Koyaanisqatsi / Urban Episodes / Powers of Ten

De Kijkdichtheid van de Hemel is a new film series in Netwerk in collaboration with Visual Arts Academy of Aalst, where timeless film classics are linked to great experimental films and the exhibitions.

Koyaanisqatsi (Godfrey Reggio)
1982, 86'

‘Koyaanisqatsi’ is derived from the language of the Hopi Indians en means as much as ‘Life unbalanced’. According to the film humanity has become its own technology: all human activity is directed by the technology they created. This hypnotic image-essay from 1982 - an experiment with light, speed, sound and colour, assembled on the tones of music by Philip Glass - is a hallucinatory audio-visual experience without plot or comments.

+ Experimental films:
Urban Episodes (Steina Vasulka, 1980, US, 9’)
Powers of Ten (Ray & Charles Eames, 1977, US, 9')