This retrospective spotlights some of the finest work produced by the Toronto-based avant-garde filmmaking collective. Rated STC.
Notes
Please be advised that the rating for Degraded Image, a short film screening as part of The Free Screen: Loop Collective on Wednesday, November 30 at 7:00 pm has been changed to STC - subject to classification. As such, all attendees must be 18 years of age or older. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Founded at Ryerson University in 1996, the Loop Collective is a group of independent media artists dedicated to exploring the roots of experimental cinema by creating a dialogue with other art disciplines. Programming and producing works for presentation in both traditional and non-traditional spaces, Loop seeks to promote critical engagement with experimental film and video by cultivating relations among different artistic communities.
Since Loop's inception, TIFF Cinematheque's The Free Screen (formerly The Independents) has played a significant role in shaping the aesthetic developments and preoccupations of its members. This programme, consisting of only a fraction of the works produced by the collective since the group's founding, features several works that are in direct dialogue with one another, as well as with the other films and filmmakers that Loop members encountered at The Free Screen and Loop's own events.
—Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof
As part of Loop's fifteen-year anniversary, its members have produced an anthology of their writings and a DVD containing a small selection of their films. A retrospective and comprehensive screening will take place over two days at the AGO's Jackman Hall on January 28-29, 2012. Visit www.loopcollective.com for details and updates.