Winding germs and glowing flowers colour this alchemical 16mm miniature. Pryce spins gossamer golden threads in the silent darkness of the
cinema. The book The Mirror of Alchemy from 1597 states: “The gold obtained through this art surpasses natural gold in all its
attributes both medically and in every other way.”
Also in this combined programme
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Cinq minutes de cinéma pur
What is pure cinema? Henri Chomette’s answer to this question is a seminal investigation into the nature of film. -
X
Collage of paintings from the Renaissance, combined with hand-painted images. A portrait of stillness and silence, disturbed by the urgency of sadness -
Prima Materia
Delicate threads of energy spiral into mysterious cells of golden dust: these are the luminous particles of the alchemist’s dream. -
Pwdre Ser: the rot of stars
An encounter with a mysterious, luminous substance and the mythical star jelly. Coronal Kirlian photography joined with hand-processed images. -
The Tears of a Mudlark
Live performance with vintage magic lantern and handmade slides tells the story of an outlaw: a science-fiction fable for the Anthropocene.
Film details
- Country of production
- USA
- Year
- 2013
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2019
- Length
- 3'
- Medium/Format
- 16mm
