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Cinema Muzeul Țăranului -
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 - 21:00
Cinema Elvire Popesco -
Saturday, March 31, 2018 - 16:00
Cinematography:
Chris Gehman
Editing:
Brian Kent Gotro
Music:
Graham Stewart
Producer:
Chris Gehman, Kitab Al-Manazir
Romanian Premiere
The film’s title refers to the human eye’s adaptation to conditions of darkness by becoming more sensitive to low levels of light. Working in a darkened studio with a single light source and shooting on 16mm reversal film, Gehman explores visual phenomena at the edge of perceptibility, creating analogues for images experienced with the eyes closed. The film proposes that powerful images can be generated by the body’s own systems; in this sense, Dark Adaptation represents an epic interior journey. (Berlinale Forum Expanded)
Director:
Contact:
cgehman[at]sympatico[dot]ca
Festivals, awards:
- Berlin International Film Festival 2017
- Toronto International Film Festival 2016
- International Festival of Independent Cinema Lagofilmfest, Italy 2017
- International Festival Of Films On Art Montréal 2017
Curatorial comment:
At festivals, critics see so many films that we often discover common themes and patterns. Usually this happens with narrative films, but this year among the avant-garde works I've made a discovery. 2016 is the Year of Saturated Color. Judging by new works by Sky Hopinka, Sophie Michael, Terra Long, and now Chris Gehman, Wavelengths will be your connection for fiery crimsons, deep emeralds, hot whitish yellows, and a full submersion in cobalt blue. Dark Adaptation, unlike the other films, provides nothing but color, liquid and striated as it filters across the screen. Very reminiscent of the abstract mandala films of Jordan Belson, Dark Adaptation frequently prompts a viewer to wonder just how Gehman got these semi-solid colorforms onto celluloid—whether we are watching smoke patterns with lights and gels shining through them, or some sort of optical-printer manipulation. (Michael Sicinski, Mubi Notebook)
At festivals, critics see so many films that we often discover common themes and patterns. Usually this happens with narrative films, but this year among the avant-garde works I've made a discovery. 2016 is the Year of Saturated Color. Judging by new works by Sky Hopinka, Sophie Michael, Terra Long, and now Chris Gehman, Wavelengths will be your connection for fiery crimsons, deep emeralds, hot whitish yellows, and a full submersion in cobalt blue. Dark Adaptation, unlike the other films, provides nothing but color, liquid and striated as it filters across the screen. Very reminiscent of the abstract mandala films of Jordan Belson, Dark Adaptation frequently prompts a viewer to wonder just how Gehman got these semi-solid colorforms onto celluloid—whether we are watching smoke patterns with lights and gels shining through them, or some sort of optical-printer manipulation. (Michael Sicinski, Mubi Notebook)