Neuf residency in Aid&Abet Gallery Cambridge, November 2012 was an exploration into alternative modes of cinematic screening and live projection.
In the vast empty space each filmmaker brought their own aesthetic atmosphere and collective enthusiasm to the claim and awaken the gallery walls in refreshingly new ways.
Over four days Neuf staged an array of textured materials, fabrics and mirrors and together projected live onto these different surfaces and objects. Their hand held films interacted with dancers and live musicians to explore and discover ways to refresh and estrange the senses and perceptions.
Conventional cinema uses a language of expression to tell stories with the audience as passive participants. Neuf experimental film collective doesn’t plough that same field instead it explores a language of the senses, to create poetry in a mood and searches for a deeper resonance so the viewer can become an active and mobile participant in the viewing experience.
The residency was a success as it triggered research into finding ways to arouse curiosity in how best to instal film and charge the space for public interaction and discern.