Join us in celebrating the film release of
Christopher Whyte's "A Cold Stability."
MARCH 11, 2023 | 2PM (EVENT 60 MINUTES)
THE 1905 | 830 N SHAVER, PORTLAND OR 97227
(The venue is opening up outside of their usual business hours just for this private event)
PIZZA SLICES FOR SALE
ELK COVE VINEYARDS WILL BE SELLING WINE
(Elk Cove was one of the locations for the film shoot!)
*Ticket income and any additional donations made at checkout all go to support the production costs of the film.
About the film:
A Cold Stability (2021)
Living in Oregon’s wine country has always been special to me. It’s easy to forget we live in our own Tuscany right here in the Willamette Valley. In recent years especially, the combination of creativity, artistry, craftsmanship, and physical effort personified in wine makers serves as a source of personal inspiration. “A Cold Stability” draws its origins from the process of wine making, moving through four stages: the grapes and skins (drums), just at their peak ripeness before harvest, ready to burst, bubbling, popping, alive; the precision machines (metals) which sort and crush the fruit with angular precision, direction, brightness; the oak barrels (woods) in which the wine rests and evolves, imparting warmth, character, maturity, and finally the glass bottles and wine glasses where it finds harmony, clarity, stability, and concludes its journey.
The title refers to cold stabilization, the final stage of bottling in which some wines are chilled to temperatures as close to freezing as possible in order to prevent the formation of tartaric acid crystals. Upon reflection of this process, I am struck by the way most phenomena around us must be stripped of their energy and heat in order to achieve stability, whether natural, social, or intellectual. The yearly cyclical process for wine makers of transforming a volatile natural substance into a carefully crafted, intricate, and artistic product is not unlike composing or learning a new piece. The process of distilling musical ideas into a new form follows a similar pattern, harnessing raw material, allowing it to mature and evolve, and ultimately, seeking harmony. — Chris Whyte
