Events In A Cloud Chamber

SUPER 8 + 16MM | 16:9 | ENGLISH | SOUND | B&W + COLOR | 20 MINS | 2016

In 1969, Akbar Padamsee, one of the pioneers of Modern Indian painting, made a visionary 16mm film called Events In A Cloud Chamber. This was one of the only Indian experimental films ever made. The print is now lost and no copies exist. Over 40 years later, filmmaker Ashim Ahluwalia worked with Padamsee, now 89 years old, to remake the film.



A BEAUTIFUL INVESTIGATION INTO THEMES OF IMPERMENANCE AND THE POWER OF CINEMA TO MAKE THE PAST COME ALIVE
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AHLUWALIA (CREATES) A DIALOGUE WITH HISTORY BY REMAKING A LOST 1969 FILM OF THE SAME NAME REALIZED ON 16MM BY THE ARTIST AKBAR PADAMSEE. BEAUTIFUL!
Brooklyn Magazine

SHOT ON CELLULOID, LENDING IT THE SENSE OF AN ENIGMA, AN ARTEFACT WHOSE ORIGINS ARE ONLY PARTIALLY KNOWN...  A MOVING CODA THAT EVOKES THE IDEA OF THE EVANESCENCE OF HUMAN LIFE.
The Daily Pao

A TESTAMENT TO THE ARTISTS THAT WERE, AND THE ART THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN 
Architectural Digest

A FILM OF ASTOUNDING BEAUTY AND SENSITIVITY 
Hindustan Times 

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