16 September 2022 - 16 September 2022
20:30
Filmhuis Cavia, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

aemi & Filmhuis Cavia present: In the long now

16 September 2022 / 20:30 / Filmhuis Cavia, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
In-person cinema event in Amsterdam, Q&A with aemi Co-Director Daniel Fitzpatrick and programme artists Eavan Aiken and Sandy Kennedy

Amsterdam’s legendary micro cinema Filmhuis Cavia is the second stop in the Netherlands for aemi’s 2022 Tour ‘In the long now’ + Q&A with aemi Co-Director Daniel Fitzpatrick and programme artists Eavan Aiken and Sandy Kennedy

Following on from the screening of ‘In the long now’ at WORM in Rotterdam on 14th September, aemi is delighted to collaborate with Filmhuis Cavia – Amsterdam’s best-known micro cinema established in 1983 – to screen ‘In the long now’, aemi’s new 2022 touring programme.

Join us for this screening in the cinema at Filmhuis Cavia in Amsterdam, 20:30 Friday 16th September. Tickets are €5 and are available on the door on the night.

The cinema programme features recent moving image works by three Irish artists – Eavan Aiken, Sandy Kennedy and Patrick Hough – and three international titles by Jeamin Cha, Alee Peoples and Sylvia Schedelbauer. With the support of Culture Ireland,

‘In the long now’ explores ideas relating to love, liveness, mortality, and the act or technological process of seeing beyond the limits set by our physical abilities. The films are accompanied by a new text by Irish critic Gwen Burlington which looks closely at what each film means in relation to life and death cycles – from more human-centric experiences to the impacts of climate change on the planet across space and time.

Support from Culture Ireland has enabled aemi to add this new international dimension to our annual touring activity.

Film info
Alee Peoples, Standing Forward Full, 2020, USA, 5 minutes 38 seconds
Eavan Aiken, White Hole, 2021, Ireland, 13 minutes
Jeamin Cha, Ellie’s Eye, 2020, Korea/ USA, 11 minutes
Sandy Kennedy, The Incorporeal Body of a Shadow Soul, 2021, Ireland, 12 minutes
Sylvia Schedelbauer, Labor of Love, 2020, Germany, 12 minutes
Patrick Hough, The Black River of Herself, 2020, Ireland/ UK, 27 minutes
Running time 82 minutes

Alee Peoples, Standing Forward Full
A helter skelter is an amusement ride with a spiral slide built around a tower. Like this film, an exorcism attempt of an unrequited desire, itʼs either moving too fast or at a complete standstill. Disorienting but exciting.

Eavan Aiken, White Hole
Human and animal kin are instrumentalised; units of production, their substrate exhausted. Can we conceive a future where technology serves all and look forward with Promethean vigour?
White Hole spirals through space and time, seeking the ideal moment for opportunity.

Jeamin Cha, Ellie’s Eye
Ellie’s Eye is an essay video comprising found and original footage. This film interrogates how future societies and technologies can approach psychological issues of different individuals, and whether we are objectifying the human psyche itself.

Sandy Kennedy, The Incorporeal Body of a Shadow Soul
Based on memories and experiences of innocent women harmed by patriarchal ideologies in Irish culture, The Incorporeal Body of a Shadow Soul is a film poem, imagining the half life of a soul unable to escape the time and place of her wounding.

Sylvia Schedelbauer, Labor of Love
An expanding feeling, unfolding new inflections — forever different, forever changing.

Patrick Hough, The Black River of Herself
When an archaeologist is sent to excavate the remains of an Iron Age bog body, he finds the unexpected. The bog body has awakened to deliver him a stark warning; he must confront the impending storm of ecological collapse or face unfathomable disaster.

Essay by Gwen Burlington
The programme is accompanied by a new commissioned text by Gwen Burlington which looks closely at what each film means in relation to life and death cycles – from more human-centric experiences to the impacts of climate change on the planet across space and time.

Download the essay:
Gwen Burlington, ‘In the long now’ aemi Tour 2022 (Word doc)
Gwen Burlington, ‘In the long now’ aemi Tour 2022 (PDF)

Logo for Culture Ireland in black lettering with a black symbol for ancient Irish artefacts in the shape of a boat  Logo for Filmhuis Cavia, black stylised text over a white background reads: CAVIA

We are beyond excited to present ‘In the long now’ over the next few months in collaboration with all of our host partners across Ireland and beyond. In addition to this screening Filmhuis Cavia, ‘In the long now’ will also tour to Rotterdam’s celebrated cultural centre WORM on Wednesday 14th September.
Check here for updates and upcoming date on aemi’s 2022 Tour ‘In the long now’


Images:

Psychedelic image of a concentric diamond shapes getting smaller and smaller

Sylvia Schedelbauer, Labor of Love, 2020, Germany, image courtesy of the artist

Extreme close-up of a dog's eye, the dog has a nervousness about it

Jeamin Cha, Ellie's Eye, 2020, USA, Korea, image courtesy of the artist

A close-up of a person's foot on their tippie-toes wearing white ballet shoes

Alee Peoples, Standing Forward Full, 2020, image courtesy of the artist

A dark image of part of a person's body lying in a black space

Sandy Kennedy, The Incorporeal Body of a Shadow Soul, 2021, image courtesy of the artist

A close up of a male archaeologist with light skin lying on the ground during a dig in the bog

Patrick Hough, The Black River of Herself, Ireland, image courtesy of the artist

Landscape image of a clear sky and and low hanging cloud over a cliff

Eavan Aiken, White Hole, 2021, image courtesy of the artist



Supporting and Exhibiting Artists' and Experimental Moving Image in association with LUX, the Irish Film Institute and Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. Supported by the Arts Council.