We are pleased to invite you to the opening The Institute for Scene Experiments by visual artist Nikhil Vettukattil which will take place on 03 October at 17:00 at the Futures Hub in Amsterdam.
The Institute for Scene Experiments is a parafictional institution devoted to the investigation, production and dissemination of scenes. In residence through FUTURES X MPB, the ISE will assemble a group of performers and technicians to analyse, deconstruct and reconstitute elements of cinematic scenes for camera, exploring alternative modes of staging narratives, framing, sound, and light. ISE aims to reflect on the film crew as a social form, engaging in the generativity and potentialities of scenes independent of plot, development and conclusivity, through formal techniques as well as collective authorship, ‘open rehearsal’ and collective editing. Some of the raw materials produced during the residency will be made publicly available for viewers to re-edit. A variety of game strategies are implemented in the process to examine both what is being filmed and the structures behind it. The work during the residency will reference lucid dreaming and hypnosis and borrow techniques from live action role playing games and theatrical exercises for improvisation, in preparation for a live event and workshop in October at Shedhalle, Zurich.
This event is part of the FUTURES X MPB residency is supported by MPB the largest global platform to buy, sell, and trade used photo and video equipment.
Don't miss out, we look forward to seeing you there!
As part of this event, Nikhil invites participants to develop and workshop a scene.
Using a simple game strategy, we will re-enact a short, realistic dialogue for the camera, making modifications with each take and documenting the scene from different perspectives. The dialogue is based on a formal score, from which we will improvise. The exercise will examine the scene on two levels: the dynamic between the roles and the composition for a prospective edit.
The workshop will take place from 16:30 – 19:00, followed by a short conversation.
No prior experience is necessary.
Please note that participation means consenting to being filmed. If you would like to participate in the workshop, please register [here].
About Nikhil Vettukattil:
Nikhil Vettukattil is an artist living and working in Oslo. Using a range of media such as sound, installation, performance, text, sculpture, and video, their practice questions modes of representation and image-making processes in their relation to lived experiences. They studied at Central St. Martins in London and the Center for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP). Recent exhibitions include Hothouse Flowers, Podium, Oslo
(2024), Post Production, Studiengalerie 1.357 Goethe University, Frankfurt (2023), Contaminators, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna (2023) and Claustrophobia Alpina III, Ford, Geneva (2023). They are a founding member of the Institute for Scene Experiments. Forthcoming solo presentations include Oslo Kunstforening, AGIT, Berlin and Arcadia Missa, London.
