Inspired by the exhibition In Praise of Shadows, AAM presents a program of short experimental films showcasing cinema’s poetry of shadows. Films will be projected in their original format, including 16mm film, and introduced by Ryan Conrath, programmer and Associate Professor of Film at Salisbury University, in conversation with AAM Curator Mehves Lelic.

Films:

Black Girl as a Landscape (Sondra Perry, 2010, 10 min.)

Immer Zu (Janie Geiser, 1997, 8.5 min.)

Image (Shadow) (Nobuhiro Aihara, 1987, 8.5 min.)

Arnulf Rainer (Peter Kubelka, 1960, 7 min.)

Black Hole Space Debt (Stephen Wardell, 2022, 14 min.)