The 19th edition of Glued & Screwed is an exciting collaboration with Experimental Art Space 1646. Centered around 1646’s past exhibitor Sam Keogh and wysiwyg’s long-time collaborator Juan Arturo García, the program promises an intriguingly abstract and slightly whimsical metaphysical journey into the world of (decommissioned) scientific sites. Beginning within a nuclear reactor in Bogotá, the program gradually zooms out, revealing the many layers that surround these often secretive but always inaccessible spaces of governing mega-structures.
The polysemantic title of The Clearing couldn’t be more fitting. We start by staring into the vast blankness of the cinema’s piercing white screen—is the clearing referenced in the title? Accompanied by Roel Meelkop’s ambient sound piece, the screen gradually fills with the abstract charcoal drawings of co-director Marco Douma—perhaps this is the act of clearing to which the title refers? Ultimately, the film offers a beautifully abstract, metaphysical experience, guiding you into an 8-minute-long, relaxing yet thought-provoking trance—especially when viewed within the context of a darkened cinema space.
Filmhuis Den Haag
Spui 191
2511 BN Den Haag
https://filmhuisdenhaag.nl/films/glued-screwed-19
Other participants:
Johann Lurf, Juan Arturo García, Sam Keogh
Twelve Tales Told (Austria, 2014, 4′) by Johann Lurf
Time, Displaced (Colombia/The Netherlands, 2023, 20′) by Juan Arturo García
RECONNAISSANCE (Austria, 2012, 5′) by Johann Lurf
Silicon Valley (Ireland, 2024, 15′) by Sam Keogh
