Bruce Elder, “The Young Prince” Sept. 29

free admission

Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 7 p.m. Q & A with Bruce Elder

The Hamilton Public Library, Hamilton Room

55 York Blvd, Hamilton, ON, Canada
905-529-3355
irene@hamiltonartistsinc.on.ca or blackboxwhitebox@gmail.com

Synopsis of “The Young Prince” Fifth film from the film cycle “The Book of Praise”

125 minutes, 16 mm. film, 2007

“A beggar imagines himself sitting at the edge of a maelstrom, looking inward at a vortex, observing beings-demonic forms, ghosts, animals-first rising and then falling through the vortex: all of them, he realizes have the character they do because of his mental state.”* The film is about transformation and is more abstract than linear narrative. * quote from Bruce Elder

Please visit http://www.ryerson.ca/~belder/filmsprojects/2005YoungPrince/youngprince.html

Bruce Elder’s current film cycle, “The Book of Praise,” makes extensive use of computer-image generation, highlighting his fascination with mathematics and digital technology.

Sections from his upcoming film (sixth film from “The Book of Praise”) will be previewed at the Round Table Symposium, “Black Box, White Box, Small Box, No Box” on Saturday, October 22.

film still from “The Young Prince” by Bruce Elder

Bio Bruce Elder
Bruce Elder is a Hamilton raised and educated filmmaker, writer, critic and teacher of film studies at Ryerson University. Elder received the 2007 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts. The jury described him as “highly innovative,” “influential” and “acutely intelligent,” noting the enormous span of his practice and the demanding nature of his films.

Described by New York filmmaker and critic Jonas Meklas as “the most important North American avant-garde filmmaker to emerge during the 1980s,” Elder combines images, music and text to create works that reflect his interest in philosophy, technology, science, spirituality and the human body.

His first major film cycle (20 films), “The Book of All the Dead,” inspired by Dante Alighieri’s “Commedia” and Ezra Pound’s “Cantos,” grew out of his preoccupation with the horrors of modernity, its faith in progress and the loss of a sense of what is good and evil.

curated by Jim Riley

Further information contact:

irene@hamiltonartistsinc.on.ca 905-529-3355 or blackboxwhitebox@gmail.com

Location of 55 York Blvd.