RPMFestival
rpmfestival.bsky.social
RPMFestival
@rpmfestival.bsky.social
RPM festival, an artist run festival, is dedicated to short-form poetic, personal, cinematic work in experiments, essay film, animation, documentary, video and audiovisual performance.

https://revolutionsperminutefest.org
Gunvor Nelson
Call & Response: Relay

Saturday, Dec. 6th 7PM
The Goethe Institut, Boston
170 Beacon Street
Boston

All 16mm program Free with RSVP: rpmfestival.ticketspice.com/dec6-7pm-gun...
November 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Best of RPM25
Sunday, Dec. 7th, 2PM
Brattle Theatre

We are delighted to invite you to Best of RPM25 award screening, including works by
Michael Granberry,
Janie Geiser, Sarah Ballard, Dominic Yarabe, Jeremy Drummond, Cherlyn Hsing-Hsin Liu, Karen Akerman, Miguel Seabra Lopes
November 22, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Gunvor Nelson
Call & Response: Echo

Sunday, Nov. 9th 2PM
The Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle Street
Cambridge
Massachusetts 02138
November 1, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Tonight!

Greg Kelley & Lori Goldston
Sound + Light + Movement: Trumpet + Cello + Silent Film
10 silent films interact with Lori Goldston’s live scores, reinscribing a relationship between live music and film that it is as old as film itself.
October 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
See you soon from October 9 -14.
October 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Reposted by RPMFestival
This Thursday! Very excited to collaborate with @rpmfestival.bsky.social to present a new audiovisual piece by percussionist Jon Mueller + artist Tom Lecky and six short experimental films by the late filmmaker Tomonari Nishikawa.

More info at nonevent.org
October 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
TOMONARI NISHIKAWA short films

JON MUELLER + TOM LECKY: ALL COLORS PRESENT
A sound and visual meditation

nonevent.ticketspice.com/jon-mueller-...
September 30, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Gunvor Nelson
Call & Response

Sunday, Oct. 5th 2:30PM
Harry and Mildred Remis Auditorium
(Auditorium 161)
MFA Boston
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston
Massachusetts 02115
September 30, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Reposted by RPMFestival
Coming on October 9th – a 60-minute audiovisual performance by percussionist Jon Mueller with visuals by photographer Tom Lecky and a special screening of short films by the late Tomonari Nishikawa!

Co-presented with @rpmfestival.bsky.social

Information & tickets:
www.nonevent.org/concerts/202...
Jon Mueller + Tom Lecky, All Colors Present and Tomonari Nishikawa short films — Non-Event
Non-Event and the Revolutions per Minute festival present a special double bill, featuring a live performance by percussionist Jon Mueller of All Colors Present, his collaborative work with visual a...
www.nonevent.org
September 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
September 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Gunvor Nelson
Call & Response

Sunday, Oct. 5th 2:30PM
Harry and Mildred Remis Auditorium
(Auditorium 161)
MFA Boston
465 Huntington Avenue
Boston
Massachusetts 02115

RPM Festival and MFA Boston co-present a special screening program Gunvor Nelson

Ticket Info: www.mfa.org/event/film/g...
September 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Greg Kelley + Lori Goldston
Cinematic Symbiosis

Tuesday,
October 14, 2025,
At 7:30PM

Admission: Free with RSVP

Boston City Hall
Mezzanine Level

One City Hall Plaza, Boston

rpmfestival.ticketspice.com/greg-kelley-...
September 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Reposted by RPMFestival
A reminder that this fantastic triple bill is coming up in 1 week! The last time Thomas played the Goethe it sold out at the door, so don't sleep on this one! www.nonevent.org/concerts/202...
Tom Anchorsmith, Leo Zappak, Staubitz & Waterhouse — Non-Event
Non-Event, MIT Spatial Sound Lab, and the Goethe-Institut Boston are pleased to present an evening of music featuring performances using the Serge modular synthesizer, field recordings, found objects...
www.nonevent.org
June 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Sunday, May 18th, 2PM
Behind the Scenes

a Curated Screening of Experimental Works by RPM Festival Committee Artists and Curators

Tickets: brattlefilm.org/special_even...
May 15, 2025 at 5:51 PM
RIP Tomonari Nashikawa (1969-2025)
Video from Affinity + Rhythm — A Night of Expanded Cinema, Audiovisual Performance, and Noise, RPM in Motion (03/07/2024) at the Civic Pavilion, Boston City Hall
April 20, 2025 at 7:55 PM
RPM in Motion returns

PROGRAM 5
FILM SCAN DIY Kinograph WORKSHOP
APRIL 12TH, , 11AM & 1PM

PROGRAM 6 & 7
APRIL 12TH, 3PM & 5PM

PROGRAM 8
COMUNITARIOS: RECENT EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA FROM MEXICO
APRIL 12TH, 7PM

CIVIC PAVILION
BOSTON CITY HALL
April 8, 2025 at 12:26 AM
RPM in Motion

PROGRAM 3 & 4
MARCH 22ND, 1PM & 2:30PM
GOETHE INSTITUT, BOSTON

BERLIN: SYMPHONY OF A METROPOLIS
LIVE SCORE BY
CHARLIE KOHLHASE TRIO
MARCH 22ND 7PM
GOETHE INSTITUT, BOSTON

Address:
Goethe Institut Boston
170 Beacon St
Boston
MA 02116
March 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Friday, March 21st, 7PM
Civic Pavilion
Boston City Hall, 5 Congress St,
Boston MA 02201
Light Matters

Joost Rekveld
March 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Saturday, March 22nd, 1PM
Goethe Institut Boston
170 Beacon St
Boston
MA 02116
RPM in Motion
Program 03

Free Admission:

rpmfestival.ticketspice.com/rpm-in-motio...
March 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Revolutions per Minute Festival

Friday, March. 21, 7PM
Civic Pavilion Screening

Light Matters
Joost Rekveld (NL)
Intro & Post-screening discussion: Ethan Berry, Ian Sexton & Joost Rekveld
March 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Revolutions per Minute Festival

Sunday, March 9th
7PM & 8:30PM
RPM in Motion

Program 01
Program 02

CAMlab
Lower Auditorium
485 Broadway
Cambridge MA 02138
March 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Revolutions per Minute Festival

Sunday, March 9th, 4PM
Solo Artist Screening

Lost and Found
Lei Lei

Sunday, March 9th, 4PM
Brattle Theatre
40 Brattle St.
Cambridge MA
March 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Wednesday, Feb. 26, 7PM
Civic Pavilion
Boston City Hall, 5 Congress St,
Boston MA 02201
Analog Dreaming
Jon Behrens

Thanks to the generous support of the City of Boston’s Arts and Culture, RPM Festival 2025 presents Analog Dreaming, Jon Behrens Memorial Program.
February 25, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Revolutions per Minute Festival

Sunday, Feb. 23, 4PM
Solo Artist Screening

Mountains Meet the Sea
Kathy Rugh

At the Brattle Theatre
February 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM