Artist, curator, and educator Dicky Bahto is not only widely known for his extensive practice in photography, film, installation, performance, and his numerous collaborations with luminaries of experimental music, but also as an educator and curator who has inspired and influenced many years of students and audiences alike with his profound appreciation and passion for the time-based arts and beyond. His varied and complex engagement with moving image and photographic media is steeped in a deeply felt humanity and empathy, manifesting through his inspired photographic eye and frequently direct interaction with and appreciation of the material vitality of film and cinema. His films achieve heightened emotional states of great intimacy and poetry, often channeling the uniquely aleatory qualities of film to carry a sensuality and spirituality hovering in the space between loving depiction and vaporous abstraction.
Filmforum is thrilled to showcase the work of its longtime friend and periodic collaborator, as we present a program of recent work by Dicky Bahto, including pieces made in collaboration with musicians Sarah Davachi and Raum (Liz Harris + Jefre Cantu-Ledesma). The evening will conclude with a new expanded cinema collaboration with Tashi Wada.
