The Non-Event gets its name from the work of French theorist Jean Baudrillard; best described as the shadow of the real that emerges as a mediated double, like the repetitive massage of 9/11 on VHS. Quite distinct from the event itself, the non-event flirts with fourth-order simulacra, as a sign hiding its complete negation. Beginning with the legendary artist Aldo Tambellini's newly rediscovered Black Video III (with a live soundtrack performed by the program's curator, M. Woods) Agitate 21C's The Non-Event opens up Peripheries Film Festival with force; an uncompromising program of space-altering film/video - transgressing and addressing the production of hyperreality. We are proud to present this screening by four key figures in the contemporary avant-garde, Aldo Tambellini, Naz Dincel, Karissa Hahn, and Jason Halprin.
Program:
BLACK VIDEO III by Aldo Tambellini - 24 min (w/ Live Performance)
Instructions on How to Make a Film by Naz Dincel - 13 min
Please Step Out of the Frame by Karissa Hahn - 4 min
Imperfect Video by Jason Halprin - 20 min
Total runtime: 61 min
Going on it’s third year, Peripheries Experimental Film & Video Festival is a yearly, non-competitive experimental showcase, which serves to highlight contemporary works of experimental film, as well as screening significant historical works for the purpose of expanding awareness and appreciation for the experimental mode of filmmaking and its contemporary practitioners, both international and domestic.
