Avant 2003 The Visual Weiss and the History of Experimental Film An international conference and retrospective in Karlstad, Sweden, August 29-30 2003 In collaboration with The International Peter Weiss Society, Film i Värmland, Filmform and The Goethe Institute, Karlstad University is hosting the first international conference focused on Peter Weiss the filmmaker and the visual contexts of his production. The conference precedes by a program on the history of experimental film, presented by Pip Chodorov, filmmaker and distributor from Re:Voir, Paris. Visual Weiss includes a retrospective of Peter Weiss’ films and a series of talks aimed at examining the visual culture of Weiss. Among the speakers are well-known scholars: Magnus Bergh, Julia C. Hell, Christine Ivanovic, Anton Philipp Knittel, Lutz Koepnick, Max Reithmann. Inquiries, registration and advance ticket bookings can be made until August 15th, 2003 at [log in to unmask], phone +46 54700 18 13. The event is free of charge. FRIDAY 29.8 Arenan, Västra Torggatan 26 9.30 Pip Chodorov (Filmmaker and distributor, Re:Voir, Paris) MANUFACTURING BETTER HUMAN BEINGS THROUGH LIGHT 10.00-11.30 Radicalization of an Art Form Hans Richter: Rhythmus (1921, 3 min) Oskar Fischinger: Allegretto (1936, 3 min) Len Lye: Trade Tattoo (1936, 7 min) Robert Breer: Recreation (1957, 2 min) Peter Kubelka: Schwechater (1958, 2 min) Len Lye: Free Radicals (1958, 1979, 5 min) Stan Brakhage: Mothlight (1963, 4 min) Paul Sharits: Touching (1968, 12 min) James Whitney: Lapis (1963-66, 9 min) 12.00 Surrealism and Expanded cinema Bunuel & Dali: Un chien andalou (1928, 17 min) Bruce Baillie: Castro Street (1966, 9 min) Brakhage: Dog Star Man part IV (1964, 6 min 15.00 RETROSPECTIVE Opened by Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss: A Historical Background Studien I-V (1952-56) 45 min, 16 mm 16.45 Ingenting ovanligt/Vad skall vi göra nu då? (1957-58) 40 min, 35 mm 18.00 Hägringen (1959) 70 min, 35 mm Working with Peter Weiss (Staffan Lamm) SATURDAY 30.8 Värmlands Museum 9.30 11.00 The Visual Culture of Peter Weiss Moderators: Arnd Beise (International Peter Weiss Society) John Sundholm (Karlstad University) THE FILMS Lutz Koepnick (Washington University, St. Louis): A Cinema of Silence: Peter Weiss and the Legacy of Surrealism Anton Philipp Knittel (Heilbronn): Psychoanalysis and Weiss’ Experimental Films 11.30 13.00 THE VISUAL Magnus Bergh (Stockholm): The Surrealistic Visual in Peter Weiss Christine Ivanovic (Friedrich Alexander Universität, Eerlangen-Nürnberg): The Aesthetics of the Collage 14.30 16.00 THE IMAGES Max Reithmann (Paris): The Resistance of Paintings Julia C. Hell (Michigan University, Ann Arbor): After-images of the Shoah: Peter Weiss and Gerhard Richter 16.30 VIDEOSCREENINGS Ansikten i skugga (1954) 12 min Enligt lag (1957) 19 min Strange Walks In And Through And Out Dir: Staffan Lamm, (1986) 55 min ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html