Twilight Made Manifest: The Films of Phil Solomon Program 3

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Free Screening. Phil Solomon in person

The significance of American filmmaker Phil Solomon’s body of work over the past thirty years is amplified by the artist’s mastery of imagery that truly straddles the film/digital divide. In his early work, Solomon favoured intricate artisanal methods, subjecting found footage to high degrees

of chemical processing and optically printing the results. This approach shifted significantly in 2005, when Solomon began to use the immersive videogame world of Grand Theft Auto as the setting in which to make his films.

This program, In Memoriam, focuses on work made in response to the death of Solomon’s lifelong friend Mark LaPore using the dystopic hinterlands of Grand Theft Auto to find uncannily affecting landscapes that speak to loss, solitude, and departure.

Nocturne (dir. Phil Solomon \ USA 1980 \ 8 min. \ 16mm)

Rehearsals for Retirement (dir. Phil Solomon \ USA 2007 \ 11 min. \ video)

Last Days in a Lonely Place (dir. Phil Solomon \ USA 2007 \ 20 min. \ video)

Still Raining, Still Dreaming (dir. Phil Solomon \ USA 2008 \ 12 min. \ video)

Remains to Be Seen (dir. Phil Solomon \ USA 1989/1994 \ 18 min. \ Super 8 on 16mm)

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