WE CAN NOT EXIST IN THIS WORLD ALONE
The Borderline Ballroom presents:
WE CAN NOT EXIST IN THIS WORLD ALONE
a selection of 16mm experimental artist films by Ben Rivers (UK) and Ben Russell (US)
Separated for a lifetime of lifetimes by that vast dark body of Atlantic water, siblings-in-cinema Rivers and Russell have arrived on Austral-Pacific shores to spread their message of A Present Regained. Marching beneath the already-tattered banner of a New Modernism, the brothers Ben offer a glimpse of a somehow-brighter-tomorrow via the (16mm) lens of today. Drawn from the historic traditions of ethnography, documentary, and portraiture and operating under the guise of experimental cinema, the works in this program offer a prescription for weathering alone the gathering storm of global capitalism. From the sci-fi landscapes of Dubai to the frozen tundra of the Scottish highlands to the jungle wilds of Suriname; from the hermit clans of the British Isles to the noise-show enthusiasts of Rhode Island to the stand-up comedians of the Bardo Plane; these 10 films sketch a complex post-modern postmortem of a world in increasingly hopeful disarray.
Weds 30th July
7:30pm
$10
Presented in person by the filmmakers at Neibelheim, under SoFA Gallery in the South Quad of The Arts Centre, as part of their Australasian tour.
Ben & Ben's Christchurch, NZ appearance has been facilitated in association with The Canterbury Film Society, University of Canterbury dept. of Theatre & Film Studies, and Static Mansion.
