Tuesday 22nd October | 7pm | Free

Drawing from the fundamentals of cinema in which people and storylines are discarded, an alternative form of filmmaking emerges, one which offers the viewer an experience quite different to the theatrical, narrative tradition. The play of colours and light, and the harnessing of experimental sounds, forges another way of seeing and thinking about the presentation of audiovisual phenomena. This programme of short films from the past and present delves into the area of pure abstraction, and promises a stimulating and psychedelic journey.

About Synch Pulse

Dedicated to screening short experimental films, Synch Pulse features a themed selection delving into the archives to show vintage and contemporary work, with a strong emphasis on electronic and experimental music soundtracks. Designed as a free entry, monthly get-together for the uninitiated as well as devotees of underground movies and alternative sounds, it is compiled and presented by Brighton based artist-filmmaker and electronic music composer, Ian Helliwell.

Carefully assembled, each Synch Pulse programme will include local and international avant-garde shorts from past and present to explore a specific theme as represented through experimental film, animation and documentary, often with unusual electronic soundtracks. The hope is to create an ongoing series of relaxed short film evenings - plus occasional performances and discussions - to create a nexus for independent, left field movies. Future themed programmes will cover: architecture; railways; cities; sound visualization; space flight; world's fairs; collage; analogue synthesizers; time; and synthetic sound.