Tonight we present a selection of recent films and videos that deal with place, in some cases through straightforward observation, and in others, through abstraction or mediated representations. At the center of the program, T. Marie's Optra Field VII-IX is the exception. This mesmerizing triptych was created by manipulating pixels on a grid. Chris Kennedy's 349 (for Sol LeWitt) is a digitally animated version of LeWitt's geometric Wall Drawing #349, while Mark Lewis's Black Mirror in the National Gallery engages with early Dutch paintings. Ben Rivers's Sack Barrow pays homage to an electroplating factory; Kevin Jerome Everson's Chevelle records two cars being crushed. Sophie Michael's lovely abstract 99 Clerkenwell Road was shot in an empty shop, while Blake Williams's Coorow-Latham Road records a journey down an Australian rural road. Eriko Sonoda animates her room in Space is the Place. John Price's widescreen Sea Series #10 meditates on the recent Japanese disaster.

349 (for Sol LeWitt) Chris Kennedy, Canada, 2011, 1 min, Silent, Color, Digital Video, CFMDC
Sack Barrow Ben Rivers, U.K., 2011, 21 mins, Color, 16mm, From LUX
99 Clerkenwell Road Sophie Michael, U.K., 2010, 8 mins, Silent, Color, 16mm, From the artist
Coorow-Latham Road Blake Williams, Canada, 2011, 20 mins, Silent, Digital Video, From the artist
Optra Field VII-IX T. Marie, U.S., 12 mins, Silent, B&W, Digital Video, From the artist
Space is the Place Eriko Sonoda, Japan, 2011, 6 mins, Silent, Color, Digital Video, From the artist
Chevelle Kevin Jerome Everson, Canada/U.S., 2011, 8 mins, Color, Digital Video, From the artist
Sea Series #10 John Price Canada, 2011, 10 mins, Silent, Color, 35mm, From the artist
Black Mirror in the National Gallery Mark Lewis, Canada/U.K., 7 mins, Silent, Color, 35mm, From the artist

Total running time: 93 mins