Made while Hamlyn was artist-in-residence at Media City and the Art Gallery of Windsor in spring, 2012, and first shown at the festival the same year.

A time-lapse film shot from the third floor of the AGW, at a rate of one frame every thirty seconds, compressing forty-eight hours into four minutes. An artificial animation of the repetitively cycling GM logo sequence and naturally occurring movements, such as clouds reflected in the tower’s windows. This grid of flat planes breaks the reflections up into rectangular fragments that resemble film in both its appearance and manner of operation.

Nicky Hamlyn (London, England 1954). Studies at Reading University. Workshop organizer at London Filmmakers’ Co-op 1979-81. 50+ films since 1974; screenings include solo shows at Double Negative (Montréal), San Francisco Cinematheque, etc. Co-editing a book on Austrian filmmaker Kurt Kren (Intellect Books, 2014). Lives in Lewes, England. Eighth appearance at Media City including 2012 artist’s residency.

Made while Kurt Kren was living in Houston, Texas. He was asked to shoot and deliver a film for a festival given four day’s notice, which he did. Claiming the result was “a rape” and “probably my last film”, Kren removed his name and copyright from the work.

“I asked whether he [Kren] had ever seen a print. ‘Yes, it’s great’, he replied.” — April Rapier

Kurt Kren (Vienna, Austria 1929-1998). Co-founder of Vienna Institute of Direct Art and Austrian Filmmakers Cooperative. Works at National Bank of Austria from 1947; dismissed following “Kunst und Revolution” action of 1968. Lives in Germany and USA 1971-89. 56 extant films from 1956-96; screenings at festivals and museums worldwide including Cannes International Film Festival, Museum of Modern Art (New York), Documenta 6 (Kassel), National Film Theatre (London UK), etc. Fourth presentation at Media City including retrospective screening (2006).

Employees of the Cleveland Water Department on the hunt for leaks in the infrastructure in Cuyahoga County.

Kevin J. Everson (Mansfield OH 1965). Studies at University of Akron and Ohio University. 80+ films since 1997. Screenings at Centre Pompidou (Paris), Museum of Modern Art (New York), Whitney Museum (New York), etc; Guggenheim Fellowship (1996), Rome Prize (2001). Lives in Charlottesville VA. Fifth appearance at Media City; current Mobile Frames filmmaker-in-residence.

Two gentlemen making a living hustling metal in Cleveland, Ohio.

Kevin J. Everson (Mansfield OH 1965). Studies at University of Akron and Ohio University. 80+ films since 1997. Screenings at Centre Pompidou (Paris), Museum of Modern Art (New York), Whitney Museum (New York), etc; Guggenheim Fellowship (1996), Rome Prize (2001). Lives in Charlottesville VA. Fifth appearance at Media City; current Mobile Frames filmmaker-in-residence.

Loosely framed by Plato’s invocation of the lost continent of Atlantis in 360 BC and its re-re-resurrection via a 1970s science fiction pulp novel, Atlantis is a documentary portrait of Utopia — an island that has never / forever existed beneath our too-mortal feet. Herein is folk song and pagan rite, religious march and reflected temple, the sea that surrounds us all. Even as we are slowly sinking, we are all happy and content.

Ben Russell (Somerset, England 1976). Studies at Brown University and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 30+ films since 1997; screenings include solo presentations at Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Museum of Modern Art (New York), etc; Guggenheim Fellowship (2008). Lives in Paris, France. Fourth appearance at Media City, festival Grand Prize in 2009.

Oona Mosna