Episode #8 - Metahaven on Digital Tarkovsky
Cinéclub Podcast #8 is a conversation with Daniel van der Velden, who works alongside Vinca Kruk under the name Metahaven. They are based in the Netherlands and produce all kinds of interesting work including graphic design work, films, and writing, including their essay Digital Tarkovsky which was published in book form in 2018. A recent bio is below: The work of Metahaven encompasses filmmaking, writing, and design. Their films include The Feeling Sonnets (Transitional Object) (2024), Chaos Theory (2021), Hometown (2018), and Information Skies (2016), nominated for the European Film Awards 2017. Their films have been screened at festivals including CPH:DOX, Docs Against Gravity, IFFR, and others. Metahaven’s recent publications include Digital Tarkovsky (2018), a book-length essay about cinema. Metahaven has presented solo exhibitions at MoMA PS1, New York, ICA, London, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, Izolyatsia, Kyiv, e-flux, New York, State of Concept Athens, and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, among others, as well as participated in group exhibitions at Artists Space, New York, the Museum of Modern Art Warsaw, Ghost: 2561, Bangkok, M HKA, Antwerp, the Gwangju Biennale, the Sharjah Biennial, and many others. In Digital Tarkovsky, Metahaven use the films of Andrei Tarkovsky to imagine new possibilities for filmmaking and digital technology. This conversation with Daniel was recorded back in June, and we discussed the links between smartphones and film, the concept of “sloppy time”, the potential for artificial intelligence to create a new form of cinema, how our changing sense of duration in the digital realm might be considered Tarkovskyan, and much more. Show notes here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit cineclub.substack.com
