Performing Cinema

Overview

Most films feature performances; however few movies, long or short, really try to probe just what that means. How does cinema deconstruct the process of acting? How do performances really play out on screen?

Metro Arts' Performing Cinema attempts to answer those questions — or to start a conversation along those lines, at least. Curated by Simone Hine and Kyle Weise, the one-night-only showcase will screen works by Christopher Köller, Elizabeth Presa, Tim Woodward, Scott Morrison, Jacqui Shelton, Laresa Kosloff, Norie Newmark, Maria Miranda and Melanie Jayne Taylor that fit their chosen artistic yet investigative topic.

Basically, it's an alternative to a documentary — or to a compilation of pieces from well-known works. Instead, Performing Cinema uses a range of recent pieces to ponder film history and today's reality as far as getting talent to portray others on camera for the viewing pleasure of an audience.

Image: Jacqui Shelton. Framing everyday negotiations: never confuse movement with action, 2013. Video Still