Highlights from VASTLAB VLX5 at Chicago Filmmakers February 9 2024, including screening of "Echoes"
LIVEscore with H Anton Riehl Live Q&A with Amanda VanValkenburg
VLX5 Program #3 – short films by Adam E. Stone, Aitor Irulegi, Alia Alkaff, Amanda VanValkenburg, Ben Spatz, Brian Alexander, Camila Dron, Caroline Rumley, Charles-André Coderre, Charlie Marois, Hodan Youssouf, Ihab Mardini, Josh Weissbach, Lisa Birke, Martin Gerigk, Sarah Lasley, Sharon Liang, Sharon Mooney, Stephanie Barber, Susanne Layla Petersen, Teri Carson, Tommy Becker, Tracy Miller-Robbins, Vasco Diogo, Vincent DeZutti
Video inspired by chaos, the science of surprises, of the nonlinear and the unpredictable.
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