a place for collaboration
experimental
holistic
low budget
accessible
meaningful
personal
quotidian
micro films
post films
online distribution
activist cinema
guerrilla filmmaking
guerrilla gardening
site specific
live cinema
soundscapes
installation
performance
creative education
are some of the issues in practice + research
@ the LAB
*** HOLON
is something that is simultaneously a whole and a part.
Every system is a whole in itself and a part of something else, from a subatomic particle to the entire universe. Information FLOWS bi-directionally between smaller and larger systems.
Everything is in constant FLOW
EVOLUTION
CONNECTED
IN MOVEMENT
small changes projects
some of my written workshops on Premiere (only in portuguese) CINEMA ATELIER
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bombs or dying for a week
london ground
timeless land
site specific projects
micro films workshop
interactive performance
changes installation
mobile narratives
cloud 9 djing
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PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT 2011-2012
Homes and Housing - film project
Live Cinema research / Jams
Skills sharing
Film screenings
Current Projects 2010-2011
LONDON GROUND web series - London | online
MICRO FILMS web tv - web tv | online
MUTANT Paintings/Transient Forms live performance
HOLON FILM LAB ETHOS
We are not a group, it is me in my living room studio + collaborations, connections, inspirations! It's more like a network of individuals, people, artists, film makers, musicians, dancers, professionals, amateurs...
Holon film Lab is a place for collaboration where the line between life and art get blurred. It doesn't have an office or a physical space, it is mobile, nomad, free.
People involved act from London but also other places around the world. We create stuff from what we observe and experience; we create with light, faces, movement, sounds, relationships... we often ride the 4th dimension and we try to understand the poetry of life.
We believe in peace, unity and freedom and that all things are connected. And we travel, in space or in time, we go to places in search of new things, we try, we experiment. Sometimes we fail and we learn and become wiser, little by little. Sometimes quietly, sometimes lonely, because that is part of the journey.
And we share, we tell, we film, we dance the story of our journeys. This is what we do. Sometimes we use maps, GPS maps, mental maps, drawn maps, but we also like to be lost with a camera, for instance, looking at the subtle dialogues of life.
But Holon Film LAB is not only about film, even if film is the link, the connection.
Holon film LAB launched MICRO FILMS web tv, to show/distribute Claudia's new and old films (1995-2011) in a short format. The project LONDON GROUND is an ongoing series of experimental documentaries about the underground art and music scene in london. The project was launched on indieGoGo, a platform for fundraising and promoting independent film makers. We opened the project to our audience and people could take Action to support it and to help making it happen.
We also want to show films (screenings), share skills and give creative workshops.
In the meantime, a film collaboration via Skype is happening with an experimental theatre company in Lisbon. Cloud is starting a new Live Cinema performance (more soon!). Plus she is researching her new film project 'Homes and Housing'.
A project for a near future is 'Nomad films' which is aimed to people in developing countries. The idea is to work closely with communities, offering workshops in micro / low-budget films as a key medium for personal and social expression.
But somehow it all seems to be just starting...
Yet... lots has been done!
Projects done @ Holon Film LAB 2006-2009
MOBILE NARRATIVES creative blog - 2006 | Philadelphia
Mobile narratives BOOK self-published book (available to buy online) - 2006 | Philadelphia
BALLAD of technological dependency film - 2006-07, Philadelphia
SUBLIMINAL 3 short meditative films - 2006, Philadelphia
CHANGES installation - 2007 | Philadelphia, Lisbon
Lisbon PASSAGES | Walking with flowers | Improving the bus stop site specific project on the streets and online - 2007 | Lisbon
TRAVELOGUE film - 2007-08 | Morocco | London
Interactive PERFORMANCE Course & performance work
The time travellers meet The LIGHT SURGEONS film - 2008 | London
Micro-cinema WORKSHOP 2009 | Coimbra, Portugal
TIMELESS LAND film - 2009 | London
ONE LOVE film - 2009 | Jamaica | London
