Circle bends

Official video for Samara Lubelski (http://samaralubelski.com/), Circle Bends, from her solo LP Flickers at the Station out on Drawing Room Records. It was shot in Italy and processed in the US with wobbulator and analog equipment (Hearn Videolab Analog Processing System, Jones four channel analog colorizer, Eurorack & Jones MVIP modules), during a residency at Signal Culture, NY. The model is the Italian photographer Arianna Lerussi (http://www.ariannalerussi.com/)

  • Sara Bonaventura
    Director
  • Arianna Lerussi
    Key Cast
  • Samara Lubelski
    Soundtrack
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 45 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 31, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Singapore
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Sara Bonaventura

Sara is an Italian visual artist currently based in Singapore. As independent videomaker she has been collaborating with performers and musicians, such as Carla Bozulich and the Canadian Constellation Records, vjing, directing clips, adv. She curated visuals in clubs and festivals. Her works have been screened in Italy and abroad; recently, at the Anthology Film Archives, NewFilmmakers NY series, and for Other Cinema at San Francisco ATA Gallery; she won the Veneto Region Award at the 10th Lago Film Fest in 2014, she has been selected for several residencies, ie in 2016 by Joan Jonas at Fundacion Botin (Spain). She is currently working on her first feature film, Forest Hymn for Little Girls.

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Director Statement

Official videoclip for NYC based musician Samara Lubelski. The track Circle bends is from her album Flickers at the station, on NYC label Drawing Room Records. The video has been premiered on Tiny Mix Tapes. Then it was broadcasted by Here Comes Everybody, an Experimental Public Access show, Broadcast in Los Angeles, Berkeley, Portland, Olympia, Seattle & Chicago. Physical premiere at VAST LAB experimental festival, Burbank – California (US), 2019.

Shot in Italy with a model, Arianna Lerussi. Then the footage has been processed in NY upstate during an artist residency at Signal Culture, in Owego (NY). The video is experimental also because of the equipment used there: several analog video synths, like the Earn VideoLab, but also a wobbulator, first prototyped by Nam June Paik, etc. The vintage look of the image is because of the treatment. The original footage was shot in HD but then everything as been processed with these analog machines, therefor the video has a particularly tactile style.