THE LANTHANIDE SERIES
@ The Nightingale Cinema
1084 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Opening Thursday, September 22nd, from 7PM - 9PM
The Lanthanide Series, Erin Espelie, 2014, USA/France/UK, 72 minutes
The Nightingale welcomes Erin Espelie to present her experimental documentary about rare earth elements (the lanthanides), black mirrors (from obsidian to iPads), and how technology is reshaping the way we record the present and replay the past.
From the portals of personal computing devices to ancient obsidian mirrors, optical tools control how people see, foresee, record, and remember their lives. The Lanthanide Series meditates on how we frame and understand the world through such material means and instruments, with a reliance on certain chemical elements and the people who we love.
“Part poetry, part chemistry lesson, part landscape film, part cinematic exploration, part history and geography lesson, part environmental revelation,part magic. The Lanthanide Series is something new under the sun.” – Scott MacDonald
“The Lanthanide Series fuses poetry and science to create a thrillingly uncategorizable work.” – Anthology Film Archives
Official Website
More events on this date
Tags: Chicago, Erin Espelie, THE LANTHANIDE SERIES, The Nightingale, West Town
« previous event
next event »