Absolute Time is cinema extreme. Flickering, pulsating and cutting up space and time. Absolute Time presents some of the most extreme films made: The Flicker by Tony Conrad, solely black and white frames, and the beautiful underwater films by the Dutch filmmaker Gerard Holthuis. The programme deals with the perception of the individual film frame: 24 times per second. How does cinema alters our senses by introducing the effect of flickering images? Absolute Time reveals the illusion of time and motion and how the sublime of the true cinematic experience works.

Titles:
- The Flicker, Tony Conrad, 1966 30’00, 16mm, b/w, mono
- Instructions for a light and sound machine, Peter Tscherkassky, 2006, 17’00, 25mm, b/w, stereo
- Marsa Abu Galawa, Gerard Holthuis, 2004, 13′00, 35mm, colour, Dolby Digital
- Abu Kiffan, Gerard Holthuis, 2004, 7′00, 35mm, colour, Dolby Digital
- Feld, Granular Synthesis, 2005, 6′00, DVD, colour, stereo
- Noisefields, Steina & Woody Vasulka, 1974, 6′04″, DVD, colour, stereo
- Around Perception, Pierre Hebert, 1968, 16′27″, DVD, colour
- Opus 3, Pierre Hebert, 1966, 6′56″, DVD, b/w