For what would prove to be his final film, Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami gave himself a challenge: to create a dialogue between his work as a filmmaker and his work as a photographer, bridging the two art forms to which he had dedicated his life. Setting out to reconstruct the moments immediately before and after a photograph is taken, Kiarostami selected 24 still images - most of them stark landscapes inhabited only by foraging birds and other wildlife - and digitally animated each one into its own subtly evolving four-and-a-half minute vignette, creating a series of poignant studies in movement, perception, and time.
Opening a window to life outside the realm of narrative film, 24 Framesbegs to be met on its own terms and CGAC answers Kiarostami’s challenge by hosting three curated screenings consisting of a brief introduction and a post-film conversation with the audience. On March 4, Director of Programming Nat Chediak will focus on Kiarostami’s work as a filmmaker. On March 5, Poet and Deputy Chief Copy Editor at El Nuevo Herald German Guerra will explore, in Spanish, the poetics of the film. And on March 6, President of ArtCenter/South Florida Dennis Scholl and Bass Museum Assistant Curator Leilani Lynch will approach 24 Frames as a work of art.