Talk:
Revisiting the Materiality of Film
Emmanuel Lefrant
Salt Beyoğlu
July 4, 2026 16.00
![13 Parties Visible <i>Parties visible et invisible d’un ensemble sous tension</i> [Gerilim Altındaki Bir Bütünün Görünür ve Görünmez Parçaları] (2009) filminden bir kare
©Emmanuel Lefrant](/directus/media/thumbnails/13-parties-visible-jpg-780-5000-false.jpg)
Still from Parties visible et invisible d’un ensemble sous tension [The Visible and Invisible of a Body Under Tension] (2009)
©Emmanuel Lefrant
©Emmanuel Lefrant
Walk-in Cinema
Filmmaker and curator Emmanuel Lefrant will give a talk on materiality in experimental cinema and its role in his own practice as well as in the work of other filmmakers.
The talk will examine the physical properties of celluloid and the ways in which analog film can be transformed through chemical reactions, environmental conditions, and processes of decay. Through examples drawn from his own films and works by artists such as Vladimir Shevchenko, James Schneider, Paul Sharits, Nathaniel Dorsky, and Bill Morrison, Lefrant will address the relationship between moving images and their material support. Focusing on traces, deterioration, and the changing qualities of film emulsion, the talk will consider celluloid as a sensitive and evolving surface rather than an inert recording medium.
Organized as part of This Porous Earth, the talk will be held in English and is open to everyone.
Emmanuel Lefrant is a filmmaker whose self-produced works are made exclusively on celluloid. His films explore ways of revealing invisible worlds through the material properties and latent forms of film emulsion. In 2000, he co-founded the collective Nominoë with Nicolas Berthelot, Alexis Constantin, and Stéphane Courcy, creating performances that have been presented at the Centre Pompidou, Fundação de Serralves, and the International Film Festival Rotterdam, among others. Lefrant also serves as director of Light Cone, a Paris-based non-profit organization dedicated to the distribution, promotion, and preservation of experimental cinema.
Filmmaker and curator Emmanuel Lefrant will give a talk on materiality in experimental cinema and its role in his own practice as well as in the work of other filmmakers.
The talk will examine the physical properties of celluloid and the ways in which analog film can be transformed through chemical reactions, environmental conditions, and processes of decay. Through examples drawn from his own films and works by artists such as Vladimir Shevchenko, James Schneider, Paul Sharits, Nathaniel Dorsky, and Bill Morrison, Lefrant will address the relationship between moving images and their material support. Focusing on traces, deterioration, and the changing qualities of film emulsion, the talk will consider celluloid as a sensitive and evolving surface rather than an inert recording medium.
Organized as part of This Porous Earth, the talk will be held in English and is open to everyone.
Emmanuel Lefrant is a filmmaker whose self-produced works are made exclusively on celluloid. His films explore ways of revealing invisible worlds through the material properties and latent forms of film emulsion. In 2000, he co-founded the collective Nominoë with Nicolas Berthelot, Alexis Constantin, and Stéphane Courcy, creating performances that have been presented at the Centre Pompidou, Fundação de Serralves, and the International Film Festival Rotterdam, among others. Lefrant also serves as director of Light Cone, a Paris-based non-profit organization dedicated to the distribution, promotion, and preservation of experimental cinema.
