A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

A SPELL TO WARD OFF THE DARKNESS, DIR. BEN RIVERS AND BEN RUSSELL, 2013, FILM STILL. A SPELL TO WARD OFF THE DARKNESS, DIR. BEN RIVERS AND BEN RUSSELL, 2013, FILM STILL. Logan Center for the Arts Screening room, 2nd floor 915 E 60th St Chicago, IL 60637 [view map ] Starring musician Robert A.A. Lowe, 
A Spell… follows an unnamed character through three seemingly disparate moments in his life: in the midst of a 15-person collective on a small Estonian island; in isolation in the majestic wilderness of Northern Finland; and during a black metal concert in Norway. Marked by solitude, ecstatic beauty, and an optimism of the darkest sort, this hypnotic film is at once a document of experience and an experience itself, an inquiry into transcendence that sees the cinema as a site for transformation. The Renaissance Society will stay open until 6:45pm for viewing Ben Rivers, Urth before the screening. Dir. Ben Rivers and Ben Russell, 2013, 98m, DCP Presented in partnership with the Film Studies Center, the University 
of Chicago.