Next Saturday Leandro Katz’s films Splits (1978) and The visit (1986) will be previewed at the Auditorium. At 6.30PM, the artist will be available for a conversation with the audience.

Program
3 PM. Splits (1978) / The visit (1986)
4 PM. Splits (1978) / The visit (1986)
5 PM. Artists + Critics: Leandro Katz and Ana Longoni visit Imán: Nueva York exhibition (+ info>>)
6.30 PM. Splits (1978) / The visit (1986) projection and conversation with Leandro Katz.

Splits, 1978. 16mm/DVD, colour
With Lynn Anander, Kathy Gales and John Levin
Cinematography: Viktor Vondracek
Concept, montage and direction: Leandro Katz
Script based on Jorge Luis Borges’ short story ‘Emma Zunz’

“Splits”, 1978. 16mm/DVD, colour, sound. Dir. Leandro Katz

The visit, 1986. 16mm/DVD, black and white
With Mark Boone Junior and José Rafael Arango
Cinematography: Viktor Vondracek
Concept, montage y direction: Leandro Katz

“The visit”, 1986. 16mm/DVD, black and white, sound. Dir. Leandro Katz

Plot: “The visit” is a suspense dark comedy recreating film noir’s mysterious atmosphere and surrounding the classic topic of the unwanted guest. Without any intelligible dialogue, the film emphasizes on the importance of sound effects to the point where the action acquires a radio broadcast quality to it. The narrative space slowly turns into a labyrinth and the film becomes a kafkian haunt in the dark.
“The visit” ’s plot could be reduced to the following: a man buries a secret parcel in a field. However, there is something else there. The climate of hysteria accelerates from the beginning of the film; and later on (when the film starts over), one can wonder: is this film about the power relationships between men? Does it deal with capitalism, with the relationship between the self and the others or more likely with narrative interpolations that try to squeeze from the audience all the traditional codes and erase all trace incredulity to then inculcate a more perverse, fair ideology where men are not only created equal but identical?