The Dryden will screen Handmade Cinema I and II featuring the works of Daïchi Saïto, and Josh Romphf with both filmmakers in attendance. The following films will be presented:

• Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis (Daïchi Saïto, Canada 2009, 10 min., 35mm)
  

  Entirely hand-processed by the filmmaker, Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis, with the contrapuntal violin by Malcolm Goldstein, is a poem of vision and sound that seeks certain perceptual insight and revelation through a syntactical structure based on patterns, variations, and repetition.

• Void (Josh Romphf, Canada/U.S. 2015, 8 min., DCP)
  

  Meshes and wireframes erupt spontaneously in space, while the camera meanders randomly toward an uncertain vanishing point. A computer program written for virtual reality and adapted for a cinematic environment.

• Engram of Returning (Daïchi Saïto, Canada 2015, 18 min., 35mm)
  

  An epic 35mm Cinemascope metaphysical travelogue that reveals a supernal world which pulses and flickers with formal patterns and deep hues.

• Twilight Zone (Josh Romphf, Canada/U.S. 2016, 10 min., DCP)
  

  Two technicians discover the concept of recursion while calibrating a video deck, setting off a series of increasingly abstract spatial and temporal loops.

[source: George Eastman Museum website, 2016-Sep-12]