Experimental

We will miss this year's 10th Experiments in Cinema out of UNM in April, but this past week, the group curated a program of the "very best" of past experiments. Here are the best of the very best:

Taylor Lane's six-minute "Places Change" features his artwork and singing as he narrates the story of losing touch with his childhood home. It is wonderfully paced and quite touching. Good luck finding any record of it online.

This mashup from Jodie Mack, "Unsubscribe #4: The Saddest Song in the World," has pop music and visual pop:



Next is a mesmerizing meditation on memory, from an elder's perspective, "828 Millionen: Momente der Zeit," by Julia Tyrolt. It's presented visually in a Polaroid triptych. Alas, this version doesn't have subtitles:



Also worth keeping an eye out for: Hannah Hollander's polemic about being forced to cover up in the Arab world, "Making an Arab Girl." No luck tracking that one down online, either.

Experiments in Cinema runs April 15 to 19. Also brought to you by Basement Films.