Le Ratoire : PLANT FILMS
Mon, Oct 02
|Epsilon Spires
An evening of 16mm celluloid chemically processed with wild plants by the French/American filmmaking collective Le Ratoire, including the world premiere of Sediments (2023), filmed while canoeing the Mahicannittuk (Hudson) river and processed with invasive species collected along the journey.


Time & Location
Oct 02, 2023, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
Le Ratoire is a filmmaking collective composed of Léa Lanoë, Pierre Borel (Labo L'argent, Marseille, France), Katherine Bauer, Joyce Lainé, and Loïc Verdillon (Atelier MTK, Grenoble, France). Since 2019, they have elaborated a methodology for collective filmmaking wherein each film is defined by a particular set of parameters ; both technical and, especially, situational. Sometimes referring to their practice as “action-filming”, the members of le Ratoire meet to create all aspects and stages of the film in a single go, from filming, processing, and printing to the final edit.
The name “Le Ratoire” refers to the verb in french, rater, that means “to miss, fail, or flunk” and laboratoire, indicating the analog hand-made laboratory practices that each film is made with. When spoken, it sounds like l’oratoire, referencing the oracular and prophetic, in echo to the instinct that must be used in each filmmaking experience to find the film’s final…
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Le Ratoire: Plant Films
Admission for one to Le Ratoire: PLANT FILMS. Refreshments will be provided! Please choose your seating with respect for others and let us know if you require special arrangements. Thank you for your support! Enjoy the program!
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