15/09/2026
Listen with your eyes is an ongoing series of screenings for children of all ages and their grown-up companions.
It’s a space where curious minds and open hearts can come together to drift through the worlds of experimental cinema. This screening is organised in collaboration with Light Cone, the Paris-based non-profit distributor of experimental cinema. All the films in the programme are drawn from its collection of more than 7,500 films.
Presented on 16mm and 35mm, the films in this programme span seven decades, from Len Lye’s hand-painted and stencilled imagery in Colour Flight (1938) to Jodie Mack’s stroboscopic exploration of the history of weaving patterns in Persian Pickles (2012). Moving across a rich array of techniques – painting, animation, flicker and more – the programme also traverses vastly different worlds: from the magical realm imagined by Anita Thacher in Loose Corner (1986) to the cosmogonic journey of J.A. Sistiaga’s Impressions en haute atmosphère (1989), with uncanny encounters with the animal world along the way, in films by R. Breer, G. Rey and J. Smith.
Ticket holders are welcome to join us early for a free 16mm direct animation activity between 10am and 11am.
🗓️ Sunday 4 October 11am, Institute of Contemporary Arts
Still from:
La vache qui rumine (George Rey, 1969)
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Listen with your eyes 7: Experimental films for families 🎨
🗓️ Sunday 4 October 11am, Institute of Contemporary Arts
Still from:
Colour Flight (Len Lye, 1938)
Listen with your eyes 7: Experimental films for families 🎨
🗓️ Sunday 4 October 11am, Institute of Contemporary Arts
Still from:
Impressions en haute atmosphère (José Antonio Sistiaga, 1989)
Listen with your eyes 7: Experimental films for families 🎨
🗓️ Sunday 4 October 11am, Institute of Contemporary Arts
Still from:
Abstronic (Mary Ellen Bute & Ted Nemeth, 1952)
Listen with your eyes 7: Experimental films for families 🎨
🗓️ Sunday 4 October 11am, Institute of Contemporary Arts
Still from:
Loose Corner (Anitha Thacher, 1986)
Listen with your eyes 7: Experimental films for families 🎨
🗓️ Sunday 4 October 11am, Institute of Contemporary Arts
Still from:
Abstronic (Mary Ellen Bute & Ted Nemeth, 1952)
Listen with your eyes 7: Experimental films for families 🎨
🗓️ Sunday 4 Octo
