Disabled Lives, Disabling Forms II: 'I Didn't See You There' with an introductory lecture by David Gissen

With its lingering camerawork and spontaneous dialogues, Reid Davenport's 'I Didn't See You There' offers a raw and straightforward portrayal of everyday life seen from the perspective of a wheelchair user: the mental frustrations, physical obstacles and social interactions. But Davenport's mission is not simply to map the built environment, which is so little thought of with his body in mind. It is also an aesthetic study of the wheelchair's ability to challenge the formal cinematic codes that are linked to the "normal body"; an attempt to rethink the art of film from a different corporeality.

The film is introduced by the renowned American architecture theorist David Gissen; it is the second chapter in the film series 'Disabled Lives, Disabling Forms', which examines the intersection between disability, film and architecture.

I Didn't See You There / Reid Davenport / 2022 / United States / English with English subtitles / 76’

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'Disabled Lives, Disabling Forms' Film Program

A two-day program of experimental documentary films – all created by filmmakers, representing their experiences of impairment. In addition to documenting disability at home and within urban spaces, these works also disable the aesthetic character of film by challenging the conventional relationships between imagery, sound, and point of view in an effort to capture the sentiment of impairment.
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01.06: 'Blue' with an introductory lecture by David Gissen

19.15-21.15
Cinemateket
100 kr / 70 kr

Blue / Derek Jarman / 1993 /  United Kingdom / English with English subtitles / 75’
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01.06: 'I Didn't See You There' with an introductory lecture by David Gissen

21.15-22.45
Cinemateket
100 kr / 70 kr

I Didn't See You There / Reid Davenport / 2022 / United States / English with English subtitles / 76’
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02.06: 'Behindert', 'Crip Time', and 'Hand Model' with an introductory lecture by David Gissen

16.30-18.30
Cinemateket
100 kr / 70 kr

Behindert / Stephen Dwoskin / 1971 / United States / English with English subtitles / 96'
Crip time / Carolyn Lazard / 2018 / United States / English with English subtitles / 10’
Hand Model / Michelle Miles / 2019 / United States / English with English subtitles /  2’

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