Matthew Berka (b. Australia) is an artist-filmmaker and composer whose work crosses the boundaries of the film-essay and poetic cinema. Often constructed through the connective tissue of disparate sounds and images, the films find patterns of meaning through association and feeling. Defying a materialist view of the world they offer a speculative vision of matter. Previous screenings and exhibitions include International Film Festival Rotterdam, Melbourne International Film Festival, SF Cinematheque's CROSSROADS, Millennium Film Workshop, New York, Onion City Experimental Film Festival, Chicago, Close-Up Cinema, London, Antimatter [media art], Victoria, BC, and ZÉRUÌ, London. Berka also works as a Time-based media conservator for Tate Gallery and contributes to the programming of Mackintosh Lane, an artist-run gallery in East London.
matthew.j.berka@gmail.com