Presented by Visions at la lumiere collective in Montréal, Québec on July 12, 2017.
Since commencing his moving image arts practice in 2006, Clint Enns has made a formidable leap into the world of underground cinema sharing his unique vision of no-fi/lo-tech images, marked with a deep understanding of experimental cinema and its history. Blending filmic sensibility with structuralist digital video investigations, Enns has created a body of work that builds from the history of avant-garde while simultaneously undercutting them, albeit with love and respect. His work includes glitch and circuit-bending experiments, tongue-in-cheek avant-garde remakes, bizarre appropriations and beautifully crafted Super 8 films. – Leslie Supnet
Depuis les débuts de sa pratique cinématographique en 2006, Clint Enns s’est inscrit remarquablement dans le monde du cinéma underground en partageant sa vision filmique unique “no-fi/lo-tech”, marquée par une connaissance pointue du cinéma expérimental et de son histoire. Mélangeant sensibilité filmique et investigations structurelles vis-à-vis la vidéo numérique, Clint Enns a réalisé des oeuvres qui renvoient à l’histoire du cinéma d’avant-garde qu’il subvertit, avec amour et respect. Son travail comprend des expérimentations à partir de dysfonctionnements et déformation de circuits, des remakes taquins de films d’avant-garde, des appropriations bizarres, et de magnifiques films Super 8. – Leslie Supnet, translation Emma Roufs
Program
The Death Of Natural Language | 2007 | 3 min. | Ascii Animation
Winnipeg Stories: Sacrificial Memories | 2008 | 5 min. | super8/video8
Prepare To Qualify | 2008 | 3 min. | Circuit Bent Atari -> DV
Putting Yourself Out There | 2009 | 2 min. | DV
Connecting With Nature | 2011 | 2 min. | DV
The Aesthetics Of Failure | 2008 | 3 min. | PXL2000->DV
Whiplash | 2009 | 1 min. | VHS->DV
The Flickerer | 2010 | 1 min. | Vidster
Splice Lines | 2012 | 1 min. | DV
Ten Skies | 2012 | 3 min. | DV
Self Improvement | 2010 | 3 min. | VHS->DV
A Knight’s Walk | 2014 | 12 min. | PXL2000/VHS/FlipCam/Computer Animation
***Intermission***
Lost Photos Found | Performance Lecture | 30 min