A SPELL TO WARD OFF THE DARKNESS and THE COLONY OF LIGHT
June 27-July 4, 2013
MoMA PS1, NYC
A SPELL TO WARD OFF THE DARKNESS is a screening series curated by Ben Rivers and Ben Russell, conceived around themes explored in their collaborative film, A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness (2013). The screening series is organized for EXPO 1: New York by Aily Nash in conjunction with the EXPO Cinema and the EXPO Colony.
June 27, 3pm - Ben Russell: Let Each One Go Where He May
June 28, 1pm - Ben Rivers: Slow Action
June 28, 3pm - I. Solitude, or the Sublimity of the Natural World
June 30, 2pm - II. Collectivity, or Utopia is a Social Body - A
June 30, 9pm - II. Collectivity, or Utopia is a Social Body - B (outdoor screening, rsvp required)
July 1, 3pm - III. Phenomenology, or the Embodied Experience of the Present - A
July 1, 9pm - III. Phenomenology, or the Embodied Experience of the Present - B (outdoor screening, rsvp required)
July 2, 9pm - II. Collectivity, or the Utopia as a Social Body - C (outdoor screening, rsvp required)
See full listing of Expo 1: New York events
The Colony of Light produced a collaborative 16mm film which was shot, processed and screened by the artists during their week-long residency in EXPO Colony.
Basma Alsharif, Peter Burr, Steve Cossman, Bonnie Jones, Jodie Mack, Xander Marro, Aily Nash, Ben Rivers, Ben Russell, Jonathan Schwartz, Fern Silva, Ruth Somalo