Ernesto Baca

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In a world where technological progress is conceived as an arrow pointing forward, why do some people insist on continuing to work with equipment others refer to as obsolete? Analog Thinking answers that question by documenting the meticulous work of those who choose that path. The screen becomes filled with wonderful objects—optical toys, cameras, projectors, film stock cans, moviolas… And the testimonies from those creators invite us to discover a universe that has a lot to do with both craftsmanship and the collective experience—an instance of thinking with your hands that is only possible with curiosity and patience. And among the words, practices and artifacts, Analog Thinking also saves a place for the images that are born from all of that. And it reminds us that, even in this digital age, they still have a lot to teach us about waiting and making mistakes, surprise and beauty.

In December 2012, Kodak stopped producing celluloid, which meant the end of one era and the beginning of another for the cinema, with digital technology settling industrially around the world. It also had a fulminating effect on Ernesto Baca, one of the pillars of experimental cinema in Argentina. Requiem for a forgotten film begins with that emotional blow, with the director in the first person, in a proposal that intercalates biographical elements (his life in Florencio Varela , the relationship with his mother, his teachers, the influence of Claudio Caldini, and ... until his own wake!) with others of (science) fiction, in which Baca himself appears as a scientist in his laboratory, activating devices with the goal of carrying out Proyecto argenta, the first virgin film of national industry that allows him - and also his group of friends of the Super 8 Club - to continue filming against the digital advance.

Some friends who haven't woken up yet. Black and white-color-shaded-scratched-painted.

3 min, color, sound, 16mm, Argentina

An experimental documentary that portrays Jiva's life within a Hindu family that practices the Hare Krishna religion. Jiva lives in a typical house in the Buenos Aires suburbs with his wife and eight children, where a deep religiosity constantly filters into everyday life. Throughout the film, a split screen reflects the different aspects of this way of life.

An experimental documentary that portrays Jiva's life within a Hindu family that practices the Hare Krishna religion. Jiva lives in a typical house in the Buenos Aires suburbs with his wife and eight children, where a deep religiosity constantly filters into everyday life. Throughout the film, a split screen reflects the different aspects of this way of life.

Experimental tour through the gardens of friends and acquaintances together with voice-over poems. Recorded in different formats overexposed during the live projection.

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Silver men enter consciences and appropriate desires. They travel through landscapes of oneiric impulses with the aim of processing the information to dominate the individuals’ needs. The inner universe reveals visions in which a possible reality is held.

Silver men enter consciences and appropriate desires. They travel through landscapes of oneiric impulses with the aim of processing the information to dominate the individuals’ needs. The inner universe reveals visions in which a possible reality is held.

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Two marginal beings meet, go out on the road, dream of a possible fate while the past haunts them.

Two marginal beings meet, go out on the road, dream of a possible fate while the past haunts them.

Vrindavana is an observational documentary that portraits a sensory trip through India's spirituality. An evocative journey along rituals, pilgrimages and ceremonies with the tiny village of Vrindavana as a starting point. An experimental film where audiovisual perception prevails through a sensorial narrative.

This film is a secret and also an offering. When we add our initials we are the closest thing to love, to teaching and to a certain greatness. We met in the worst year of our lives and somehow you chose to save me and I to adore you.

An echo of images superimposed on themselves. Double exposure, and copied in Cyanotype on super 8. with General Treegan

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Baca captures the Ratha Yatra festivals in Buenos Aires between 1999 and 2004.

Experimental film on the motifs of natura and image effects.

Orbiting through the earth, a set of minerals that move (silver halures intervened), the female bodies acquire various expressions, is allowed to carry the limited of its course, stimulating abstract worlds, where the imagery is reflected in dance and movement.

Short experimental film by Ernesto Baca

Short experimental film by Ernesto Baca

A short film by the Argentinian experimental filmmaker Ernesto Baca

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Portrait of my friend Marcelo Maman in black and white. Super 8 film intervened with sodium hypochlorite.