A few questions with Robbie Land

Floridaland and other new 16mm works screens at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia on Friday

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  • ROBBIE LAND
  • Robbie Land, “Elaine Drive”



Atlanta’s long-running series for avant-garde cinema, Film Love, returns this weekend with a premiere of new works by Atlanta-based filmmaker Robbie Land. The screening will include a selection of Land’s older shorts alongside four recently completed films: “Precipice,” “Old Florida Salt Marsh,” “Micanopy Winter Wonderland,” and “Floridaland.”

Land’s work is noted for using a number of unusual production techniques, including composing entire works without a camera by adhere materials directly the to film. A number of those films reference Florida, where Land grew up alongside his older brother, the visual artist RLand. We caught up with Land this week to hear more about his work before the films screen on Friday at MOCA GA.

What’s your background? When did you start making films?

I’ve worked in various situations, such as photographer for an engineering firm, science magazine and lightning research facility in Florida. This exposed me to numerous techniques and materials, which I now employ in my films.

I began making films perhaps twelve or fifteen years ago, maybe more. Started with a $3 super8 camera from a thrift store. Guess super8 or small DV is how most makers begin and move-on to larger formats, but I still prefer super8.