Curatorial Note
ABYSSAL CHANTS
Does what sounds, live?
#SeeAndHearDifferently
A distant sound rumbles in the darkness of the room, a call coming from the abyssal depths of the ocean, a penetrating song that attracts and binds. The listener slips through a seam in time and plunges into the void.That leap entails risk, and an encounter with the unknown. Those films that jump, that search in the darkness, in the shadow, in the mystery, in the spectral, in the sound but also in the silence, are the ones that captivate us in this edition.
We want to dive into the depths of sound, so that with our eyes closed we can see and listen as we swim and immerse ourselves. From a theoretical or curatorial perspective, little exploration has been done in these waters.
The abyssal chants act as a call, and this call is what we want to respond to, in this edition. We are looking for animations, documentaries, fictions, hybrid films and experimentations that resonate with these chants, with this call to see and hear differently.
CINETORO
We are artists, educators, and researchers, lovers and practitioners of the visual and audiovisual arts, with a focus on extended and experimental practices.
Our festival is a space for encounters with thought free of constraints, free of censorship. It is a space for approaching artistic creation in freedom. A festival-school, a laboratory for learning, for sharing knowledge, and for building and practicing the arts and free thought.
“Here, we see differently” because we stand for diversity in forms, in language, and in culture.
TORO, VALLE
Toro, Colombia, is located in the southwest of the country, in the foothills of the Andes, along the banks of the Cauca River. It is a landscape of enigmatic beauty: lush green, with enormous saman trees, ringed by mountains, and swept by a strong breeze from the Pacific.