[Frameworks] Su Friedrich Presents; Symbiopyschotaxiplasm:Take One, Thurs 6.2 at Microscope, plus Su Friedrich re: working exhibit FINAL WEEK

[LBurchill]

Hi Frameworkers, especially those currently in the New York area,

This is the final week of filmmaker Su Friedrich's exibition "re:working" at
Microscope Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. Friedrich has never previous exhibited
her work in a gallery. This show is a one-of-a-kind event displaying several
series of early b&w photographs revolving around themes of Catholicism,
sexual identity, the tensions between documentary and fiction and other
issues Friedrich continues to deal with today; meticulous work journals of
her films and videos; new filmstrip prints and digital collage; the original
embroidery that appeared in her film "The Odds of Recovery", and on and on.
There are over 175 works on the wall and a video installation of 4 silent
black and white films. The works are on view during our regular gallery
hours Thursday to Monday 1-6PM. It may interest some of you to know that
many of the works are for sale, including dvds and her little book for "Sink
or Swim".

more info as well as images here: www.microscopegallery.com

Now on to the show.


THURS JUNE 2, 7PM
SU FRIEDRICH PRESENTS:
Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, by William Greaves
70 minutes, 1968
preceded by 8 min excerpt of "A Film About a Woman Who.."by Yvonne Rainer
Admission - $6, reservations recommended

In connection with her current exhibit "re: working" at Microscope Gallery,
Su Friedrich returns this Thursday to present a second evening of films,
this time, the groundbreaking documentary/drama "Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take
One" by William Greaves and "An Emotional Accretion in 48 Steps", the
centerpiece sequence of Yvonne Rainer’s 1974 “Film About a Woman Who…”

Friedrich offers the following introduction to the 78-minute program:

If you’ve never seen "Symbio…" before, then come prepared to have the top of
your head lifted off and your brain rearranged in a few pleasurable and
gratifying ways. In 1968 William Greaves, a former actor and a prolific
maker of conventional documentaries, set about making something totally out
of anyone’s ordinary, and he succeeded big time. The film was almost
forgotten but then, after a retrospective of Greaves’ work at the Brooklyn
Museum in 1991 and a screening that summer at the Flaherty Film Seminar, it
became an overnight success and was recognized as one of the landmark films
of the twentieth century. It’s certainly up there in the top five for me.

And, she describes Yvonne Rainer’s excerpt as "A perfect little gem.”

PROGRAM - 78 minutes

"An Emotional Accretion in 48 Steps", excerpt from Yvonne Rainer’s “Film
About a Woman Who…”
8 minutes, 1974, 16mm transfer to DVD

The central “tour de force” scene of Rainer’s 2nd revolutionary “Film About
a Woman Who…”.


"Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One", by William Greaves
70 mins, 1968, 35mm blow up of 16mm transferred to DVD

Shot in 1967 in Central Park, Symbio… features actors from the Actors Guild
where Greaves was previously an instructor. The actors believed they were
doing screen tests for fictional film, but the actual film being made was
entirely something else. Using three camera crews, one shooting the screen
tests, the other aimed on the first crew, and the third recording the larger
scene, Symbio… consists of layers upon layers and film upon film – sometimes
displayed simultaneously in split screen. Greaves film arose out of his
interest in trying to find a way to capture true reality with the camera and
is a comment on the creative process.

Bios

WILLIAM GREAVES
Director, producer and writer William Greaves began his career as a featured
actor on Broadway and in motion pictures. His work behind the camera has
earned him over 70 international film festival awards including an Emmy and
four Emmy nominations. Retrospectives of William Greaves work have been held
at the Museum of Modern Art and the Brooklyn Museum in New York.

YVONNE RAINER
Yvonne Rainer is a leading figure of avant garde film & dance. She began as
a dancer/choreographer and was a founder of the renowned Judson Dance
Theater. She transitioned almost completely from dance to making short and
feature-length films in the mid-70s. Her work screens extensively at major
museums, theaters, and festivals world-wide.

SU FRIEDRICH

Friedrich is a leading figure of American avant-garde film, directing,
writing, shooting, editing, and sometimes performing in her work. Most
recently, Friedrich was one of three contemporary filmmakers featured in
MoMA’s 2010 *Maya Deren’s Legacy: Woman & Experimental Film*. Retrospectives
of her work have been held at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum
of American Art, the Rotterdam Film Festival, and the National Film Theater
in London, among many others. Her films have won the Grand Prix at the
Melbourne Film Festival, Outstanding Documentary Award at Outfest and Best
Narrative Film Award at the Athens International Film Festival. She has
received Rockefeller and Guggenheim Foundation fellowships and is a
recipient of the Alpert Award in the Arts. She teaches film & video
production at Princeton University and currently lives and works in
Brooklyn, NY.


MICROSCOPE Gallery
4 Charles Place, Brooklyn, NY 11221
www.microscopegallery.com
tel:347.925.1422
info at microscopegallery.com

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