YAM AT SAM is a programming collaboration between Singapore Art Museum and artists Mark Chua and Lam Li Shuen of the artist-run analogue film lab Film Nerve. The collective will present a series of live performances, hands-on workshops and regional screenings focused on analogue photochemical experimentation and expanded cinema.
Category Archives: expanded cinema
Handing Over Horror Film – essay by Luisa Greenfield
In 2024, TLC participated in a panel discussion led by the good folks at LaborBerlin (Germany) about expanded cinema re-enactment. The event was called “Unburdened Recollections: Considering the Expanded Cinema Archive”, and it was part of EMAF, the European Media Arts Festival. We were joined by Malcolm Le Grice in the discussion, and we talked …
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Malcolm’s breath track for Horror Film 1 – a digital preservation conundrum
Tomorrow Sun 4 April, there will be a performance of Malcolm Le Grice’s Horror Film 1 at the Courtisane Festival in Belgium. (Aside: I see a program by Audrey Lam of the work of Corinne and Arthur Cantrill was shown by Courtisane last year – great to see, I’m not aware of it travelling widely …
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Aditya Martodiharjo makes a performance of Horror Film 1 at Big River, Kanchanaburi, Thailand Sat 13 Dec 2025
Today Adit from Lab Laba Laba is going to make a performance of Horror Film 1. The performance is happening in the Big River film meeting organised by Richard and Dianna of Artits Film Workshop/Nanolab, leaders in the artist-run film labs community. Tonight’s performance is happening in the old paper mill in Kanchanaburi, Thailand, …
Line Describing a Cone – Jess’ experience
When we shared Line Describing a Cone with the students and staff at UOW, we were joined by Jess. She’s a former student of mine who often attends things in an “unofficial” capacity – and this ambiguous role – an insider-outsider – is something that contributes to her valuable insights. Jess’ observations are always welcome …
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Line Describing A Cone – some reflections from events at the Drill Hall Gallery and the University of Wollongong
What follows is a report back on the event on Sat 20 Sep at the Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra and today in the theatre in room G04 in building 29 at University of Wollongong. To my mind, both of these events have been a success but in different ways. The black room at UOW was …
CONE & BULB – event info
When: Saturday 20 September, 6.30-8pm Venue: Drill Hall Gallery, ANU Canberra Attendance is free, bookings required: Register here [Anthony McCall’s Line Describing a Cone (1973) presented at CEMENTA Festival in Kandos, 2015. Photo by Alex Wisser] CONE + BULB – an evening of landmark Expanded Cinema is a presentation by Australian artist group Teaching and …
A draft manual about making manuals…
We recently received an email requesting advice on how to make a users manual for the re-enactment of a historical artwork. here are a few notes…
Re-enactment, Users Manuals and DNA Storage: methods for media art preservation
Here’s a paper that we recently presented in Meanjin Brisbane for the 2024 ISEA conference (International Symposium on Electronic Art). We presented as part of the 4th Summit on Media Art Archiving. It’s called “Re-enactment, Users Manuals and DNA Storage: methods for media art preservation”, co-authored by Louise Curham, Lucas Ihlein, Raja Appuswamy. About the …
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What scholars of manuals have to say
As we finalise an article about the manual for Horror Film 1 and the potential to use DNA as a storage medium for the manual versions and additional components, we have gone looking for literature about manuals. I (Louise) have learnt that making procedures is called ‘procedural discourse’. David Farkas writes about this back in …