Films to Dance to with Kioto Aoki
@ Chicago Film Society Office
Opening Saturday, April 20th, from 7PM - 8PM
Musician, photographer, and curator Kioto Aoki has emerged within Chicago’s art world as an irreducible and multivalent creative force. It’s a wonder, then, that she has also found the time to become one of the city’s most active and prolific filmmakers, producing dozens of short subjects in 16mm over the past ten years using 100% photochemical means. Filmed silent, often edited in camera and tied to a set of material constraints, Aoki’s 16mm work openly and proudly elicits comparisons to various classics of structuralist cinema. Enlivening these rigorously delineated film architectures is a healthy dose of artistic play, which sees her incorporating elements of dance and movement performance, treating the camera as a tool for improvisation much like a musical instrument, and retaining all technical miscalculations which may arise during filming. The results count among the most charming works offered by contemporary experimental cinema. After previously highlighting Aoki’s work as part of our Celluloid Now showcase, CFS is thrilled to present a full program’s worth of her short films, including previously unscreened work and a brand new print commissioned by CFS of her only sound film to date, Celluloid Now 2022 selection 6018 | Dance (2022). (CW)
Approx. 60 min. • 16mm from Kioto Aoki
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