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News, notes, screenings and ramblings from Directors Lounge, the mothership of media art.
Directors Lounge Matinee at Z-Bar Sunday, 19 May 2024, 17:00 trailer 1:1 Telemach Wiesinger, a long-term contributor to various Directors Lounge events, is coming from South Germany (Riegel, close to Freiburg) for a special film matinée at Z-Bar. Wiesinger works exclusively with analogue film, which he shoots, treats by means of an animation stand and …
Meet us at the C.A.R. contemporary art ruhr Photo/Media Art Fair at Zeche Zollverein, 15 – 17 March 2024 Directors Lounge presents selected positions of contemporary photo and media art. Contemporary Art Ruhr, The Photo/Media Art Fair World Cultural Heritage Site Zollverein Gelsenkirchener Strasse 181, 45309 Essen Official Opening Friday, March 15, 8 pm – …
Special Directors Lounge Screening: Bruno Gularte Barreto – 5 Casas (Five Houses) Sunday, 25 February 2024, 5:30 p.m. Z-Bar, Bergstraße 2, 10115 Berlin-Mitte This Sunday, Brazilian artist Bruno Gularte Barreto will present his film “5 Casas”. The documentary was first presented at IDFA in Amsterdam; this will be the German premiere. The visually breathtaking …
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The dark forces, occult magic or secret ceremonies exert a strong attraction and awaken the unconscious in us. Aleister Crowley, Nikola Tesla and Kenneth Anger have been a source of inspiration for many filmmakers. … read more
/ German version below / Directors Lounge presents: Preview: Sammy-Gate (engl. OV) Thursday, 2 November, 7:30 pm in presence of director Noel Lawrence Sammy-Gate, USA, 2020, 89 minutes Directed by Noel Lawrence Written by Darius James & Noel Lawrence Lichtblick-Kino Kastanienallee 77 10435 Berlin www.lichtblick-kino.org Directors Lounge is proud to present Noel Lawrence’s newest film, “Sammy-Gate”. …
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C.A.R. Video Lounge [Hall 12] presented by Directors Lounge: Department of Anarchy “Short Cinema Assaults” Directors Lounge is very happy to present a special screening at the Contemporary Art Ruhr in attendance of curator and filmmaker Noel Lawrence (USA/Portugal). Noel Lawrence makes, curates, distributes, and writes about film. As alter ego J.X. Williams, Lawrence produced a …
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/ German version below / Directors Lounge Screening: Fotofilm – photography as film – Thursday, October 26, 2023 9 p.m. Z-Bar Bergstraße 2 10115 Berlin-Mitte Film is often associated with the moving image. The works showcased here defy this convention; they are films narrated using individual images and not using the traditional technique of …
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Meet us at the C.A.R. contemporary art ruhr Innovative Art Fair at Zeche Zollverein, October 27-29, 2023 Directors Lounge presents selected positions of contemporary photo and media art. Contemporary Art Ruhr, The Art Fair World Cultural Heritage Site Zollverein Gelsenkirchener Strasse 181, 45309 Essen Official Opening Friday, October 27, 8 pm – 10.30 pm Public …
Meet us at the C.A.R. contemporary art ruhr Photo/Media Art Fair at Zeche Zollverein, 10-12 March 2023 … read more
Approaches to reality at Tor218 Artlab gallery
8.12. 2022 – 14.1. 2023
It is not without a certain irony that it is becoming increasingly difficult to focus on the real. It is becoming increasingly difficult to direct one’s gaze to the real, the actual. The works united in the exhibition close to reality open in very different ways the view of what is really. … read more