The documentary film beyond the boundaries of its discipline. What does the Gothic art of stained glass windows have to do with cinema? The answer to this question is illuminated for us by a film-conference led by a legend of US avant-garde cinema, Jerome Hiler, alongside a programme of his own films («The Colour of Glass»). There will also be a tribute at the Oteiza Museum to Néstor Basterretxea for his centenary year.
Two sessions programmed by Francisco Algarín Navarro on the cinema of Jerome Hiler and its relationship with the Gothic art of stained glass. «Dreaming of a film which overlaid stained glass and neon lights, Hiler received what was perhaps the most fundamental piece of advice in his artistic career from writer Ken Kelman: "Don't film stained glass, make films that are like stained glass”.»
This special programme provides an audiovisual approach through five films to the multidisciplinary artist Nestor Basterretxea (Bermeo, 1924 - Hondarribia, 2014), a driving force behind new plastic and visual languages in the second half of the 20th century. Organised jointly by the Punto de Vista Festival and the Oteiza Museum, this session features on his centenary programme and includes a set of experimental pieces by the artist, alongside others that revisit his plastic and visual imagination.