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EX!T 14 Experimental Media Art Festival in Taiwan 2024 - SPECTRUM

Looking up the definition "experimental film" on Wikipedia, there are many hyperlinks connecting to other entries―some are directly relevant, others serve to define specific terms. If we click into any of these pages, and continue linking outward through a network of connected terms, these paths are expanding like a labyrinth. For example, "experimental film ― Jonas Mekas ― Empire (Warhol, 1965) ― avant-garde ― Society of the Spectacle..." These pathways extend infinitely and will branch further over time. It is possible that there will be a new link as "experimental film ― generated images" in the future. EX!T 14 adopts this as a curatorial approach, celebrating an open, game-like lineage of experimental cinema. We are exploring a decentralized, co-edited, hyperlinked curatorial methodology.

 

EX!T 14―Spectrum―is a prism-like optical polyhedron dispersing the diverse spectrum of contemporary experimental cinema. It spans from the orthodoxical film-medium experiments, handmade artist films, expanded cinema, essay-documentaries, video art, and other undefinable works, challenging audiences' definition of "experimental". And we hope this polyhedron will gather filmmakers, through connecting the passages of each other, there will be possibilities to create a shared spectrum.