Film Screening: 'Infinity According to Florian'

Screening followed by a conversation with filmmaker Oleksiy Radynski

Image: Still from Infinity According to Florian, a movie by Oleksiy Radynski

Sunday, April 23, 2023
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM (Pacific Time)

James Bridges Theater, UCLA

Infinity According to Florian deals with questions related to the legendary figure of Kyiv-based architect Florian Yuriev. The film also recounts why capitalism is a thing of the past, and what happens when you divide one by infinity.

Doors open: 2:30 PM
ASL interpretation provided by Pro Bono ASL.

The Center for European and Russian Studies (CERS) in co-sponsorship with the Department of Slavic, East European and Eurasian Languages and Cultures and the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television invite you to the screening of Infinity According to Florian by Oleksiy Radynski. The screening will take place on Sunday, April 23, 2023 at 3pm in the James Bridges Theater on UCLA campus, and will be followed by a conversation with the artist.

This screening is organized in collaboration with Kyiv to LA, made possible by a generous grant from Nora McNeely Hurley and the Manitou Fund.

About Infinity According to Florian

What is Earth? What is a solar system? What is humanity? Who is Florian Yuriev? Why did he build a UFO building in Kyiv? Will we be able to use it for its intended purpose in the future? Infinity According to Florian deals with these questions, related to the legendary figure of Kyiv-based architect Florian Yuriev. This film also recounts why capitalism is a thing of the past, and what happens when you divide one by infinity. After having a world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam, Infinity According to Florian has been screened at festivals including Docs Against Gravity, DocAviv, Krakow IFF, Sheffield Doc Fest, DOK Leipzig and others, and received the Kinokolo Best Ukrainian Documentary Award from the Union of Ukrainian Film Critics.

Filmmaker

Oleksiy Radynski is a filmmaker based in Kyiv, Ukraine. He was born in 1984 and raised on the ruins of a Documentary Film Studio in Kyiv. After studying film theory at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, he took part in several film education experiments including Home Workspace Program (Ashkal Alwan, Beirut) and Labor in a Single Shot by Harun Farocki and Antje Ehmann. His films have been screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam, Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, e-flux (New York), the Institute of Contemporary Arts (London), Krakow IFF, DOK Leipzig, DoсAviv, Sheffield Doc Fest, Docudays IFF, S A V V Y Contemporary (Berlin), International Studio & Curatorial Program (New York), among other places, and received a number of festival awards. As an essayist he contributed to publications including Proxy Politics: Power and Subversion in a Networked Age (Archive Books, 2017), Art and Theory of Post-1989 Central and East Europe: A Critical Anthology (MoMA, 2018), and e-flux journal. [Portrait photograph of Oleksiy Radynski by Anastasiya Mantach]

About Kyiv to LA

Kyiv to LA is a joint exhibition and residency project that supports Ukrainian arts at a time when Ukrainian sovereignty and culture are under attack. Organized by Marathon Screenings and independent curator Asha Bukojemsky, the initiative invites six Ukrainian artists and art historians to participate in a Los Angeles based residency, culminating in a public program of talks, screenings, listening sessions and presentations. The project marks a unique and timely collaboration with several LA-based organizations and institutions including 18th Street Arts Center; Institute of Contemporary Arts, Los Angeles (ICA LA); GRI Scholars Program; Villa Aurora Thomas Mann House (VATMH); The Center for European and Russian Studies, UCLA; The Fulcrum; and Art at the Rendon. Additional programming hosted by e-flux in New York. Kyiv to LA is made possible by a generous grant from Nora McNeely Hurley and Manitou Fund.

Venue

James Bridges Theater
235 Charles E. Young Drive East
1409 Melnitz Hall
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Parking

Parking at UCLA requires a valid permit at all times. Campus parking is available 24-hours a day at varying prices. Nearest parking to the event venue is Parking Structure 3 (P3). P3 rates: $3.00 - $15.00 (1 hour - all day). Visit UCLA Visitor Parking for information about how to pay.

Sponsor(s): Center for European and Russian Studies, UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, Department of Slavic, East European & Eurasian Languages & Cultures