THE EXPLODING HEAD: SOUND AND TRAUMA IN APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL’S MEMORIA | film lecture 2
Film screening and discussion with Michel Schöpping, Marina Borovaya and Etienne Kallos
Thanks to everyone for joining!
What is the role of sound in film? How can sound be a sign of personal trauma? In the Conservatoire’s New Music Lab, with its tremendous sound system we will explore these questions focussing on the amazing 2021 Jury Prize winner at Cannes Film Festival:
Memoria by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 136 mins
A film about a woman visiting Bogotá who is woken one morning by a loud ‘bang’. This haunting sound dispels her sleep for days, calling into question her identity and guiding her from recording studios to secluded jungle villages in an attempt to find its source.
What will the event look like? Sound designer Michel Schöpping will join us in person to give an introduction into the role of sound design in filmmaking. After the screening of Memoria we will take a break with some food and drinks, before hearing Michel’s reflection on the film. Next, we welcome two online guests from Athens and Tromsø – Etienne Kallos and Marina Borovaya. Etienne will talk about his relationship to the film as a filmmaker, and Marina will speak about her research into acousmatic sound and trauma in Memoria. We will end the evening with a discussion and Q&A.
Film Lectures 2024-2026 is a Master’s series by the Lectorate FILM, Erik Viskil and Georgie Brinkman
In this series, designed for students of KABK and the Royal Conservatoire, we explore the principles of filmmaking through mostly socially engaged films and video works from different periods and cultures. In one year, we start with narrative fiction and eventually arrive at the documentary or beyond; in the next, we move from facts and reasoning towards acted fiction, but always with room for abstraction and experiment. The programme has practical, theoretical, historical, anthropological and political dimensions and invites reflection and debate. FILM is Frame, Image, Language, Movement and SOUND.
Following sessions: 12 December, 23 January, 13 February, 21 March, 10 April, 8 May
