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In-Person (artist in attendence) $10 suggested/free for members Since 1986, German artist Helga Fanderl has created hundreds of Super 8 films, many of which are less than three minutes long, shot in one-take and edited entirely in-camera. Her films are spontaneous and intimate, fluently communicating in the silent visual language of Super 8 film. For each screening, Fanderl selects the program herself and creates site-specific projection pedestals in response to the physical and energetic qualities of the room and the audience. For this VSW Salon screening, Fanderl has selected a program she calls “Serendipity.” Fanderl describes the program as “Places, motifs and movements I come across, and which move me to film them when I am roaming freely with the lightweight Super 8 camera, are serendipitous discoveries. I find them, and they find me. At the moment of experience, intuition and perception, atmosphere and thoughts are transferred to my camera work and the unseen film strip inside the cassette. It’s all about lightning-fast recognition and cinematic vision of fleeting moments.” Join us for a unique experience of Super 8 films shared by one of the most prolific film poets of our time, Helga Fanderl. All films will be shown in Super 8, followed by a discussion with the artist.