vidéo. Son oeuvre a été présenté dans de nombreuses villes aux Etats-Unis, au Canada et en Europe, et exposé au Whitney Museum of American Art et au Museum of Modern Art à New York.

Biography of the Artist :
Born in Québec City, Vincent Grenier has lived largely in the U.S., mostly in New York City. He was, however, a frequent contributor to the Montreal art scenes of the 70's and 80's. He has made over two dozen films since the 70's and more recently videos. His work has been shown widely in the U.S., Canada and Europe and showcased at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art in NYC, among many others.


Info:
Le Collectif double négatif / Double Negative Collective
Tél.: 514 270 1699
Courriel: doublenegatif@gmail.com

Upcoming Events for Double Negative + Karl Lemieux

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20 - 23 SEPTEMBRE 2007 / VERNISSAGE JEUDI 20 SEPTEMBRE - 7h PM

@ CTRL LAB, 3634 Boulevard St-Laurent, Montréal, Canada

SCOTT SATHERLEY (New-Zeland / Nouvelle-Zélande)

commissaire / curator : Karl Lemieux

L’exposition : “Funtions and Disorders of the Reproductive System”

William Acton, a respected English physician, described the diagnosis
and treatment of male sexual diseases in The Functions and Disorders of
the Reproductive Organs in 1857.This show explores and celebrates the
excess, complications and uncertainty of reproducing in the 21st
Century. –S.S.


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JEUDI 27 SEPTEMBRE 2007 - 9h15 PM – 7.50$

@ Cinéma Parallèle (Ex-centris), 3536 Boulevard St-Laurent, Montréal,
Canada

Le Collectif Double Négatif Présente / Double Negative Collective
Presente :
Dimensions de la lumière : l’oeuvre de Vincent Grenier (en présence du
réalisateur)

Après 16 ans d'absence, l'artiste québécois Vincent Grenier revient
présenter un programme de courts-métrages expérimentaux comprenant ses
premiers films 16mm ainsi que ses plus récentes oeuvres sur vidéo
(projetées pour la première fois à Montréal). Profitez de cette occasion unique
pour observer le parcours du formaliste rigoureux, de ses
explorations phénoménologique de la lumière jusqu'à ses représentations
cinématographiques uniques d'éléments culturels. Vincent Grenier enseigne le
cinéma à l'Université de Binghamton dans l'état de New-York.

First time in 16 years, Quebecois artist Vincent Grenier makes his
long-awaited return with a solo programme that includes his early 16mm
films and recent digital video works not previously shown in Montreal. At
this rare occasion, witness the passage the rigorous formalist has
taken, moving through the phenomenological exploration of light and reaching
unique cinematic expressions of cultural dimension. Grenier lives and
works in the U.S. where he teaches cinema at Binghamton University, NY.

PROGRAMME :

Puits de lumière / Light Shaft (16mm, 8min., n/b, muet, 1975)
Closer Outside (16mm, 10min., couleur, muet, 1981)
Intérieur Interiors (To A.K.) (16mm, 15min., n/b, muet, 1978)
World in Focus (16mm, 20min., couleur, muet, 1976)
This, and This (DV, 10:30min., couleur, stéréo, 2006)
Surface Tension II (16mm, 4min., couleur, mono, 1995)
North Sourthernly (DV, 6min., couleur, stéréo, 2005)
Time's Wake (Once Removed) (16mm, 14min., n/b & couleur, muet, 1987)

Durée totale : 87min.30sec .

www.ex-centris.com


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21– 29 SEPTEMBRE / 25 SEPTEMBRE 2007 – 7h PM

@ 25fps Internacionalni Festival Eksperimentalnog Filma / Videa,
Zagreb, Croatia

Short film program “Contemporary Canadian experimental scene” : curated
by jury member Marcel Jean. (in attendance / en presence du
réalisateur)

«Western Sunburn»
(2007/ experimental/ 16 mm to mini DV/ b & w, color/ 10 min.)
producer and director : Karl Lemieux
music : Radwan Moumneh (Jerusalem in my heart)
editor Daichi Saito

«Mouvement de Lumière/ Motion of Light »
( 2004/ experimental-animation/ 16 mm/ b & w, color/ 8 min.)
producer, director and editor : Karl Lemieux
music: Olivier Borzeix (Ste. Sophie)

www.25fps.hr


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4 OCTOBRE 2007 – 9h PM

@Arts & Crafts Night, 5390 St-Laurent, Main Hall, Montréal, Canada

Anthony Seck / Sam Shalabi
with a multiple 16mm film projection performance by Karl Lemieux

The Stills

Young Galaxie

The Most Serene Republic


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6 OCTOBRE 2007 – 7h PM

@ WNDX, Experimental Film Festival, Winnipeg Cinematheque, Winnipeg,
Canada

Short film program “Radiance : new works from Canadian collective
celluloid practitioners”, split program with the Loop Collective (Toronto)
and the Double Negative Collective (Montreal) curated by Solomon Nagler

www.wndx.org/radiance


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9 OCTOBRE 2007 – 9h PM

@ Sala Rossa, 4873 Boulevard St-Laurent, Montréal, Canada

Shalabi Effect - with a multiple 16mm film projection performance by
Karl Lemieux

Ste. Sophie

Les Momies de Palerme

www.casadelpopolo.com


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10-21 OCTOBRE 2007

@ 36e Festival International du Nouveau Cinéma, Montréal, Canada

Short film program - première mondial – en compétition

«Passage»
(2007/ experimental-fiction/ s-16mm/ b & w/ 15 min.)
producer : Karl Lemieux, Nicolas Comeau and Rodrigue Jean
writer and director : Karl Lemieux
cinematography : Mathieu Laverdiere
editor : Mathieu Bouchard-Malo
music : David Bryant (Set Fire to flame, Godspeed you ! black emperor)
cast : Brigitte Pogonat, Francis Ducharme, Genevive Ouellon and Mathieu
Bourguet

www.nouveaucinema.ca


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22 – 26 OCTOBRE 2007

@ 26th Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala, Sweden

Short film program

«Mouvement de Lumière/ Motion of Light »
( 2004/ experimental-animation/ 16 mm/ b & w, color/ 8 min.)
producer, director and editor : Karl Lemieux
music: Olivier Borzeix (Ste. Sophie)

www.shortfilmfestival.com


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25 OCTOBRE 2007

@ Cinema Abattoir / Cinema Du Parc, 3575 Avenue Du Parc, Montréal,
Canada

Olivier Borzeix - with a multiple 16mm film projection performance by
Karl Lemieux

CABINA OBSCURA

www.cinema-abattoir.com

Our Manifesto

The palliative tendencies of conventional cinema configure audience as patient, filmmaker as pharmacist. The patient arrives, wearily, with his prescription, ready for the cure. The pharmacist officiates, moralizes on proper usage and dosage, translates the cryptic scribbles. He reminds the patient to get plenty of sleep.

The pharmacist keeps regular hours, closed on Sundays.

The alchemist has no such customers, or concerns. The alchemist looks for the illumination of base objects; she communicates telepathically with other practitioners; she wakes late in the day, wondering, “did I really?” remembering the brief, dark glow cast against the laboratory wall.

With the common goal of exploration through moving images, 12 Montreal-based artists have conspired to become the Double Negative Collective.

We find ourselves in the role of the alchemist: we promote accidents, discoveries, and failures; processes that lead into unknown landscapes; the fleeting tangibility of mystical and transformative forces; and the begetting of delicate, precious objects in the dark.

We locate cinema in human experience, in the eye, hand and heartbeat, not in the worn-out tropes that pass for meaning and feeling in conventional moviemaking.

We find mystery in processes: in materials, in ideas and in the world. The untutored, discovering camera is the prism we have found to draw these forces together.

We are choosing, through experiments in form, voice and vision, to initiate a dialogue long-neglected in the independent artist-based filmmaking community: a benevolent conspiracy of ideas. For this, we have gone back to the roots of the media of film and video to ask questions and seek answers.

We provide no prescription for what film ought to be, but elucidate what it is: impossible pasts and futures in a trajectory of unraveling present, images pausing and passing from somewhere up there, in back of the head. - DOUBLE NEGATIVE 2004

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Film art is at a turning point in the world of cinema. There is a loss of vitality in the independent avant-garde filmmaking scene in Montreal and its filmmakers, more often than not, are willingly relegated to lesser cohorts of the commercial film industry. The double negative film collective is a dynamic group of emerging and established practitioners who reject the traditional forms of cinema and emphasize the creation of a new, formal, and personalized vision of the moving image. We strive to create, promote and disseminate films on a smaller scale filled with personal vision, artistic ingenuity, and experimental sensibilities. We are geared to revitalizing the exhausted forms of cinema and develop the possibilities of a new visual language.

As emerging artists, we extol the importance of a body of work for the artist and the collective itself. Our work serves as alternative to the complacent, passive viewer and will shed new light to the stale, traditional forms of cinema. In re-examining past concepts and re-interpreting future possibilities, the double negative film collective stresses the need for an expanded form of cinema, exploring the interaction of moving images and professing a postmodern re-mixture of the celluloid and the electronic.