Program description

2008

A narrative in three parts where Miss Roder was or was not be revealed. Late at night in an old warehouse in Flinders Lane, Melbourne, the search was conducted. Employing tactics of confusion, observation, surveillance, and confession, we looked for the answers to the question; Who is Miss Roder?

This program featured a series of performance film events from international guests and some of Australia's leading exponents of expanded cinema, noise, video mixing, and contemporary performance. Intermission: Who is Miss Roder? left a lasting memory of captured images in a woven narrative that brought gesture, intervention, and feedback to the fore of the cinematic experience.

Each work explored performance within cinema through various means—from the prepared screens of Guy Sherwin (UK), the responsive environment played by Jon Pak (AUS), to the ritualised actions of Ben Russell (USA), and the monotones of Steven Ball (UK). Audiences moved from one installation to the next - screens, sound desks, 16mm projections, soundscapes, an enigmatic narrative—were all part of the search for the elusive Miss Roder.

Presented by MIFF and Greyspace in association with Otherfilm, supported by Arts House.