Spiral Cinema: Presented by Max Guy and Neil Sanzgiri August 13th – September 24, 2011 (screenings begin at 8PM)
Scheduled Screenings
August 13th – F For Fake (Directed by Orson Welles, 1974)
August 27th – Double Take (Directed by Johan Grimonprez, 2009)
September 10th – Condo Painting (Directed by John McNaughton, 2000)
September 24 – Gates of Heaven (Directed by Errol Morris, 1978)
What happens when a document spirals out of control and becomes the mere vapor trails of the comet it creates? The breaking down of the narrative structure in films such as F For Fake, Double Take, Condo Painting, and Gates of Heaven is a consequence of the rapid flux of subject matter. The documentaries screened in Spiral Cinema celebrate the divergence of the plot format in order to develop a new way of organizing memory and the viewers’ experience of consciousness. The directors of the documentaries we have chosen focus their attention on details in the films that are at once discrete and integral to the life of the film as a whole. In this series, the spiral’s hypnotic tropes are maintained as the director and audience be- come lost in the minute details of the reality presented. Hypnosis, not as a psychological practice but rather an artistic technique, is a method of captivating a subject to become utterly disoriented within a familiar set- ting; to remove the ground on which the viewer stands.
Open Space Gallery
2720 Sisson St. Baltimore, MD
21211
