Transformations:

RPM Retrospective

Benny Shaffer, Wenhua Shi

April 16, 2024 @ Colgate University, Alternative Cinema

Revolutions Per Minute (RPM) is a Boston-based, artist-run festival devoted to experimental cinematic work in animation, documentary, essay film, installation, and audiovisual performance. RPM was founded in 2013 with the exhibition RPM: Sound Art China at Colgate University and Experimental Intermedia in NYC. Co-curated by Dajuin Yao and Wenhua Shi, the program featured 30 sound artists and traveled to Shanghai and Hong Kong. RPM subsequently expanded its scope to encompass a broader media art and experimental cinema landscape and relocated to Boston in 2019. Two touring programs celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the inaugural program at Colgate University.

Program:

Winter’s First Moons dir. Kathleen Rugh, 2018, 3 min 


Radiant Forms dir. Ryan Marino, 2022, 7 min 


Bathers dir. Douglas Urbank, 2019, 4 min


LIMEN dir. Kathryn Ramey, 2019, 12 min 


Prologue to the Tarot: Glenna dir. Brittany Gravely & Kenneth Linehan, 2018, 7 min


Amusement Ride dir. Tomonari Nishikawa, 2019, 6 min 


601 Revir Drive dir. Josh Weissbach, 2017, 6 min 


Water Mining (Eaton Canyon) dir. Kate Lain, 2021, 5 min 


In and Out a Window dir. Richard Tuohy, 2021, 12 min


Self Portrait with Bag dir. Dianna Barrie, 2020, 6 min


Ill Composto dir. Moviate (Josh Drake, James Hollenbaugh, Jeremy Moss, Caleb Smith), 2023, 4 min (pictured, above)