A Super 8 Odyssey: Films of David Domingo

Apr. 25 - 7:30 pm

$8 Suggested

Artist in Attendance

NXT Industries
222 NW Davis St, Loft 301

From Desayunos y meriendas/Breakfast and Snacks

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About This Screening

“Every Super 8 camera is a living thing that owns a very special personality, something unique. If you film what the camera wants to film, you’ll be sure that the result will be great.” Spanish Super 8 filmmaker David Domingo makes it sound so easy. While his finished films share this feeling of spontaneity, joy, and curiosity, the rapid cuts, frequent use of stop-motion animation, and constant pop-culture references betray a pretty impressive cinematic stamina and attention to detail. In his Sound of the Sun from 2011, the zoom shots, time-lapse, and stop-motion have that 1970s science-film psychedelia; an “associative cascade” that leads us to things like Robocop, crystals, spinning cassette tapes, genitals, and ping pong, all to a driving post-rock tune by Pseudobruitismus Afrikamus. Beyond the pop-sensibility, Domingo’s films also show a knowledge of and engagement with avant-garde and experimental film tradition, with references to the Kuchar Brothers, Jonas Mekas, Bruce Conner, and others. The films in this one-night program were selected by Domingo himself as his most emblematic work and he will be in attendance to present and discuss his films and practice.

Program Details

April 25th

Súper 8
by David Domingo
Spain, 1996, Super 8 transferred to digital, color, sound, 7.5 min.
La mansión acelerada/The Speedy Mansion
by David Domingo
Spain, 1997, Super 8, b&w, sound, 10 min.
Desayunos y meriendas/Breakfast and Snacks
by David Domingo
Spain, 2002, Super 8, color, sound, 7 min.
Rayos y centellas/What the…!
by David Domingo
Spain, 2004, Super 8, color, sound, 4 min.
Película sudorosa/Sweaty Movie
by David Domingo
Spain, 2009, Super 8, b&w, sound, 18 min.
A Movie that Portrays the Wonders of the World as Seen Through the Eyes of a Cat (Disney Attraction Highlights Nº 1)
by David Domingo
Spain, 2009, Super 8, b&w, sound, 5 min.
Sound of the Sun
by David Domingo
Spain, 2011, 16mm, color, sound, 5 min.