[Frameworks] Los Angeles - Alternative film & video events of note - early/mid July

[Adam Hyman]

Hi all,

A variety of films, not so many experimental, in the next few weeks.  But
lots of good things, including a Lisandro Alonso at UCLA, a Lubitsch series
at LACMA, always a pleasure, and a Dennis Hopper Tribute series at Cinespia,
Cinefamily, and, in August, Filmforum.

-- LISANDRO ALONSO series at UCLA Film & Television Archive, July 2 - 11

-- Filmmobile presents The Savage Eye, Friday, July 2, 8:30 pm, the 7000
block of Hollywood Blvd

-- EASY RIDER, at Cinespia, Saturday July 3, film starts 9:00 pm

-- Zidane: A Twenty-First Century Portrait at the Hammer Museum, Tuesday
July 6, 7:00 pm

-- 4192: THE CROWNING OF THE HIT KING, at the Egyptian Theater, July 7, 7:00
pm

-- OUTFEST 2010, July 8-18

-- An Alejandro Jodorowski double bill, The New Beverly Cinema, Thurs, Fri &
Sat, July 8, 9 & 10

-- Dennis Hopper: Wasn't Born To Follow / Fridays in July at Cinefamily,
starting July 9

-- Laughter in Paradise: The American Comedies of Ernst Lubitsch at LACMA,
July 9 - July 31

-- "Turned On" - A Survey of Kinetic and Light-based Art, at
Bleicher/Golightly Gallery, starting Sat, July 10, 6:00pm - 9:30pm

-- CHARLES PHOENIX & THE THIRD DIMENSION,  Downtown Independent Theater, Sun
July 11, 3 pm - 7 pm

-- Mike Kelley and Michael Smith's A Voyage of Growth and Discovery
REDCAT, Mon July 12, 8:30 pm

-- RYAN TRECARTIN, ANY EVER, at MOCA Pacific Design Center, Fri July 16,
8:30 - 10 pm

-- A Tribute to Eric Rohmer and "The Six Moral Tales", The American
Cinematheque at the Aero, July 16-17

-- Los Angeles Filmforum presents Chris Kennedy: Eight Films, The Spielberg
Theater at the Egyptian, Sun July 18, 7:30 pm

-- Happiness Is A Warm Projector with Bryan Konefsky
at SUBVERSIVE CINEMA at 212 PIER COFFEEHOUSE, Fri July 23, 7-9pm

-- BOX SCHEME at multiple galleries in Chinatown, July 2 through July 9,
2010

DETAILS:

LISANDRO ALONSO
UCLA Film & Television Archive
http://www.cinema.ucla.edu/public/calendar/calendar_f.html
7.2.10 - 7.11.10
Co-presented with the UCLA Latin American Institute

Argentine filmmaker Lisandro Alonso combines the formal techniques of
fiction and documentary cinema to create his meditative, mysteriously
atmospheric films. Each of his four films to date—La Libertad (2001), Los
Muertos (2004), Fantasma (2006) and Liverpool (2008)—closely follow the
quotidian movements of a solitary man to signify a larger journey or inner
quest. The nonprofessional actors' seemingly prosaic activities—cutting
wood, journeying home, searching for a theater—become powerful allegories
when set against vast landscapes, dreamlike sequences, cinematic
manipulations and soundtrack music. Alonso's formally rigorous, minimalist
works are utterly unique in contemporary Latin American cinema. The Archive
is pleased to welcome Alonso to the Billy Wilder Theater on Friday, July 2
to kick-off this complete retrospective of his work.

Friday July 2 2010, 7:30PM
LIVERPOOL
(2008, Argentina/Netherlands/France/Spain/Germany, 35mm, 84 min.) Directed
by Lisandro Alonso
This existential fable evokes the voyage of Ulysses in its story about a
lonely merchant marine who returns home to the snowy country of the Tierra
del Fuego archipelago to see his dying mother after years at sea. As his
world expands from the claustrophobic ship's cabin to mountain vistas,
details, both biographic and cultural, accumulate, building to a single,
spellbinding gesture and moment of revelation.

Preceded by ...
S/T
(2009, 35mm, Color, approx. 1 min.) Directed by Lisandro Alonso
A one-minute "trailer" commissioned by the Buenos Aires International
Festival of Independent Cinema.
IN PERSON: Lisandro Alonso.

Friday July 9 2010, 7:30PM
LOS MUERTOS
(2004, Argentina/France/Netherlands, 35mm, B&W and color, 78 min.) Directed
by Lisandro Alonso
Alonso's startling second feature centers on the journey of a recently
released convict through a sweltering jungle to reunite with his family.
Along the way, Alonso's languorous takes and natural lighting carry us well
beyond the borderlines between documentary and fiction into the experience
of a waking dream. Suffused with mystery and richly observed detail, the
film reveals as much as it conceals.

FANTASMA
(2006, 35mm, 63 min.) Directed by Lisandro Alonso
In this commentary on cinematic rituals, the star of Alonso's earlier film,
Los Muertos (Vargas), wanders through the Argentine cinématheque in Buenos
Aires, Teatro San Martin, searching for the film premiere in which he is the
star. In contrast to his other films, Fantasma charts a journey that unfolds
almost entirely within interior spaces without diminishing the power of his
contemplative style.

Sunday July 11 2010, 7:00PM*
LA LIBERTAD
(2001, Argentina, 35mm, 73 min.) Directed by Lisandro Alonso
Alonso's debut film revolves around one day in the life of migrant logger
Saavedra, who works in the Argentine Pampas. With its documentary feel and
Saavedra playing himself, the film magnifies the burdens and liberation of
hard labor to become an allegorical portrait. Screened in the Un Certain
Regard section of 2001 Cannes Film Festival, La Libertad helped to herald
the arrival of the Argentine New Wave.
* Please note the early start time.
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Echo Park FILMMOBILE SUMMER SCREENING SERIES: THE SAVAGE EYE
Friday, July 2, 8:30 pm
7000 block Hollywood Blvd. between Orange & Sycamore FREE
http://www.echoparkfilmcenter.org/cinema/schedule.html

Angelenos are invited to discover and explore their changing urban landscape
when the Filmmobile projects an array of classic films at (actual or
implied) cinematic locations across the city. Join us for The Savage Eye,
the 1959 "dramatized documentary" film that provides a peephole into the
seedier side of a long gone Los Angeles. INTRODUTION BY PROFESSOR DAVID E.
JAMES OF USC'S SCHOOL OF CINEMATIC ARTS. CALL, EMAIL OR FOLLOW
@EPFCFILMMOBILE ON TWITTER FOR SCREENING LOCATION!
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EASY RIDER
at Cinespia
Saturday July 3
hollywood forever cemetery: 6000 Santa Monica Boulevard at gower

directed by dennis hopper (1969 95 mins)

gates 7:30 pm movie 9:00 pm
no reservation necessary
$10 donation tickets available at gate
as a courtesy to other moviegoers: NO TALL CHAIRS!!

Easy Rider was Hopper's directorial debut, and its meteoric success single
handedly changed the film industry forever. Filled with sun-drenched
psychedelic photography, elegant, energetic editing and a colorful cast of
hippies, call girls, bikers and rednecks. It is one of the most authentic
portrayals of the era.

Maverick, outlaw, photographer, director, actor: Dennis Hopper's life was as
colorful and wild as his film career. Whether raving like a madman, or
lucid, cold and calculating, Hopper always handled his roles with aplomb.
Join us under the stars in a tribute to this remarkable man.

The kick off of a Dennis Hopper film tribute in conjunction with the Hopper
show at MOCA.
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Zidane: A Twenty-First Century Portrait
Hammer Museum
Tuesday July 6, 7:00 pm
http://hammer.ucla.edu/programs/detail/program_id/519

Halfway between a sports documentary and a conceptual art installation,
Zidane  consists of a full-length soccer game (Real Madrid vs. Villareal,
April 23, 2005) entirely filmed from the perspective of soccer superstar
Zinedine Zidane. Original music by Mogwai. (2006, 90 mins. Dirs: Douglas
Gordon and Philippe Parreno).

ALL HAMMER PUBLIC PROGRAMS ARE FREE. Tickets are required, and are available
at the Billy Wilder Theater Box Office one hour prior to start time. Limit
one ticket per person on a first come, first served basis. Hammer members
receive priority seating, subject to availability. Reservations not
accepted, RSVPs not required.

Easy parking is available under the museum for $3 after 6:00
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PETE ROSE DOCUMENTARY FILM
4192: THE CROWNING OF THE HIT KING
FEATURING J.K. SIMMONS

PREMIERE EVENT JULY 7TH AT 7:00 P.M.
THE HISTORIC EGYPTIAN THEATRE
6712 Hollywood Blvd.

In his awe-inspiring career, Pete Rose garnered a slew of still unmatched
records but baseball fans will never forget September 11, 1985, when Pete
Rose connected with hit 4,192, surpassing Ty Cobbs' record, and taking his
place as the "Hit King."   The documentary film, 4192: The Crowning Of The
Hit King, is a baseball story that drops you into Pete Rose's early years
and sets you on a journey through baseball legendry, every bit as epic as a
work of fiction.  4192 tells the story as never before heard, straight from
the source: "Charlie Hustle" himself.  Barking Fish Entertainment's
documentary film, 4192: The Crowning Of The Hit King, sets the stage for
Pete Rose's unbelievable run as one of baseball's true greats.

On July 7th, 2010, 4192 can finally be seen in its entirety.  Screening at
the historic Egyptian Theatre, baseball and movie fans will have the chance
to be the first to see this monument in sports cinema.   The red-carpet
event begins at 7pm with an introduction by Pete Rose and the filmmakers
before the film begins at 7:30.

Tickets are now available at the 4192movie.com store (direct link at
4192moviela.eventbrite.com).

In addition to Pete Rose himself, the documentary film features On-Camera
Narration by J.K. Simmons, Interviews with Hall of Famers: Mike Schmidt,
Tony Perez and Marty Brennaman plus interviews with Anthony Munoz, Paul
O'Neil, Gary Burbank and Pete Rose Jr.
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OUTFEST 2010
http://www.outfest.org/fest2010/
July 8-18

Outfest 2010 features 143 films and videos from 25 countries (including for
the first time, Nepal) in 6 different venues across Los Angeles over 11
days. 81 separate public programs, 4 galas, 64 features, 12 short film
programs and 12 panels and special events and countless parties and
receptions!  Much of it is at REDCAT.

On Thursday, July 8, Outfest 2010 launches with the presentation of the 14th
Annual Outfest Achievement Award to Jane Lynch ("Glee", BEST IN SHOW)
presented by Chris Colfer ("Glee") and Paris Barclay (Director, Producer).

Then the lights go down and Outfest 2010 swings into full cinema glory with
the Los Angeles premiere of HOWL starring James Franco.

The next ten days Outfest 2010 presents something for everyone with some of
the best that GLBTQ independent cinema has to offer. Don't miss out – order
your tickets today!
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An Alejandro Jodorowski double bill
The New Beverly Cinema
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, July 8, 9 & 10
http://www.newbevcinema.com/

El topo
1970, Mexico, 125 minutes
written, starring & directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
Thu/Fri: 7:30; Sat: 2:35 & 7:15

The Holy Mountain
1973, Mexico / USA, 114 minutes
written & directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky
starring Horacio Salinas, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Zamira Saunders, Juan
Ferrara, Adriana Page
Thu/Fri: 9:55; Sat: 5:00 & 9:40

Not even Buñuel with a brainful of Woodstock's bad brown acid could have
made something this gloriously screwy.
- David Fear, Time Out New York

This is an extraordinary visual concoction, loaded with stunning primary
colors, anti-religious caricatures drawn from Diego Rivera and a succession
of dreamlike, grotesque vistas worthy of Dalí at his most deranged.
- Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com
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Dennis Hopper: Wasn't Born To Follow / Fridays in July
Cinefamily
http://cinefamily.org/calendar/friday_early.html#hopper

As actor, auteur and artist, Dennis Hopper is the iconic American cinematic
rebel of the late 20th century. Honest, intense and boundary-smashing, his
presence has enriched and transformed the Hollywood landscape. Over a
month-long retrospective of both his most famous and infamous works -- along
with lesser-known treasures -- the Cinefamily, in association with MOCA,
celebrates this decades-spanning, wide-ranging career of searing
performances and ambitiously idiosyncratic directorial efforts. This series
features not only a brand-new restored 35mm print of Out of the Blue, but it
also contains the first L.A. screening in ages of The American Dreamer (the
impossibly rare vérité portrait of Hopper at the peak of his post-Easy Rider
fame), and possibly the very first L.A. screening of Roland Klick's 1983
post-punk gem White Star in its original uncut version!

Series co-presented by MOCA and Cinespia

7/9 @ 7:30pm / Series: Dennis Hopper: Wasn't Born To Follow
Easy Rider
shown with
The American Dreamer
(w/ co-director L.M. Kit Carson in person!)
Easy Rider - 7:30pm
Dir. Dennis Hopper, 1969, 35mm, 95 min.

The American Dreamer - 9:30pm
The wild, unexpected success of Easy Rider ushered in what is now seen as
one of the most significant turning points in film history, making
pathologically rebellious Dennis Hopper an unlikely King Of Hollywood for a
day. Incredibly, that day was filmed -- and not just filmed, but captured by
two innovative and inventive filmmakers. Co-directed by L.M. Kit Carson and
Lawrence Schiller, The American Dreamer is many things: an insightful
document of a complex artist in the midst of his creative process, a
self-reflective exploration and explosion of vérité filmmaking tropes, and a
playful and entertaining snapshot of the private life of one of Hollywood's
most eccentric stars at the peak of his newly found fame. Hopper boldly
allowed access to his crazy life in all its aspects: firing his rifles off
in the desert, editing The Last Movie, stripping naked and walking through
downtown Taos, New Mexico, pontificating about art and life, and holding
forth guru-like to a room full of naked women. L.M. Kit Carson will be here
in-person for the screening, and to share his voluminous Dennis Hopper
stories!

Tickets - Easy Rider, $12 general admission/$8 MOCA members/free for
Cinefamily members -- The American Dreamer - free (first come, first serve)

7/16 @ 7:30pm / Series: Dennis Hopper: Wasn't Born To Follow
Mad Dog Morgan
(w/ director Philippe Mora in person!)
shown with
Kid Blue
Mad Dog Morgan - 7:30pm
Vicious, beautiful, naturalistic, dreamlike -- Mad Dog Morgan, Phillipe
Mora's western from Down Under, is one of the wildest, best-made examples
from Australia's golden age of filmmaking. The film is based on the deeply
fascinating true account of the exploits of Dan Morgan, one of Australia's
most notorious outlaws and folk heroes, a working class Irish immigrant
driven to desperate criminal extremes by the abusive colonial government.
Mora manages to coach a blistering performance from Hopper, who was going
through the most difficult, chemical-addled period of his life, and was
banished from Hollywood after the turmoil over The Last Movie. Backed by
stunning 'scope photography, the kind of enchanted vistas that seem to
populate Australia's art films, and an excllent cast, Hopper's wounded
animal instability has never been put to better use. He seems uniquely
suited to play Mad Dog Morgan, whose mixture of vulnerability and madness
leave you sympathetic for this wounded "mad dog" killer who must be put
down. A great performance in a great movie. Philippe Mora will be here at
the Cinefamily for a Q&A after the film, and to share his many Dennis Hopper
stories!
Dir. Philippe Mora, 1976, 35mm, 99 min.

Kid Blue - 10:30pm
In the floppy-eared tradition of the '70s revisionist New Western, Kid Blue,
directed by James Frawley (The Muppet Movie), is a gentle, yet dark
depiction of a time in which shooters can't shoot straight, the government
is crooked, the Indians are under the spell of firewater, and everything is
dusty and dirty. Dennis Hopper stars as a bungling bank robber who seeks to
"retire" in a small Texas town, but after a string of equally futzed job
attempts, and the awful prospect of working in a factory, he looks to crime
one last time to turn his fortunes around.
Dir. James Frawley, 1973, 35mm, 100 min.
Tickets - $12 general admission/$8 MOCA members/free for Cinefamily members

7/23 @ 7:30pm / Series: Dennis Hopper: Wasn't Born To Follow
Night Tide
(restored 35mm print!)
shown with
Tracks
(w/ director Henry Jaglom in person!)

Night Tide - 7:30pm
Dir. Curtis Harrington, 1961, 35mm, 84 min. (Night Tide was restored in 2008
by the Academy Film Archive with support from The Film Foundation and Curtis
Harrington.)

Tracks - 9:30pm
Dir. Henry Jaglom, 1976, 35mm, 90 min.
Tickets - $12 general admission/$8 MOCA members/free for Cinefamily members

7/25 @ 6:00pm / Series: Dennis Hopper: Wasn't Born To Follow
SPECIAL SUNDAY EVENT:
Dennis Hopper Triple Feature & BBQ:
Blue Velvet
shown with
Hoosiers
and
River's Edge

Blue Velvet - 6:00pm
Dir. David Lynch, 1986, 35mm, 120 min.

Hoosiers - 8:30pm
Dir. David Anspaugh, 1986, 35mm, 114 min.

River's Edge - 11:00pm
Dir. Tim Hunter, 1986, 35mm, 99 min.
Tickets - $12 general admission/$8 MOCA members/free for Cinefamily members

7/30 @ 8:00pm / Series: Dennis Hopper: Wasn't Born To Follow
Out Of The Blue
(brand-new restored 35mm print!)
shown with
White Star

Out Of The Blue - 8:00pm
Dir. Dennis Hopper, 1980, 35mm, 93 min.

White Star - 10:00pm
Dir. Roland Klick, 1983, DigiBeta, 92 min.

Tickets - $14/$10 MOCA members/free for Cinefamily members

7/31 @ 7:30pm / Series: Dennis Hopper: Wasn't Born To Follow
SPECIAL SATURDAY SCREENING:
The Last Movie
Dir. Dennis Hopper, 1971, 35mm, 108 min.
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WEEKEND SERIES
Laughter in Paradise: The American Comedies of Ernst Lubitsch
LACMA

July 9 - July 31
http://www.lacma.org/programs/FilmSeriesSchedule.aspx

At the invitation of Mary Pickford, Berlin-born Ernst Lubitsch, a famous
director of fantasy films and historic epics in Germany, arrived in
Hollywood in 1923 and launched a career that revolutionized American comedy
for decades to come. A master storyteller with a genius for naughty
innuendo, Lubitsch's films were hailed for their sophisticated characters,
sparkling wit, sexual daring, and a visual style that "implied" rather than
showed, thus giving rise to the term "the Lubitsch Touch." By all reports,
Lubitsch was one of the most focused directors in Hollywood, meticulously
developing successive scripts with the same writers, shooting quickly on
set, where he frequently acted out all the parts, and repeatedly casting
favorite actors in roles tailored to their particular talents. In the '30s,
his "troupe" included Claudette Colbert, Gary Cooper, Maurice Chevalier,
Jeanette MacDonald, Marlene Dietrich, and, prominently, Miriam Hopkins, a
comic muse to Lubitsch but an actress detested by most of Hollywood,
especially her co-stars.

By the end of the decade, as the Depression waned and war clouds gathered
over Europe, moviegoing tastes changed and Lubitsch himself turned from the
brittle, cynical, sophisticated comedies that brought him great success to a
more character-driven and dramatic style of comedy. Suddenly his sharp wit
and knowledge of human behavior was even more telling in the context of a
real world populated with individuals coping with problems greater than
adultery and social prominence. Respected by the industry—Hollywood lore
abounds with Lubitsch anecdotes-and adored by actors, Lubitsch revealed new
depths of some of the biggest stars and finest actors in Hollywood, among
them Greta Garbo ("she is the only star I ever worked with I did not have to
drag away from the mirror"), James Stewart, Carole Lombard (who died before
seeing the performance that might have changed her career), the leads of
Heaven Can Wait—Don Ameche, whom Lubitsch had resisted casting but who gave
the greatest performance of his career, and Gene Tierney, a sexy ingénue who
shone in the role of an understanding wife and was soon one of Fox's most
valuable properties. Last but not least, there was Jack Benny, a huge star
on radio, for whom Lubitsch was "the greatest director in motion pictures
(and) very easy to work with
 just by watching him you knew exactly what to
do."

Billy Wilder, the co-writer of Ninotchka and himself a director of comedies
that are notable for having his "touch," was undoubtedly Lubitsch's greatest
advocate, as demonstrated by a sign that hung for years on his office wall:
"How would Lubitsch have done it?" Lubitsch, who died of a heart attack in
1947 at the age of 53, was still close to Wilder's heart when, years later,
he recalled the funeral: "William Wyler and I walked silently to our car.
Finally I said, to break the silence, 'No more Lubitsch.' To which Wyler
replied, 'Worse than that—no more Lubitsch films.' For twenty years since
then we all tried to find the secret of the 'Lubitsch touch.' Oh, we
sometimes managed a few feet of film that momentarily sparkled like
Lubitsch. Like Lubitsch, not real Lubitsch. His art is lost. That most
elegant of screen magicians took his secret with him."

In person: Nicola Lubitsch will be a special guest at the screening of
Trouble in Paradise
July 9 7:30 PM Trouble in Paradise
July 9 9:05 PM Desire
July 10 7:30 PM Ninotchka
July 10 9:30 PM Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
July 16 7:30 PM Design for Living
July 16 9:15 PM The Smiling Lieutenant
July 17 7:30 PM The Shop Around the Corner
July 17 9:20 PM Angel
July 23 7:30 PM One Hour With You
July 23 9:00 PM The Merry Widow
July 24 7:30 PM To Be or Not to Be
July 24 9:20 PM A Royal Scandal
July 30 7:30 PM The Marriage Circle
July 30 9:05 PM So This is Paris
July 31 7:30 PM Heaven Can Wait
July 31 9:35 PM Cluny Brown
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"Turned On" - A Survey of Kinetic and Light-based Art
Date: Saturday, July 10, 2010
Time: 6:00pm - 9:30pm
Location: BLEICHER/GOLIGHTLY GALLERY, 1431 OCEAN AVE, SANTA MONICA CA 90401
Description
GROUP ART EXHIBITION: "Turned On"  A Survey of Kinetic and Light-based Art

ARTISTS: STEPHEN ANDERSON, DAVID BROKAW,  KYLE CHEW, TIM HOGAN, JIM JENKINS,
JOELLA MARCH,  KUNIO OHASHI,  LINDA PRICE,  RYAN ROSS,  BRIAN STOTESBERY and
PHILLIP VAUGHAN 

CURATOR: JOELLA MARCH
Show Runs: July 7th thru 23rd,  2010
Artist Reception: Saturday July 10th from 6pm to 9pm
GALLERY HOURS: 1-6pm Sunday-Wednesday,  1-8pm Friday,  1-10pm Thursday-
Saturday, or by appointment.

Website: http://www.bgartdealings.com/

House concert : Saturday July 17th from 7pm to 9pm, with performances by
Familiar Trees (http://www.myspace.com/familiartreesaddendum),
Oto (http://www.myspace.com/otosound) and
The Year Zero (http://www.myspace.com/theyearzero)
Cost: Free
 
 "Turned On  is a wonderland of imagination where wit and whimsy meet
action,  form disobeys function and content is illuminated"   -joella march,
curator  

"Turned On"  - A Survey of Kinetic and Light-based Art is a group exhibition
of 12 artists working in a variety of mediums and genres who incorporate
light and technology in their finished product.  Playful and witty, colorful
and captivating, still and moving, conveying formal and conceptual themes,
this unique light-based and kinetic art exhibition at the Bleicher/Golightly
Gallery in Santa Monica will display works including neon, found objects,
toys, L.E.D's., text, video, cast glass, light projection, wood, wire,
liquid, filing cabinets, microprocessors and machines. Continually shifting
paradigms thru the manipulation of text and context artist Stephen
Anderson's visual hybrid series "Distilled Truths" combines video and neon
signage creating a kinetic billboard that invites the viewer to revisit
their own preconceived notions, ideas and attitudes about cultural,
political and religious stereotypes.  Pursuing light and motion as his
primary sculptural mediums, artist Tim Hogan utilizes cast glass, neon,
projected light and the human form to create emotive, surreal and visually
charged objects.  Artist Kunio Ohashi combines neon with natural materials
such as driftwood or stones from the beach or desert to create sculpture and
assemblages that are minimal, striking and often surreal. With neon as her
palette, artist Linda Sue Price creates abstract imagery that is influenced
by personal experiences. Both formal and conceptual, her artwork combines
light, line and color to produce poignant and visually beautiful sculptural
objects. Utilizing neon to create beautiful, colorful and captivating neon
light based installations, artist Phillip Vaughn is drawn to reveal
invisible structures and inter-relationships through creating abstract works
that are concerned with a hidden order and/or pattern.   Brian Stotesbery
utilizes neon, LED's, incandescent light and lasers to produce kinetic
light-based sculptures that are part machine and part performance.  Artist
David Brokaw know for large scale installations combines low brow mechanics
with equal amounts of humor, wit and imagination. Artist Kyle Chew redefines
domestic materials and objects, questioning our place as humans in a world
filled with technology. Inspired by simple movements often found in nature
(from the rhythmic flapping of a bird's wings to the hypnotic swaying of a
cat's tail), artist Jim Jenkins is part sculptor, part engineer, and part
choreographer. His kinetic artwork couples a keen sense of humor and inquiry
with mechanical movement.  Artist Ryan Ross invites the viewer to become a
part of his artwork through an interactive process. Often veiled by
sarcastic undertones his works deal with human behavior, perception, ideas
and the decision-making process.  Artist Joella March's liquid and light
'Waterfiles' integrate whimsy, function and dysfunction.  Her l.e.d. conText
Chandelier is the latest in her series of text and light based sculptural
work. 
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CHARLES PHOENIX & THE THIRD DIMENSION
The Downtown Independent Theater
July 11, 3 pm - 7 pm
http://www.downtownindependent.com/events/charles-phoenix-the-third-2

Big Retro 3-D Slide Show plus the Story of 3-D
in 3-D

it's a 3-D Extravaganza!!!

* All-new 2-act, 3-D retro slide show
* Story of 3-D photography in 3-D
* Live 3-Dimensional organ stylings by Dominic
* Red and turquoise 3-D dress encouraged but not expected...
* Free 3-D glasses for all!

In this all new, 2-act, 3-D slide show Charles will be sharing nearly a
century of spectacular 3-D images with you. Beginning with the sensational
Stereoscopes of the Victorian era, and awe-inspiring Viewmaster and Stereo
Realist formats of the Kodachrome-colored 1940s and 50s you'll meet the
masters of 3-D, visit the Viewmaster family at home in the 50s, go behind
the scenes of early sci-fi TV, explore legendary world's fairs and much
more!

PLEASE NOTE: this show is rated 3-D-PG due to some cheesy cheesecake!

To fill the theatrical air with melodious 3-Dimensional melodies, Dominic,
the "Worlds Greatest Roller Rink Organist" will be in the house. In honor of
those old 3-D glasses (with one red lens and one turquoise lens), lipstick
red and bright turquoise ensembles are encouraged but not expected!
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Mike Kelley and Michael Smith's A Voyage of Growth and Discovery
World premiere
REDCAT
Monday July 12, 2010, 8:30 pm
http://www.redcat.org/event/mike-kelley-and-michael-smith
Co-presented with West of Rome Public Art

"An exceptional collaboration... Rarely is satire so marvelous and
bug-eyed." –Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times

In conjunction with Mike Kelley and Michael Smith's exhibition A Voyage of
Growth and Discovery, REDCAT hosts the premiere of the single-channel film
version of A Voyage of Growth and Discovery which like the installation
mirrors the existential journey of Baby IKKI over several days at a festival
of "radical self-expression," famous for its presentations of large-scale
displays of fire, held in the remote Black Rock Desert of Nevada.

Written, directed and produced by Mike Kelley and Michael Smith, A Voyage of
Growth and Discovery follows Baby IKKI, a pre-lingual character of ambiguous
age that artist Michael Smith has been performing for over thirty years.
IKKI, alone in his journey, despite being surrounded by thousands of
revelers, negotiates the rave-like festival environment while also exploring
the primal natural elements of fire, water, earth, and wind. This monumental
work--the first exhibition in nearly ten years for both artists--is an
immersive two-and-a-half hour six-channel video, sound and sculptural
installation currently on view through August 26, 2010 at The Farley
Building in Los Angeles.

The screening at REDCAT premieres the hour-and-a-half hour long film version
of A Voyage of Growth and Discovery which mirrors the annual event: four
days and nights of festival, proceeded by an introductory travel section,
and followed by a post-festival day. The festival itself is a carnivalesque
event where IKKI is subsumed in raves, faced with erotic encounters, and
surrounded by multitudes of costumed partygoers – many dressed in childish
attire (though none as infantile as IKKI). The culmination of the event is
the spectacular public "burn" after which the Baby is left alone to ponder
his "voyage." 

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the artists.
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THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART
THE PUBLIC OPENING FOR
RYAN TRECARTIN
ANY EVER 

FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2010, 8:30–10pm
MOCA PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER
8687 MELROSE AVENUE, WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90069

Any Ever is the American premiere of artist Ryan Trecartin's 2007–10 body of
work, produced in Miami with collaborator Lizzie Fitch and contributors
ranging from friends and artists to working child actors. The seven movies
are structurally conceived as a diptych consisting of a trilogy and a
quartet, all of which are interconnected spatially via networked viewing
spaces and an ambient soundscape, and materially by overlapping threads
of form and content.

FREE admission
Due to popularity, there may be wait times to enter the event and view the
exhibition.

Self-parking is available in the Pacific Design Center lot. Enter from
Melrose Avenue, just east of San Vicente Boulevard. $10 flat rate. Metered
street parking is also available.
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A Tribute to Eric Rohmer and "The Six Moral Tales"
July 16-17
The American Cinematheque at the Aero
1328 Montana Avenue at 14th Street in Santa Monica

This is an Aero Theatre Exclusive!

Eric Rohmer (1921 - 2010), one of the founding filmmaker-critics of the
influential French New Wave, developed a contemplative, beautifully rhythmic
cinematic language all his own. At a time when film tastes were shifting
toward genre and visual stylistics, Rohmer, once a novelist and teacher of
literature, retained focus on the nuances of conversation and interaction.
In a Rohmer film, what is said and done between characters is important –
while what is left unsaid and undone between characters is vitally
important. This is seen throughout Rohmer's most famous series of films,
"The Six Moral Tales," begun in 1963. In MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S, the Rohmer film
best-known film to American audiences and the second feature-length
installment in the series, a man and a woman are thrown together for a
snowbound evening of existential discussion. The result is an elegant
character study that unhurriedly reveals modern dilemmas and daily tragedies
with frankness and even humor. This same patient attention to wordplay is
prevalent in Rohmer's other "Moral Tale" masterworks, CLAIRE'S KNEE, CHLOE
IN THE AFTERNOON and LA COLLECTIONNEUSE.
http://americancinematheque.com/archive1999/2010/Aero/Eric_Rohmer_Aero_2010.
htm#MY%20NIGHT%20AT%20MAUD%E2%80%99S

Friday, July 16 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature: MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S (MA NUIT CHEZ MAUD), 1969, Wellspring,
105 min. 

CLAIRE'S KNEE (LE GENOU DE CLAIRE), 1970, Wellspring, 105 min. Dir. Eric
Rohmer. Plus, prior to the first feature: "The Bakery Girl of Monceau,"
(1962, 23 min).  

Saturday, July 17 – 7:30 PM
Double Feature: LA COLLECTIONNEUSE, 1967, Les Films du Losange, 89 min. Dir.
Eric Rohmer. 

CHLOE IN THE AFTERNOON (L'AMOUR L'APRES MIDI), 1972, Les Films du Losange,
97 min. Dir. Eric Rohmer. Plus, prior to the first feature: "Suzanne's
Career," (1963, 54 min).
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Los Angeles Filmforum presents
Chris Kennedy: Eight Films
Sunday July 18, 7:30 pm

The Spielberg Theater at the Egyptian
6712 Hollywood Blvd.
www.lafilmforum.org

Admission for Filmforum screenings: $10 general, $6 students/seniors, free
for Filmforum members
Advance ticket purchase available through Brown Paper Tickets at
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/118463

Made over the course of six years, these recent films by Chris Kennedy
investigate how meaning is made and how the world is seen.  Concentrating
either on the documents that construct a history or on the elements that
create an image, his films propose a variety of ways to re-see what is right
before our eyes.  Featuring the Los Angeles premieres of most of these
films! (although Filmforum has previously screened The Acrobat in our
Festival of (In)Appropriation).

"Often combining a careful concern with the apparatus and a high degree of
formal rigour with thoughtful attention to social reality and history,
Kennedy's films examine the interpenetration of a kind of phenomenology – 
how the things of the world appear to consciousness – with the material 
possibilities of film (multiple exposures, hand processing, found footage, 
multi-frame presentations)." - Scott Birdwise, Canadian Film Institute

Films by Chris Kennedy except where noted.  Full email to come separately.

Jane's Window (2005, 35mm, 11 min. silent)
4x8x3 (2004, 16mm, 3 min.)
Memo to Pic Desk, Chris Kennedy & Anna van der Meulen, (2006, 16mm, 6 min.)
Tape Film (2007, 16mm, 5 min. silent)
the acrobat (2007, 16mm, 6 min.)
Simultaneous Contrast (2008, 16mm, 5:30 min. silent)
Tamalpais (2009, 16mm, 14 min.)
lay claim to an island (2009, 16mm on video, 12 min.)

Chris Kennedy is an independent filmmaker, programmer and writer currently 
living in Toronto. He programmed for the Images Festival (2003-06), Pleasure 
Dome (2000-06) and recently co-founded the screening series Early Monthly 
Segments. His short experimental films have screened at over one hundred 
film festivals worldwide and he has presented film programs in Egypt, 
Belgium, Germany, the US and Canada. He holds an MFA from the San Francisco 
Art Institute, where he was co-founder and host of a weekly film salon. His 
work as an artist and programmer operates in dialogue with the history of 
film as art, exploring the medium's materiality in a contemporary context.

This screening series is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board 
of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and the 
Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles.  Additional support 
generously provided by the American Cinematheque.
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Happiness Is A Warm Projector with Bryan Konefsky
SUBVERSIVE CINEMA  
friday, july 23, 7-9pm at 
212 PIER COFFEEHOUSE, 212 Pier Ave, 
Santa Monica, CA 90405, 310-314-5275, free admission, 
http://www.212pier.com/
 
Friday, July 23, 7-9pm: Happiness Is A Warm Projector - In 
a rare public appearance visionary curator Bryan Konefsky 
screens a selection of un-dependent films from the first 
five years of his Albuquerque-based festival, Experiments 
in Cinema. This program includes experimental 
documentaries, essay films, avant garde music videos, and 
film poems from Russia, Germany, Japan, Canada, Panama, 
Spain, China, South Korea, and Texas.

see the following links for more info:
http://vimeo.com/12696906
http://basementfilms.org/experiments/
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BOX SCHEME
July 2 through July 9, 2010

Leading galleries in downtown Los Angeles' Chinatown open their doors for 
Box Scheme, the culminating exhibition of California Institute of the Arts 
(CalArts) graduating MFA candidates.

Introducing the next wave of artistic talent, the exhibition will be on view 
from July 2 through July 9, 2010. Each of the participating spaces will 
present groupings of work linked thematically by conversations among 
individual practices--highlighting the diversity of expression from School 
of Art's Photography and Media Program and Art Program. Spanning 
experimental forms and critically reflexive expression, the exhibition 
explores the trajectories and discontents of contemporary discourse.

This year's exhibition is organized by independent curator Ana Vejzovic 
Sharp. Previously, Ms. Sharp was the director of the David Kordansky Gallery 
and China Art Objects Galleries in Los Angeles. From 2004 to 2007, she 
served as the Assistant and later Associate Curator of The Museum of 
Contemporary Art in Cleveland, Ohio.

'Unlike my previous curatorial experiences, this opportunity is thrilling 
for the same reasons it is complex,' commented Ms. Sharp. 'This presentation 
is poignant for its rather accelerated relationship between curator, artist 
and space. This time around there is a set of knowns (29 recent graduate 
artists) making the endeavor akin to speed dating or more extremely to an 
arranged marriage. Through this distinctiveness, I'm absolutely enthused 
with the fresh output of the graduates and the manner in which their 
sensibilities will play out and pepper the six Chinatown spaces.'

Participating artists include Carrie Rebecca Armellino, M. Blake Besharian, 
Erich Bollmann, Bjarki Bragason, Deborah Christ, Kelly Cline, Diana 
DeAugustine, Travis Diehl, Patricia Fernandez, Nicolas Grenier, Margaret 
Haines, Greg J. Hayes, Vivian Joyner, Steve Kado, Karolina Karlic, Ari 
Kletzky, Zach Kleyn, Keith Rocka Knittel, Rena Kosnett, Marilyn Lowey, 
Rachel McRae, Sage Paisner, Carl Pomposelli, Rasmus Røhling, Alise Spinella, 
Orlando Tirado Amador, Cody Trepte, Arnoldo Vargas, Silke Zeidler.

Participating galleries are walking distance apart: Charlie James Gallery, 
Cottage Home, The Company, POVevolving, Dan Graham and Actual Size. The 
exhibition runs from Friday, July 2nd through Friday, July 9th, 2010. Please 
contact individual galleries for gallery times. There will be an opening 
reception on Friday, July 2nd from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Admission to all events 
and locations is free.

 
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