Lost & Found: Archiving Fragile Eternities

As Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui says, “Images are battlefields where the meaning of memory is disputed.” We seek films that understand the image not as a mere reflection of the world, but as a material practice that condenses memory, works that rescue and reimagine histories of resistance through moving images, where technique becomes ritual and error, a process.

To think about physical support in the face of the fragility and ephemerality of digital media: artisanal images vs. artificial images. In this sense, the former restore mystery to images, reclaiming the thinking of the hands, the magic of the artifact. 

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☆The videos must be DIY, without brands or big production companies involved.  

☆Format: Any analog or digitized analog format (Super 8, 16mm, VHS, Hi8, MiniDV, etc.) . 

☆Preferably, the title and the artist’s name should be in the video . 

☆Maximum 20 min. duration 

☆All languages welcome—English subtitles required, please take legibility into consideration (size, contrast).

☆Submit max. 2 videos per artist. 

☆Deadline is 14 February.☆

Video Club is comprised of visual artist Belén Mallol (@perliiitas) and the anthropologist Vicente Barriga (@vixitx), along with a network of friends and collaborators scattered across the globe. VideoClub is an international Latin American independent cultural platform and community dedicated to the dissemination and exchange among video-makers, emerging artists, and musicians through the exhibition of DIY experimental videos. Ranging from video clips and animations to video performances and short documentaries, we showcase works created without the involvement of brands or major production companies. Our mission is to provide a platform for underground art, spanning a wide range of genres and styles.

☆VideoClub was born in Valparaiso, Chile in 2021. Organized by Latin immigrants.☆