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From: Marc Lafia <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Computational Films Screening Tuesday, March 4 at the Thomas Erben Gallery I will be showing excerpts of new computational films. Announcement below. I would very pleased for you to see this work. ML Computational films Marc Lafia In these works I am interested in the image in the registers of photography, cinema and computation. Each of these media proffers unique properties of time. Moving the qualities of one into the register of another complicates and intensifies its experience; what becomes of the still image in movement and the moving image made still? The first work åBetween¼ is made by traversing 5 still photographs arranged as a tableau, a continuity across surface, a movement over stillness. In åVariable Montage¼, I am interested in cinematographic montage in the context of structural parameters provided by computation, inextricably linking projection and recording. In the register of computation, time and sequence take on an entirely new sense. In the works åMasks¼, åWindow¼, åBridge¼ and åSea¼, also made from still images, computation ushers forth a new rhythm, a new duration, a new sensation for the moving image which can be characterized by the simultaneity of a multiplicity of event times. What interests me here is how computation re-doubles ideas of movement, chance, stillness, serendipity, collision, and hybridity. In computation each film is the unique utterance or enunciation in the event of a language, which each time is spoken anew. Louky Keijsers is pleased to present: THE DIALOGUE Film/video screenings and discussion Featuring: MARC LAFIA CHRISTOPHER MINER ANGEL NEVAREZ SHANNON PLUMB Tuesday March 4, from 8 - 10 pm at Thomas Erben Gallery Because of last year's great success and upon request of many, there will be one more time THE DIALOGUE (II), a monthly film/ video screenings, which will begin in March and end in June. The starting point of these screenings is the dialogue. Talking with a lot of artists, I realized that most of them (including myself) often miss the discussion in the (NY) art world. The purpose of these screenings is to enhance the communication between artists and audience. The discussion of the first screening of these series focuses on the distinct perceptions of 'the moving image'. In their work the artists concentrate on different aspects of the cinematic language to translate their ideas. Whether they examined their concepts sociologically, psychologically or politically, it reveals the social structures, powers structures and contextual realities in our society. Thanks to the generous support of The Original Card Co and White Columns. Image "Man on bike" made by video artist: Will Kasai, 2002 Thomas Erben Gallery 516 West 20th Street New York, NY 10011 P. 212 645 8701 F. 212 645 9630 E. [log in to unmask]