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Factory Work Screening Series presents
a Hamilton Film Week event
Friday August 8, 2008 7 – 10 PM
Featuring:
Miraslava
By Roberto Santaguida
Opus One & Two
By Robert Morpheal with Audio by Gary Barwin
THE FACTORY: Hamilton Media Arts Centre
126 James Street North, Hamilton ON
“Miraslava”
A film by Roberto Santaguida
Miraslava is an experimental documentary that follows the thoughts of the narrator across the course of a day. The viewer is drawn into the film as the narrator contemplates his place in the world exposing dreams, disappointments, and the struggles of the daily grind. Robert has walked us through a day like any other and shown us that we can let it all go for something much simpler. Miraslava is the second installment of the 4-part experimental documentary film series: Tetralogy of Miraslava.
- Andrew Butkevicius
Artist Biography
Roberto Santaguida Since receiving his BFA in film production from Montreal’s Concordia University in 2004, Roberto Santaguida has worked in documentary film. In 2005, he was chosen for the Quebec Writers’ Federation Screenwriting Mentorship Program and last year, served as the screenwriter-in-residence at Australia’s Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre. At the moment, Roberto is making “The Avenuers”, a feature-length documentary about a neighborhood in south central Montreal known for good hockey players and the Rock Machine biker gang. “Miraslava” is Roberto’s first film.
“Opus One & Two”
A film by Robert Morpheal with Audio by Gary Barwin
Opus One & Two is a video work that combines new and old technologies together. The manipulation of analogue video interpreted by digital technologies has created a hypnotic kaleidoscope which envelopes the viewer into the work. It is an experimental piece which has allowed the artists to work with the video instead of on the video. The video and audio are intertwined together to form a composition where the viewer becomes seduced by the fluid images and sounds of the piece.
- Andrew Butkevicius
Artists Biographies
Robert Morpheal aka Bob Ezergailis is active as a poet, photographer, visual artist, experimental video and video film maker. He has published several books of poetry and anthologies; he also regularly is published on the internet. He has worked on numerous projects with other artists, and is now embarking on the making of several independent films.
Gary Barwin (of Bumphead) is active as a writer, composer, and performer. His music and writing have been presented in Canada, the US, and Europe. Barwin has received a PhD in Music Composition from SUNY at Buffalo. He has also received a BFA in Music and a BA in writing from York University.