Wednesday June 22, 2023 at 8 PM
Doors at 7:30 pm

AUTOMATA presents  Films by Wenhua Shi: let the light in  

Threshold to Threshold is pleased to welcome Boston-based, time poet, experimental filmmaker Wenhua Shi to present a solo screening of selected work from 2012 to 2023. There will be a post-screening Q/A with the filmmaker. https://shiwenhua.net/

Program:

1. Die Nacht (2017- 2018, 4:00, Color, Sound, 16mm>Digital)  
   (DEDICATED TO PHIL SOLOMON)

2. Sense(s) of Time (2017- 2018, 5:00, Color, Sound, 16mm>Digital) 

3. Morgen (2018, 4:00, Color, Sound, 16mm>Digital)

4. Because the Sky is Blue (2020, 4:00, Color, Sound, Cyanotype, 35mm>Digital)

5. Walking Cycle (2016, 8:00, Color, Sound, SD>HD digital) 

6. Gutai (2019-20, 7:31, Color, Sound, 16mm>Digital)

7. Mother (excerpt, 4:46, Color, Sound, 16mm>Digital) 

8. monosabishii (物寂) (2023, 4:00, Color, Sound, 16mm>Digital)

9. Descending a Staircase x3 (2012, 10:00, Color, Sound/Silent, 35mm>Digital)
   
   *For more details: https://www.automatala.org/films-by-wenhua-shi-let-the-light-in
   
   

About the artist:

Wenhua Shi pursues a poetic approach to moving image making, and investigates conceptual depth in film, video, interactive installations and sound sculptures. His work has been presented at museums, galleries, and film festivals, including International Film Festival Rotterdam, European Media Art Festival, Athens Film and Video Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Pacific Film Archive, West Bund 2013: a Biennale of Architecture and Contemporary art, Shanghai, Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism, and the Arsenale of Venice in Italy. He has received awards including the New York Foundation for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and Juror’s Awards from the Black Maria Film and Video Festival. He is the founder and one of curators of RPM Fest.

This program is curated by Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu as part of the Threshold to Threshold film series.

This program is supported, in part, by the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and Los Angeles County Arts and Culture.