VASTLAB VLX5 will be in Chicago February 9 2024 with their Program #3 event which includes my work "Echoes". If you are in Chicago, screenings are held at Chicago Filmmakers’ Firehouse Cinema, tickets are available from Chicago Filmmakers
Facebook event https://fb.me/e/744sLNIIw
The title "The Emperor's New Clothes" refers to the fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen.
Plot (text from Wikipedia): Two con-men arrive at the capital city of an emperor who spends lavishly on clothing at the expense of state matters. Posing as weavers, they offer to supply him with magnificent clothes that are invisible to those who are stupid or incompetent. The emperor hires them, and they set up looms and go to work. A succession of officials, and then the emperor himself, visit them to check their progress. Each sees that the looms are empty but pretends otherwise to avoid being thought a fool.
Finally, the weavers report that the emperor's suit is finished. They mime dressing him and he sets off in a procession before the whole city. The townsfolk uncomfortably go along with the pretense, not wanting to appear inept or stupid, until a child blurts out that the emperor is wearing nothing at all. The people then realize that everyone has been fooled. Although startled, the emperor continues the procession, walking more proudly than ever.
Business video.
Including livescore of "Business"
VLX5 Program #1 Sat 12/9 lineup
with Threadbare Aristocrats & Pablo Perez scoring special guest on LYSIS - Alia Hamdon O'Brien
VLX5 Program #1 short films by John Dawson, Susanne Layla Petersen, Hannu Nieminen, Tapio Rissanen, Jullian Young, Paul Echeverria, Mark Cira, Amanda VanValkenburg, KJ Edwards, Sara Suárez, Harrison James Gaushell, Yannick Mosimann, Samer Ghorayeb, Cornelia Pierce, Daniela Huerta, Deb Ethier, Nate Dorr, Louise Bourque, T.J. Blanco, Susanne Layla Petersen, Richard Peter Tuohy, ETA, Shanhuan Manton
Kino Club will be screening "Business" December 9 at Gallery Augusta, Suomenlilla, Helsinki, Finland, in conjunction with their Expanded Cinema vol. 2 exhibition. The screening program, "TECHNOLOGIA", will take a look at how our present and future society continues to be shaped by the unpredictable and tumultuous forces of technology.
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