Ethnography and Psychedelia: Ben Russell’s "Cine-Trance"
With the presence of the filmmaker.
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Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) Carrer de Montalegre 5, 08001 Barcelona
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This session celebrates the work of American filmmaker, Ben Russell, whose films explore a hypo-tonic, sensory world that combines an ethnographic approach with surrealism and psychedelia. Using a non-linear narrative, Russell's films immerse the audience in altered states of consciousness and hallucinations. Reinventing what Jean Rouch defined as "cine-trance", Russell transforms the act of filming into a kind of filmic catharsis, creating an improvised, dynamic and reflexive dance between the filmmaker, the camera and the people taking part in the film.
The session's program is made up of four pieces directly related to the themes of this year's Aula Xcèntric, including the presence of the filmmaker himself with a talk entitled "The third subject." He Who Eats Children, River Rites and Trypps #6 take place in Suriname, a small country in South America where the author has produced part of his filmography.
He Who Eats Children, Ben Russell, 2016, super 16 to digital, 26', subtitled in Catalan.
River Rites, Ben Russell, 2011, super 16 to digital, 11' 30''
Trypps #6 (Malobi), Ben Russell, 2009, 16 mm, 12'
Black and White Trypps Number Three, 2007, 35 mm, 12'
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