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Pulling Out All the Stops

Super8, 16mm, 35mm and digital projectors | variable | 2026

Pulling Out All the Stops is a performative inauguration ritual created for the reopening of the Arsenal cinema on 3 May 2026. Inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach's practice of testing an organ by drawing all its stops at once, the work proposes an analogous test of the cinema's "lungs." Motion picture projectors of different gauges are activated sequentially without film, their beams of white light accumulating on a single screen to form a shared field of illumination. Conceived as both a technical test and a ceremonial act, the performance marks the opening of the cinema by allowing the space to breathe before the first images appear.

Image Reference

1.) Kino Arsenal Opening 2026
© Juan Camilo Roa

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Distant Feeler

Goliatus & Carabida (1977-1997)

35mm slides | 30 min | color | 2022

The Distant Feeler was a contraption created by the artist duo Goliatus & Carabida. It was the result of their attempt at creating a telepathic cinema; a project they worked on from 1977 to 1997. What is left of their project are the remnants of a device they called “Distant Feeler” and a manifesto with the title “Distant Feelings or signs of a perfect lover”. From these remnants, which we were fortunate to find, we’ve created our own version of the device. However, we cannot claim that it is a true replica of the original. We tried to reconstruct the machine but much of what we found was broken or had no discernible use. Luckily, the slides were in reasonably good shape.

Image Reference

1.) Tromsø Kunstforening; Tromsø Norway 2023
@ Mihaly Stefanovicz
2.) Tallinn Photomonth Contemporary Art Biennial; Tallinn, Estonia 2023
@ Saara Mildeberg & Erik Hõim

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