Broken Dreams & Télé-Bingo Mutations

Born in Winnipeg and now based in Montreal, Clint Enns is an artist whose work refuses to sit still or behave itself. Having studied mathematics before turning toward cinema, Enns brings a systems-minded curiosity to images that are anything but orderly. His films are eclectic works that resist easy classification, built largely from found material and low-tech processes: mangled analogue film, screen-captured video chats, deconstructed video games, ASCII animations, toy cameras, Super 8, and footage scavenged from the Internet. Errors are invited, not corrected. An antidote to the hyper-clean tyranny of high-definition images and a sideways jab at overly solemn avant-garde.

Algorithms shape the images, but so does a sense of play. The jokes are visual, structural, and occasionally lowbrow. This program offers a dense microcosm of electronic debris and images that aren’t afraid to fail.

Welcome to the broken dream.
 

First part of the programm: 35min.

A small sampling of experimental works by Montréal-based artists. Created by moving-image artists free to pursue eccentric and personal visions, these pieces together offer a glimpse into the formal fixations, private mythologies, and restless curiosities of those who call Montréal home.

Second part of the programm: 45min.