Claudio Caldini (born 1952) is an Argentine experimental filmmaker.
Claudio Caldini (born 1952) is an Argentine experimental filmmaker.
Caldini was born in 1952 and learned as a child how to use a camera. [1] His earliest films, starting in the late 1960s, were silent works documenting concerts in Buenos Aires. [2] Caldini joined the Unión de Cineastas de Paso Reducido (UNCIPAR) film collective, but his work was met with hostility there. [3] He came to be associated with other experimental Super 8 filmmakers known as the Grupo Cine Experimental Argentino, or the Grupo Goethe. [4] His 1975 film Ventana, in which he captured a narrow band of light coming through a window and layered it upon itself with various camera movements, marked a shift away from realism. [5]
After a stay in a psychiatric hospital, Caldini visited the Auroville planned community in 1978. [6] Ofrenda (1978) was made shortly after, while he was staying at his father's house. The film shows daisies from his father's garden, shot one frame at a time. [7] [8] For many years, Caldini moved regularly, spending time in Argentina, India, and France. His activities during the 1980s included working as a stagehand, working as a lighting technician for Batato Barea , becoming a keyboardist, and working with a dance company. [6] Andrés Di Tella published a 2011 book Hachazos about Caldini, along with a documentary film the following year. [3]
Caldini's films are often described as "poetic" or "lyrical". [6] Matt Losada connects the works not through shared techniques, but rather their ability to "reveal the hypnotic power of pure forms of nature". [8] He notes a frequent interest in plants and light, which he likens to the work of American filmmaker Nathaniel Dorsky. [8] Caldini's late career has embraced live film performance and elements of expanded cinema. [6]
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