Coming soon - 10 Oct: A Grasp of Wind screening, live soundtrack and Q&A !
A rare chance to see this short 1982 surrealist NZIFF Aotearoa New Zealand film with a new live score, followed by a Q&A session with the director and producer.
6-7pm Thursday 10 Oct
Newtown Community Centre
Free
Some scenes in the film may be unsuitable for children and parental guidance is advised.
Musician Neil Johnstone talks about the upcoming performance of A Grasp of Wind.
Watch this Aotearoa New Zealand surrealist jewel with a new score, performed live. The screening will be followed by a Q&A session with artist and director, Robèrt Franken, and producer, Professor Russell Campbell.
Soundscape composition and performance by Neil Johnstone, Sam Leamy and Patrick Fisher Evans.
A Grasp of Wind is a surrealist fable set in Wellington, and is intriguing and beautiful in a quiet, contemplative way that explores the symbolic interrelationship of creatures and their environment.
A fisherman climbs a hill and starts to encounter fish in a forest; the higher he goes, the bigger the fish he encounters. He has entered a mysterious realm – from which only a total metamorphosis will deliver him.
Robèrt Franken is an internationally known artist who moved to New Zealand in 1967. Born in The Hague, he has exhibited frequently in the Netherlands, as well as in Japan, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Australia and many New Zealand galleries. A Grasp of Wind is his only film.
Dr Russell Campbell is an award-winning filmmaker whose work includes the documentaries Wildcat: The Struggle for Democracy in the New Zealand Timberworkers Union (co-directed), Rebels in Retreospect, and Sedition: The Suppression of Dissent in World War II New Zealand. He is also the author of seven books, including Codename Intelligentsia: The LIfe and Times of the Honourable Ivor Montagu, Filmmaker, Communist, Spy and Investigating Simenon: Patriarchy, Sex and Politics in the Fiction. He is currently Adjunct Professor of Film at Te Herenga Waka/Victoria University of Wellington.
This interview was done in conjunction with Caffeine and Aspirin, the arts and entertainment review show on Radioactive FM. It was conducted by host Tanya Ashcroft.