Carl Abrahamsson

Lunacy for everyone

October 28, 2017

Lunacy was first screened at the Occult Film Festival in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 27th 2017. It was a truly honoring experience for me as the context wasn’t really a context but actually more like a temporary home for many cinematic gems of different kinds. Anna Biller’s The Love Witch (2016, filmed and shown on 35 mm), Kenneth Anger’s Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome, Invocation of my Demon Brother, Lucifer Rising and The Man we want to hang (all shown on 16 mm) would have been ”enough” to blow many minds. But on top were also the 1920s stag film The Black Mass, the German masterpiece Wolkenschatten (2014) and Pierre Clementis Visa de Censure (1975). In all, a strange and hefty mix of truly artistic expressions of integrity. To have Lunacy screened in this mix was actually more than an honor. It was an acknowledgement, an approval, and decidedly an inspiration for further film projects. Lunacy isn’t ”about” the moon per se but could perhaps be seen as being permeated...

Occult film festival debuts “LUNACY”

October 23, 2017

The Occult Film Festival in Copenhagen, organised by the excellent film historian Jack Stevenson, will host the world premiere of my new film LUNACY. In many ways, this film is a continuation of the state of mind inflicted by 2016’s SUB UMBRA ALARUM LUNA. Shot mainly on super-8 and carrying massive lunar respect, the film transports you to a different realm. The work process for this film was quite different though. Where SUB UMBRA is accompanied by a live soundtrack by Cotton Ferox, LUNACY takes off from cut-ups about the moon made, read and recorded by Vanessa Sinclair. I then made the music for these four long pieces, and these in turn constitute the structure of the film. The Occult Film Festival takes place on October 26-29 at Husets Biograf in central Copenhagen. I will also introduce the films on the other evenings. Please follow these links for more information.

New interview at Heathen Harvest

October 9, 2017

I was recently interviewed by Raul Antony for Heathen Harvest’s great podcast. More than an hour of interesting stuff, including plugs for my upcoming book OCCULTURE – THE UNSEEN FORCES THAT DRIVE CULTURE FORWARD. Enjoy!

Look for the future-past

September 26, 2017

Here’s some information about a recent film festival that Sub Umbra Alarum Luna was part of, curated by Marilyn Roxie. “look to the future-past” is an online exhibition for isthisit? (isthisitisthisit.com) bringing together contemporary videos that make reference back to video art and experimental film of the past. Over the course of the week, these videos will be revealed to you in ones and twos, culminating in an hour-long compilation of the whole. Structural film, video feedback, collage…Brakhage, Jarman, Rosler, Paik, the Vasulkas…Styles, techniques, and hallowed names to deconstruct, update, and upend. Abstraction and ambience reign supreme in this collection of works, though the drama of the everyday too shines through. Full artist bios and video descriptions available at marilynroxie.com/2017/09/01/look-to-the-future-past-curated-by-marilyn-roxie-1st-8th-september/ look to the future-past for isthisit? from Marilyn Roxie on Vimeo...