THE SIXTH SUN
Luis Macias | Spain | 2019
Projection Performance for 16mm + 35mm film
December 7
7 PM
Dome Theatre
"THE SIXTH SUN is an immersive film experience performed live. It explores man's cosmovision, nature and the need to make sense of the world in order to understand how it was created and thereby control it... and destroy it. Then...is the Sixth Sun coming?” - Luis Macias
Inspired by the different Mesoamerican legends and myths of the sixth sun, this rare, expanded cinema performance explores the improbable landscapes of suns, moons, planets, constellations and other elements of the cosmos, thereby proposing a trip towards a future myth of creation. Originally designed and presented in 360∞ projection via a planetarium projection device, in this new iteration, Luis has re-envisioned his original performance for the dome theatre space at Contemporary Calgary.
Luis will also give a free workshop, MOVING STILLS, on his process of working with still image formats for durational projection performance. The workshop will take place at EMMEDIA on Saturday, December 6. For more info and to RSVP for the workshop please click here.
About the Artist
Luis Macias (1976, Barcelona, Spain.) Is an artist, filmmaker and image composer. His research is concerned with the formal and spectral properties of the moving image, through the exploration of the cinematographic device itself and the photochemical nature of the medium. Focused on experimental and procedural practices of analog image, his works in Super 8,16mm, 35mm and / or video format are composed for projection, performance or installation. These films and pieces of expanded cinema have been shown in film, art and music festivals as well as art centers, museums and alternative spaces around the world. He is also co-founder and an active member of Crater-Lab, an independent laboratory for analog cinema in Barcelona.
About MONOGRAPH
MONOGRAPH began in 2018 as an ongoing series of experimental film programs with a specific focus on analogue and handmade artist film practices. Curated by Kyle Whitehead, each program focuses on the works of a single artist, filmmaker or collective. As Calgary and Southern Alberta’s only presenter dedicated entirely to experimental and expanded cinema, the series aims to elevate the local film community, exposing audiences to film artists and their works which are otherwise at risk of oversight in the region. After a long hiatus, the series is back and beginning again with three consecutive weeks of film programs, projection performance, technical workshops and talks with visiting artists.