Math and Science
Thu 18 March 2010 - 17:30
Sat 20 March 2010 - 14:30
Sphinx

On the insatiable hunger for knowledge and Man’s quest for a place in time and space.

Sound Over Water
Mary Helena Clark, 2009, US, 16mm, 5'

“Blue water and blue sky meet on emulsion.”

Secret Machine
Reynold Reynolds, 2009, DE, video, 14'

For a scientist, to measure is to understand. A woman is examined in every possible way. Human life confined in the framework of rationality. The question is whether the soul is to be found here.

Videocracy
Alden Volney, 2009, US, video, 4'

A nostalgic reference to the era of John Whitney, father of computer animation, and Mary Ellen Bute, a specialist in visual music. Fans of the Spirograph will find an interesting alternative!

Ghost Algebra
Janie Geiser, 2009, US, video, 8'

A woman travels a series of strange landscapes, in search of the primordial meaning of the word ‘algebra’, the Arabic word for connection or completion. We see a mosaic of animation and images from found objects, trying to understand and reconnect with the world.

Journal & Remarks
David Gatten, 2009, US, 16mm, 15'

A remarkable series of shots of images originating from Darwin’s A Voyage of the Beagle and from a recent journey to the Galapagos. A mathematical principle of Leonardo Da Vinci regulates the composition of the film.

Still in Cosmos
Makino Takashi, 2010, JP, video, 18'

A visual trip through the history of the universe from origin to extinction, accompanied by an arousing soundscape by Jim O’Rourke (Sonic Youth, Wilco).