Yowza - what on earth could that be I hear you wondering..... I'm a little unsure myself but this week/end from 11-13 June the Film Archive cinema (corner of Taranaki and Ghuznee Sts) is going to be exploding with the best of experimental film from Australia. 

Three of the leading lights of the genre -  Sally Golding, Joel Stern and Dirk de Bruyn - have been brought over with help from the Australian High Commission to present three nights of mind-blowing entertainment.

Each night promises to be something a little different, kicking off with the historical then the godfather of Australian experimental film, followed up a riotous conclusion of handmade and hand processed film, feedback systems, incongruous foley noise, sprockets and flicker, trumpets and strings, specially prepared screens and alienated narration.

You'd be crazy to miss this calibre of performance in a live setting. As NZFA Project Developer Mark Williams says...

'The aim of this This Is Experimental in 2009 is to remind us that film and digital are distinctly differing mediums. As curators Joel, Sally and Dirk celebrate the best historical works, as artists they keep the discipline of film as art alive and kicking. It's important for young moving image makers in New Zealand to understand that digital technology was preceded by celluloid film which remains a medium with it's own 21st century possibilities.'

Death to Digital - Long Live Film indeed.

All screenings: $8 Adult, $6 concession