A video poem called, We Send Our Signal by IMA Professor Andrew Demirjian is featured in a thoughtful article by Elizabeth Lowe in the latest edition of The Millennium Film Journal called RIFTS. Lowe describes experiencing the project when it was exhibited at the end of last year at The Bow Arts Center in London.
About We Send Our Signal: “We Send Our Signal draws upon an abandoned utopian vision as a setting for future sonic rituals. In this video, a former Soviet era diving board is reimagined as a communal antenna to signal other life forms. The music is a vertical composition written for performers to broadcast on radios from each of the six diving boards. Dialog of interstellar communication from communist sci-fi films is remixed as the encoded transmission message from the collective.”
And as part of the release of the publication, the Millennium Film Journal will have two screenings in NYC sharing a collection of the works in the issue and Demirjian’s We Send Our Signal will be screening at both.
The first event is on April 25th, 6:30pm At SVA (School of Visual Arts) on 214 East 21st Street
More info and to RSVP:
https://millenniumfilmjournal.com/events/mfj-77-rifts-sva-screening/
And the second event around RIFTS is at the Anthology Film Archives on May 17th, 7:30pm
More info and to RSVP:
http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/
More info about We Send Our Signal and Andrew Demirjian’s work:
https://www.andrewdemirjian.com/we-send-our-signal
More info about Millennium Film Journal
https://millenniumfilmjournal.com
Issue 77: RIFTS
More info about Bow Arts
https://bowarts.org/event/visions-programme-2-launch/
