The Silver Record Festival Opening
The first festival day with workshops, seminar, opening performance and screening program
Hva?
We are thrilled to invite you to the opening of The Silver Record experimental film festival at Tromsø Kunstforening!
Here is the program for the evening:
(for an overview of events during daytime, scroll down)
18:00–18:30 Opening Reception in exhibition: We Circle in Darkness, Consumed by Light
18:30 -19:30 Opening Performance: (Im)material Extraction – an expanded screening by Tinne Zenner
19:30 - 21:00 Undergoing Transformations, handmade films by Labor Berlin curated and introduced by Sophie Watzlawick
18:30–23:00 Bar
All events are free and in English
More info:
18:30 Opening Performance: (Im)material Extraction – an expanded screening by Tinne Zenner
There is a complex connection between the geological processes of Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) — formed over unfathomable timescales and manifested in its rock formations and occurrences of minerals — and the colonial and neo-colonial dynamics between Kalaallit Nunaat and Denmark. With a case study at GEUS – Geological Surveys in Denmark and Kalaallit Nunaat – the artist zooms in on the extensive archive of topographical and geological maps showing the structure of the geology and mapping raw materials in the underground. These maps are not only scientific artifacts, but embedded within a colonial framework. Researchers at GEUS become central figures in this narrative, embodying the skills and knowledge of the institution and the state of the land. Through a transmission of their recollection of methods and results, the artist becomes a medium for this particular discourse, emphasizing but also shifting its message through performing it. This expanded screening consists of a digital projection, an analogue 16mm loop with laser engraved geological data, sound and a live-transmitted voiceover. It is based on the material from the exhibition and research project (Im)material Extraction critically exploring the ongoing extraction of geological data from Kalaallit Nunaat within the context of Denmark’s colonial legacy.
Duration: 30 min
19:30 Film Screening: Undergoing Transformations, handmade films by LaborBerlin curated and introduced by Sophie Watzlawick
Undergoing Transformations showcases 16mm films made by members of LaborBerlin, exploring change, metamorphosis and the image is its many facets. LaborBerlin is a collectively organised film laboratory in Berlin, open to everyone interested in working with photochemical film with an experimental and DIY approach.
They provide all necessary technical devices and production tools to make films on a celluloid base. Their members conduct regular workshops, film screenings and exhibitions, and act as a platform for exchange of ideas and experiences around the practice and spirit of analogue filmmaking.
Land Rebel, Christin Turner, 2024, S8 on 16mm, sound, 3 min
The Unchanging Sea, Luisa Greenfield, 2025, 16mm, sound, 9 min
H(I)J, Guillaume Cailleau, 2009, 16mm, silent, 6 min
1536 Units, Jan Rehwinkel, 2018, 16mm, sound, 2min
EMDR-Talk About Trees, Katrin Eissing, 2024, 16mm, sound, 7 min
Vintage Wisdom from the Ether, Bernd Lützeler, 2023, 16mm, sound, 8 min
Sans Lune, Sophie Watzlawick, 2017, 16mm, sound, 8min
Phenomena (air), Carolina Romillo, 2024, 16mm, sound, 3 min
Ich bin 33, Jan Peters, 16mm, sound, 3 min
Résistance, Laurence Favre, 2017, 16mm, sound, 11 min
iiiii, Deborah S. Phillips, 2021, 16mm, sound, 3 min
Duration: 75 min
Safety note: one film contains flicker
Full program overview 08.05.2025
10-16 - Arctic photographical garden workshop at Polar Film Lab, Kysten Fylkeskultursenter, Strandvegen 95
10-16 - Print, project and perform workshop at Polar Film Lab, Kysten Fylkeskultursenter, Strandvegen 95
16:00 - 18:00 Videokunstarkivet seminar
18:00–18:30 Festival Vernissage
18:30 -19:30 Opening Performance: (Im)material Extraction – an expanded screening by Tinne Zenner
19:30-21:00 Film Screening: Undergoing Transformations, handmade films by Labor Berlin curated and introduced by Sophie Watzlawick
18:30–23:00 Bar
The workshops take place at Polar Film Lab and all other events at Tromsø Kunstforening
Hvor?
Main venue for festival and symposium: Tromsø Kunstforening, Mellomveien 82
Venue for workshops: Polar Film Lab, Kysten (Troms fylkeskultursenter), Strandvegen 95
Additional screening venue on Saturday: Verdensteatret Kino, Storgata 93 B, 9008 Tromsø
Film quiz venue on Friday: Storgata Camping
Billetter?
The festival programme is free and unticketed.
Sign up is required for the workshops with Britt Al-Busultan and Ricardo Leite via Polarfilmlab.com. Small fees apply for each of these workshops to cover the costs of lunch and some materials, but operate on a 'pay what you can' basis, take contact with polarfilmlab@gmail.com
