Screening
Maybe
Ben Rivers film cycle
Saturday 18 November 2023 • 5:00 PM
Jeu de Paume – Paris
With an introduction by author Lynne Tillman. With Ben Rivers and Antoine Thirion.
films screened
Now, at Last!
2018, 16 mm, black and white and colour, sound, 40 mins
Trees Down Here
2018, 16 mm, black and white and colour, sound, 14 mins, original version, French subtitles
In Now, at Last! a sloth climbs a branch at its own pace, even taking a little nap, its claws firmly dug into the bark. Time is suspended while every movement takes on the magnitude of a drama unfolding before the viewer’s eyes. The film uses a three-colour separation process to adopt the sloth’s slow temporality and vision. In Trees Down Here, trees are the silent narrators of the history of Churchill College, Cambridge, creating a dreamlike environment where any distinction between human life, architecture, and nature is abolished.