IF 20|21

The true benefits of new technologies will only be discovered by generations
that are unbiased and less judgmental, namely people who are perhaps already
completely – and inevitably – transformed by these same new technologies.
We are standing at the edge of a precipice shifting before our very eyes, accelerated
both by predictable factors such as commercial interests, as well as seemingly
unpredictable events, such as viral pandemics. There is only one thing that
remains certain: Whatever transformation or wonder lies beyond our horizon, it
only can and hopefully will be facilitated by the persistence of progressive forces,
such as Innovative Film.
Jurij Meden (b. 1977) is a Slovenian film scholar, writer, programmer and
award-winning experimental filmmaker currently working as curator and
head of the film program at the Austrian Film Museum in Vienna, while also
serving as co-director of the Nitrate Picture Show and editor-in-chief of
KINO! (www.e-kino.si). Meden previously worked as a curator at the George
Eastman House and the Slovenian Cinematheque, and as adjunct professor
of experimental film and video art at University of Nova Gorica School of
Arts Department. In addition to his curatorial and filmmaking activities,
Meden has written and co-written more than 250 publications on cinema.
Revised in English by Eve Heller