Rooftop Films: Industriance Short Films... (Event Over)

SATURDAY AUGUST 1ST
INDUSTRIANCE™ SHORT FILMS: BLOOD, STEEL, WOOD
Man battles nature, and nobody wins. Machines grow so powerful not a soul has control. And the more we learn about ourselves, our structures, our universe, the more chaotic it all appears. Intense, evocative, emotional, this complex program of short films presents a back and forth dispute between competing forces and ideas.

Venue: On the roof of the Old American Can Factory
Address: 232 3rd St. @ 3rd Ave. (Gowanus/ Park Slope, Brooklyn)
Directions: F/G to Carroll St. or M/R to Union Ave.
Rain: In the event of rain the show will be held indoors at the same location
8:00PM: Doors open
8:30PM: Live music presented by Sound Fix Records
9:00PM: Films
11:00PM–12:30AM: Reception in courtyard including free sangria courtesy of Carlo Rossi
Tickets: $9 at the door or online at www.rooftopfilms.com
Presented in partnership with: Cinereach, New York magazine, & XØ Projects

No refunds. In the event of rain, the show will be indoors at the same locations. Seating is first come, first served. Physical seats are limited. This means you may not get a chair. You are welcome to bring a blanket and picnic.

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INDUSTRIANCE™ SHORT FILMS: BLOOD, STEEL, WOOD
These films illuminate the ethos that shapes our modern world, reminding us how we once reveled in the majestic structures we built, but now our buildings confine and dwarf us. Some films herein demonstrate how we once delighted in the ease machines brought to our lives, but now the horrors they unleash are a routine nightmare; other films evoke a nostalgia for mechanical magic. We once had a sense of wonder for natural world, but now nature is commodified and contained. These films bring the dangerous, wild glory back.

Part of Rooftop Films and XØ Projects' INDUSTRIANCE™ Series about the changing landscape in industry, architecture and labor and the way these changes affect individuals around the world, this program places humanity at the center of the eternal battle for supremacy and survival.

THE FILMS:
On Off (Timo Katz & Jan Fuchs | Germany | 3:00)
Six cameras without a cameraman are filming six cameras filming without a camerman. The light is directing. Katz and Fuchs are waiting in front of the door. www.ag-kurzfilm.de

Tune In (Esther Johnson | United Kingdom | 14:21)
A portrait of the fascinating world of amateur radio operators, better known as HAMS. Dealing with the politics of space and social communication, Tune In blends documentary and abstract audio to reflect on the use of DIY radio equipment in an ever-changing modern world. www.blanchepictures.com

Hugo (Paul Lovelace | New York, NY | 4:00)
Gowanus-based Hugo Picciani is 81-years old and loves to keep little old machines alive.

Steel Homes (Eva Weber | Scotland | 9:50)
Self-storage units are windows into human histories: the silent cells with their discarded objects and dust-covered furniture are inscribed with past dreams, secret hopes and lives we cannot let go of.

Glass (Ethan Knecht | New York, NY | 4:20)
An exploration of the increasingly blurred distinction between what is shown and what is seen.

Magnetic Movie (Ruth Jarman & Joe Gerhardt | Chicago, IL | 5:00)
The secret lives of invisible magnetic fields are revealed as chaotic ever-changing geometries in NASA’s Berkeley lab. Actual VLF audio recordings control the evolution of the fields as they delve into our inaudible surroundings, revealing recurrent “whistlers” produced by fleeting electrons. Are we observing a series of scientific experiments, the universe in flux, or a documentary of a fictional world?

Automat (Prosper de Roos | The Netherlands | 5:00)
Machines that speak were supposed to be convenient, not cruel. www.prosperderoos.com

INTERMISSION

Sunrise Dacapo (Nina Poppe | Germany | 5:00)
Nature from the assembly line. An observing view on the growing of geraniums in mass production and the coherence of noise and silence. www.ag-kurzfilm.de

A Chronicle of Concrete (Tanya Sleiman | Pacifica, CA | 6:30)
Tracing cement from its birth deep in the bowels of the earth, this visual essay provides a fresh look at an element of our world that is so ubiquitous we almost don't see it.

Reise Zum Wald (Jorn Staeger | Germany | 7:00)
A Journey to the Forest is a cinematic piece of poetry, a search for landscape and nature in a world in which vast forests, which once covered the land, do not exist anymore. After seeing romantic views from windows, bizarre miniature landscapes, trendy climbing facilities in the forest, old fashioned-photographic wallpapers and urban green spaces, the viewer follows the spoor of trees in the city, eventually becoming entangled in the chaotic structures of primeval forests.

Out of Our Minds (Tony Stone & Melissa Auf Der Maur | New York, NY | 29:38)
Three time periods, one connection: blood. The central characters are a woman and her car. The film follows her in a strange ritual that climaxes in a collision between past and future, crashing through the gateway to parallel worlds in the same forest. A fantasy world where a Viking heart, a car crash and a bleeding forest connect. Borrowed from mythology, the Hunt for the Heart is the eternal quest envisioned in OOOM. Conceived by musician Melissa Auf der Maur (Hole / Smashing Pumpkins) and birthed by filmmaker Tony Stone ( Severed Ways: The Norse Discovery of America) this mini epic is proudly self-produced and shot in HD fuelled by solar power. www.ooomfilm.com

Rooftop Films is a non-profit organization whose mission is to engage and inspire the diverse communities of New York City by showcasing the work of emerging filmmakers and musicians. In addition to our Summer Series – which takes place in unique outdoor venues every weekend throughout the summer – Rooftop provides grants to filmmakers, teaches media literacy and filmmaking to young people, rents low-cost equipment to artists and non-profits, and produces new independent films. At Rooftop Films, we bring the underground outdoors. For more information and updates please visit our website at www.rooftopfilms.com.