Serendipity: Super 8 films by Helga Fanderl

Thursday April 17, 7-9pm

In-Person

$10 suggested/free for members [tickets]

Since 1986, German artist Helga Fanderl has created hundreds of Super 8 films, many of which are less than three minutes long, shot in one-take and edited entirely in-camera. Her films are spontaneous and intimate, fluently communicating in the silent visual language of Super 8 film. For each screening, Fanderl selects the program herself and creates site-specific projection pedestals in response to the physical and energetic qualities of the room and the audience. For this VSW Salon screening, Fanderl has selected a program she calls “Serendipity.”

Fanderl describes the program as “Places, motifs and movements I come across, and which move me to film them when I am roaming freely with the lightweight Super 8 camera, are serendipitous discoveries. I find them, and they find me. At the moment of experience, intuition and perception, atmosphere and thoughts are transferred to my camera work and the unseen film strip inside the cassette. It’s all about lightning-fast recognition and cinematic vision of fleeting moments.”

Join us for a unique experience of Super 8 films shared by one of the most prolific film poets of our time, Helga Fanderl. All films will be shown in Super 8, followed by a discussion with the artist. [Program PDF]

Program

All films are projected in Super 8mm. This is a silent program, approximately 70 minutes.

Portrait   Portrait

Teetrinken   Tea Time

Roter Vorhang   Red Curtain

Karussell   Carousel

Wasserpflanzen   Water Plants

Schaukeln (2022)   Swinging (2022)

Tulpen   Tulips

Für K. (Kanal im Sonnenlicht)   For K. (Canal in the Sun Light)

Kakibaum im Winter   Persimmon Tree in Winter

Pariser Bilder für Dr. G.   Pictures of Paris for Dr. G.

Konversation am Strand   Conversation at the Beach

Bügeln auf der Straße   Ironing in the Street

Fischerboote   Fishing Boats

Irisblüten und Pfaue   Irises and Peacocks

Spielende Hunde   Playing Dogs

Gespiegelt   Mirrored

Blätter auf dem Glasdach   Leaves on a Glass Roof

Zoobilder und Architekturen   Zoo Animals and Architectures

Umlauftank   Circulation Tank   

Jardin d’Acclimatation I   Jardin d’Acclimatation I

The VSW Salon is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the New York State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.