RPM Fest Presents: Behind the Scenes
- Sun, May 18
Run Time: 55 min.
A Curated Screening of Experimental Works by RPM Festival Committee Artists and Curators
Celebrating 12 Years of Vision
Now in its twelfth year, RPM Festival, an artist and curator-run festival dedicated to experimental and poetic film, invites audiences to a rare behind-the-scenes showcase: a screening of works by members of the festival’s own selection committee.
This special event offers an intimate look into the creative practices of the artists and curators who shape the festival’s identity. The program features experimental film and video works by Robert Harris, Brett Melican, Homa Sarabi, Wenhua Shi, and additional pieces recommended by curators Ariel Hou and Shira Segal.
From meditations to abstractions, the films in this screening reflect the curatorial ethos and aesthetic breadth that have defined the festival’s programming for over a decade.
Following the screening, there will be a post-screening conversation with the featured artists and curators. The discussion will reflect on the artist practice, the past, present, and future of the festival, and explore the evolving landscape of short-form poetic and experimental film.
And Then – Brett Melican
8:31, Digital, Color, 2022
ACROSS THE RIVER 岸 – Annie Yuan Zhuang
2:07, Digital, Color, 2025
Choreography of Light – Homa Sarabi
6:20, 16mm to digital, B&W 2024
Tan/Vatan – Body/Homeland – Homa Sarabi & Meenakshi Garodia
7:34, 16mm to Digital, B&W, 2025
Nam June Paik: Violin Dragging – Bob Harris
6:14, Super8 3K Scan, Color, 1975/2023
Monosabishii – Wenhua Shi
4:00, 16mm to digital, Color, Silent, 2023
Concréte: Boston City Hall – Wenhua Shi
24:20, Digital, 2020
Total: 55 mins
Please visit revolutionsperminutefest.org for artist biographies and additional information.
Revolutions per Minute Festival (RPM Fest) is dedicated to short-form poetic, personal, experimental film, essay film, animation, documentary, video and audiovisual performance, and is co-hosted by Art and Art History Department and Cinema Studies at UMass-Boston, Brattle Theatre in Cambridge & Harvard FAS CAMLab.
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