thursday 21 may

@ 8.30pm sharp

first of a new monthly screening event @andergrond

with works of IFFR 2009 & a live performance by REDTHEPLANEEET!!!

short films by :

Martha Colburn : MYTH LABS (7:40)

Martha Colburn: what would Jesus do (with a bag of drugs)?

Martin Luther dancing while smoking crack, young women injecting drugs into painfully raw veins, and historical religious fanatics sporting baseball hats reading “I Love Jesus” while carrying wads of cash are just a few of the contentious figures featured in Martha Colburn’s new seven-minute film, Myth Labs, 2008, on sale at Galerie Diana Stigter (A19). The New York- based, self-taught artist is known for using hand-painted cut-out figures and old-school animation techniques to create provocative films that address topical religious, political and socio- economic issues.

In Myth Labs, which took Colburn nine months to complete, she uses the drug crystal meth as a metaphor for the many ills that plague US society, including narcotic abuse, poverty and various forms of oppression as well as religious extremism.
The artist has juxtaposed Biblical, historical and contemp- orary images to illustrate these “vices”. One scene depicts the Pilgrim Fathers attempting to convert the indigenous population to Christianity. As well as the artist’s film, there are four installations incorporating the cut- out figures that appear in the film.

Liew Seng Tat ( malaysia): CHASING CATS & CARS (11:18)

exercise in its own form of absurdism. jokes are good if you tell them well.

strange jokes have to be told even better. the maker likes really strange jokes and thats why he practices

telling them well. man takes his injured friend to the hospital. there it becomes apparent that the leg is missing.

Sun Koh (singapore): DIRTY BITCH (14:00)

inspired by a badly sensored VHS of claire denis ” nenette et boni” found in the singapore library

cheng ming zhen is on the verge of entry into university law school. but there’s one problem - she is pregnant.

determined to be a succes in life, she goes on a violent spree to silence anyone who threatens to reveal her dirty secrets

only to realize that everyone else in power carry secrets like hers.

BREAK 10:00

Tan Chui Mui (malaysia): ALL MY FAILED ATTEMPTS (+/- 1 HOUR)

the seven short films in this series are very different. it occasionally appears

as if the filmmaker is dissatisfied with her training and is reinventing filmhistory for herself.

there is a very pure documentary, dramatic dialogue driven films, dramatic actions

and even burlesque science fiction films.

they are not just finger exercises, because several of them are small masterpieces.

within all these variations in form, the maker remains true to her theme.

her characters still do not allow themselves to be led by reason. certainly not in love.

diy superheroes redtheplaneeet!!!  will make an electronic live soundtrack mash-up to one of there adventures