Sublime Frequencies Films
with 'Palace of The Winds' + Talks & Discussions
(Tue 19th May 2009 / 7.30pm / £2 (no one turned away due to lack of funds))
A very special screening of Sublime Frequencies films with a discussion. Three members from this collective of intrepid explorers are here to present films from their vast archive of visceral and immediate folk cinema from North Africa, the Middle East and South/Southeast Asia. A discussion will take place afterwards to discuss their practises and the experiences they have had making these incredible films and amassing their very collectable music catalogue. Alan Bishop (Sun City Girls), Hisham Mayet and Mark Gergis (Porest) will be in attendance.
The night will premiere Hisham Mayet's new film 'Palace Of The Winds'. The film explores a culture that is cloaked in mystery and mired in struggle: the Saharawis from the dry, tea-fuelled and windswept Mauritanian Sahara. Journey through music from the northern fringes of the Western Sahara to the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott in an intoxicating tapestry of sight and sound from some of this obscure region's most legendary musicians.
Travelling light, SF filmmakers get close, and their films have a super-real intimacy, devoid of overbearing presenters or safe TV style presentation. You can almost smell the locations. The films often get so involved in the subject matter and music that you get caught up in the mood, languid pace or frenzied music. Other films are erratic, cut and paste collages that give a sense of place through the art of the edit and juxtaposition. The films offers little context, opting instead for a spontaneous and exciting structure - a rough piece of digital verité. As musical and cultural documents they are treasures (think Harry Smith) from places where most people don't get to record what's going on.
The night will premiere Hisham Mayet's new film 'Palace Of The Winds'. The film explores a culture that is cloaked in mystery and mired in struggle: the Saharawis from the dry, tea-fuelled and windswept Mauritanian Sahara. Journey through music from the northern fringes of the Western Sahara to the Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott in an intoxicating tapestry of sight and sound from some of this obscure region's most legendary musicians.
Travelling light, SF filmmakers get close, and their films have a super-real intimacy, devoid of overbearing presenters or safe TV style presentation. You can almost smell the locations. The films often get so involved in the subject matter and music that you get caught up in the mood, languid pace or frenzied music. Other films are erratic, cut and paste collages that give a sense of place through the art of the edit and juxtaposition. The films offers little context, opting instead for a spontaneous and exciting structure - a rough piece of digital verité. As musical and cultural documents they are treasures (think Harry Smith) from places where most people don't get to record what's going on.