CONNECTIVITY THROUGH CINEMA PRESENTS:
THE FILMS OF DERRICK SCHULTZ
With film maker Derrick Schultz presenting in person.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20TH @ MONO NO AWARE : CINEMA ARTS NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION
33 FLATBUSH AVENUE, BROOKLYN NEW YORK - LIMITED ATTENDANCE TO 30 - MASKS AVAILABLE
DOORS 7PM – STARTS PROMPTLY AT 7:30PM – FREE OR $5 SUGGESTED DONATION

TRT, 45 minutes. Additional time for discussion / Q & A with Derrick Schultz IN PERSON

PROGRAM:
Modern Technology is a collection of films by Derrick Schultz exploring the blurred boundaries between "modern" technologies (machine learning, algorithmic systems, printers and scanners) with "old" technologies (photochemical and light sensitive film and materials). In contrast to the tribalism of filmmaking today, Modern Technology celebrates the strengths and weaknesses of these tools, and questions why we define technology as old or new.

Fright Night (Scream Scenes Day 24) (2022, 2min, digital)
Warped and re-edited found footage. Part of a series of collage films from horror movies.

Cellular Reconstruction (2023, 2min, 16mm)
Direct manipulation of a faded educational film using traditional and digital technologies. An exploration of themes on conservation and reinvention, in film, technology, and ecology.

Floral Zombification via Attention Node Networks (2024, 5min, digital)
Like the cordyceps fungus and their ant hosts, generative machine learning models take control of films of the past to further their own infectious spread.

• (2024, 10min, 16mm)
An experiment in meditative and stripped down cameraless filmmaking, edited and sequenced using machine learning models.

Electro Static Black Sun (2024, 4min, digital)
Neural network neurons printed to film through static electricity.

Selfie Song (Mono JK Edit) (2023, 2min, 16mm)

Selfie Song (Mixed Reality Edit) (2024, 6min, digital)
An AI film recreated in reality, then returned to the latent space.

Barkelona (2024, 2min, 16mm)
A film etched in bark.

B.K.S.O.M. (2022–2024, 10min, digital)
Wandering and pondering a post-Covid Brooklyn.

Total running time for the PROGRAM: ˜45 minutes

Bio: Derrick Schultz is a post-AI artist and filmmaker. His practice encompasses media art, computational and photochemical filmmaking, and generative art. His work draws a connection between technologies of the past with technologies of the future, using it to critically assess modern culture and its lineage. His work has been shown at workshops such as CVPR and NeurIPS and for clients such as the New York Times, HP, and The New Yorker. In addition to his art practice, Derrick teaches generative media courses at NYU’s ITP, Aprender, and private courses and workshops for individuals and companies. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife and two cats.

MONO NO AWARE SCREENING SERIES:
The CONNECTIVITY THROUGH CINEMA series will present the work of artists, film-makers and curators who are traveling or presenting special interactive programs in-person. Our hope is to engage the community by showing work with a focus on post-screening discussion. This series is made possible by support from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA).