[Frameworks] This week [April 20 - 28, 2013] in avant garde cinema
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PCPC Arts Festival (Dallas, Texas, USA; Deadline: September 30, 2013)
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Manipulated Image (International; Deadline: April 20, 2013)
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15th Annual Artsfest Film Festival (Harrisburg; Deadline: May 03, 2013)
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The Winnipeg U. F. F.'s 90 Second Quickie (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada; Deadline: June 01, 2013)
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Blind Date [Vox Populi & Goldilocks Gallery, Philadelphia] (Philadelphia, PA, USA; Deadline: May 15, 2013)
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Festival of (In)appropriation (Los Angeles, CA; Deadline: May 15, 2013)
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Team Vector + videofag : Queer Arcade Call for Submissions Now Open! (Toronto, Ontario, Canda; Deadline: June 01, 2013)
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Antimatter [Media Art] (Victoria, BC, Canada; Deadline: July 19, 2013)
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twin rivers media festival (Asheville, NC USA; Deadline: May 06, 2013)
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Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts (Toronto, Canada; Deadline: May 10, 2013)
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25 FPS Festival (Zagreb, Croatia; Deadline: May 15, 2013)
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Edinburgh Short Film Festival 2013 Call for Entries (UK; Deadline: May 03, 2013)
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Mumbai Women's International Film Festival (Mumbai,India; Deadline: April 30, 2013)
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SiciliAmbiente Documentary Film Festival (San Vito Lo Capo (TP), Italy; Deadline: April 30, 2013)
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Federation Square - Melbourne (Australia; Deadline: April 30, 2013)
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Exuberant Politics (Iowa City, IA; Deadline: April 21, 2013)
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LITTLE SCUZZY FILM FESTIVAL (Carbondale, IL, USA; Deadline: April 20, 2013)
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Ottawa International Animation Festival (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Deadline: May 17, 2013)
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Regent Park Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Deadline: May 10, 2013)
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Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts (Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Deadline: May 10, 2013)
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Manipulated Image (International; Deadline: April 20, 2013)
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15th Annual Artsfest Film Festival (Harrisburg; Deadline: May 03, 2013)
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Blind Date [Vox Populi & Goldilocks Gallery, Philadelphia] (Philadelphia, PA, USA; Deadline: May 15, 2013)
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Festival of (In)appropriation (Los Angeles, CA; Deadline: May 15, 2013)
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
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* Sight Unseen Presents Contemporary Shorts @ the Bma [April 20, Baltimore]
* Su Friedrich's Gut Renovation Screening At Rerun In Dumbo For One Week [April 20, Brooklyn, NY]
* Handmade [April 20, Detroit, MI]
* 2nd Annual Flamingo Film Festival: A Showcase of International Student
Film & video [April 20, Ft. Lauderdale, FL]
* New Works Salon Xi [April 20, Los Angeles, California]
* South of the Border With Nick Zedd, Pgm 2 [April 20, New York, New York]
* Panel Discussion: My Friends! the Life and Work of Jonas Mekas [April 20, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
* The Cinema Is Jonas Mekas: Selections From the 365 Days Project [April 20, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
* John Davis + Allison Holt/Jim Haynes’ Signal Mountain + [April 20, San Francisco, California]
* Man With A Movie Camera [April 21, Boston, Massachusetts]
* Twohundredfiftysixcolors - Second Screening! [April 21, Chicago, IL]
* Kelly Sears: the Day of Speculative Motion [April 21, Los Angeles, CA]
* Essential Cinema: Warhol/Whitney Program [April 21, New York, New York]
* Essential Cinema: My Hustler [April 21, New York, New York]
* Gordon Matta-Clark Program [April 21, New York, New York]
* An Evening With Jackie Raynal: Deux Fois [April 21, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
* Nick Zedd Presents "Spirit Underground" By Dr. Fanatik & Lorenzo Lagrave [April 22, Brooklyn, New York]
* Early Monthly Segments #50 = Speaking Directly By Jon Jost [April 22, Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
* Original Copies: the Limited Edition In Film and video [April 23, Brooklyn, NY]
* Vicious Circle [April 23, Cambridge, Massachusetts]
* Three Filmmakers: Schlemowitz, Jang, Serra [April 24, New York, New York]
* Black Circle Cinema #001: Robert Smithson + Nancy Holt: Earthworks [April 24, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
* La Air: Sharmaine Starks [April 25, Los Angeles, California]
* Out-Takes From the Life of A Happy Man [April 25, New York, New York]
* Raw, Raucous and Sublime: 30 Years of Vanessa Renwick, An Oregon
Department of Kickass Retrospective [April 25, Portland, Oregon]
* Bastard Film Encounter [April 25, Raleigh, NC]
* Electromediascope [April 26, Kansas City, Missouri]
* Out-Takes From the Life of A Happy Man [April 26, New York, New York]
* Canyon Luminaries Program 1: Canyon Classics of the Bay Area [April 26, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
* Canyon Luminaries Program 2: Through the Looking Glass [April 26, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]
* Cnyx Screening Series: Films By Kevin Everson [April 26, Rochester, NY]
* Psychic Geographies [April 26, Syracuse, NY]
* Animation Freak-Out Night [April 27, Los Angeles, California]
* Essential Cinema: Kenneth Anger Program [April 27, New York, New York]
* Out-Takes From the Life of A Happy Man [April 27, New York, New York]
* Jeremy Rourke + Colburn + Klahr + Geiser + [April 27, San Francisco, California]
* Out-Takes From the Life of A Happy Man [April 27, Washington, DC]
* Essential Cinema: Baillie/Crockwell Program [April 28, New York, New York]
* Quick Billy [April 28, New York, New York]
* Out-Takes From the Life of A Happy Man [April 28, New York, New York]
* Shapeshifters Cinema Presents Lori Varga and Paul Baker [April 28, Oakland]
Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2013
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4/20
Baltimore: Sight Unseen
http://www.sightunseenbaltimore.com/
2:00-4:00pm, The Baltimore Museum of Art | 10 Art Museum Drive
SIGHT UNSEEN PRESENTS CONTEMPORARY SHORTS @ THE BMA
Sight Unseen presents a group program of short films and videos chosen
in response to the newly reopened Contemporary Art wing at the Baltimore
Museum of Art. Featuring both local and international artists, the
screening will be followed by a gallery talk relating pieces from the
contemporary collection to the works shown. Including films and videos
by: Stephanie Barber, Tom Borax, Mark Brown, David Gatten, Lawrence
Jordan, William Knipscher, Laida Lertxundi, Jonas Mekas, Rebecca Meyers,
Miranda Pfeiffer, Luther Price, Jennifer Reeves, Tasman Richardson, &
Karen Yasinsky. FREE ADMISSION. For more information on the works,
artists, and the Sight Unseen screening series, please visit:
www.sightunseenbaltimore.com
4/20
Brooklyn, NY: reRun
7:30pm, 147 Front Street (Mezzanine)
SU FRIEDRICH'S GUT RENOVATION SCREENING AT RERUN IN DUMBO FOR ONE WEEK
http://gutrenovation.eventbrite.com/ Shows at 7:30 + 9:45 on Fri and
Mon-Thurs, at 2pm on Sat and Sun ONE WEEK ONLY!
4/20
Detroit, MI: Mothlight Microcinema
https://www.facebook.com/events/606526589377352/
8pm, 2 John R. St., Ste 2
HANDMADE
Please join us for the Mothlight Microcinema screening on April 20th at
8pm! This month we have a very exciting program of short animations
curated by Gary Schwartz (see the full program listing below). The total
run time of this screening will be 80 mins. As always, this event is
free and open to the public; friends and cinephiles welcome. BYOB. Ring
the white doorbell on John R to be let in. Hope to see you there!
HANDMADE -- ANIMUS, Gary Schwartz 1982, 5 min, 16mm SINDROME DE LINEA
BLANCA, Loudes Villagomez 2006, 8:20, 35mm (video transfer) IN PLASTER,
Alyssa Baron-Klask 2012, 3:36, video HOUSE BUNNY, Gina Kamensky 2010,
1:30, 35mm (video transfer) PLAYTIME, Steven Woldshen 2007, 5:20, video
FA, FHA, PHA OTTAWA!, Gary Schwartz 2010, 0:53, video THE DEEP DARK,
Laura Heit 2011, 7:07, video COVERSONG, Eric Dyer 2012, 1:45, video
YOURS TRULY, Osbert Parker 2006, 7 min, 35mm (video transfer) HERE COME
'Da JUDGE, Gary Schwartz 2007, 4 min, video PRAYERS FOR PEACE, Dustin
Grella 2009, 7:38, video THE GRAVEDIGGER'S TALE, Min Young Oh 2013,
13:06, video FRESH OFF THE GRILL FILM FESTIVAL, Gary Schwartz 2012,
0:29, video INHERENT OBLIGATIONS, Rao Heidmets 2008, 10 minutes, video
THAT DAM BOX SHOW 2, Gary Schwartz 2010, 1:10, video SECRET BEE, Gina
Kamensky 2010, 2:30, video
4/20
Ft. Lauderdale, FL: Flamingo Film Festival
http://flamingofilmfest.com
7PM, 111 East Las Olas Blvd. AT-819
2ND ANNUAL FLAMINGO FILM FESTIVAL: A SHOWCASE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
FILM & VIDEO
The 2nd Annual Flamingo Film Festival: A Showcase of International
Student Film & Video will be happening April 19th & 20th @ FAU FTL Askew
Tower, Room #921 at 7 p.m. Doors will open at 6 p.m each evening. The
event is free and open to the public. This year there will be
representation from multiple schools in the United States including FAU,
SCAD, USC, NYU, Iowa, and more. Further, there will be international
representation from schools in Canada, India, London and Belgium. The
festival is juried and competitive. Awards will be given in Animation,
Experimental, Documentary and Narrative. Following each screening, there
will be a Q & A with students in attendance. After parties to follow
each night. For information on the festival, go to:
www.flamingofilmfest.com
4/20
Los Angeles, California: Echo Park Film Center
http://www.echoparkfilmcenter.org/
8 pm, 1200 N. Alvarado St.
NEW WORKS SALON XI
Several local and visiting artists will present in-progress or recently
completed works in an informal screening with brief introductions by the
artists and time for discussion between each work. William E. Jones will
present Joy in Repetition, a lecture / performance addressing the
relationship between artists Peter Roehr and Charlotte Posenenske, and
the gallerist Paul Maenz. The performance will include a selection of
Roehr's film montages, along with Jones' own Film Montages (for Peter
Roehr), an appropriated video work that also takes simple repetition as
its first principle, arranging fragments of gay porn films into a
musical composition at once austere and erotic. San Francisco-based
Irwin Swirnoff will perform we r bodies, using his short films, still
photos and creative non-fiction, Irwin creates an intimate & immediate
setting where he explores sexuality, romance, longing, anguish, pain,
and resilience. Rick Bahto will perhaps show Room Film, a short Super 8
film looking at his filthy bedroom. Stephen van Dyck's show Customer
Care airs on Los Angeles artist-run radio station KChung Radio. Through
an episodic narrative of van Dyck's own defaulted loans, debts and
bills, he calls debt collectors, telemarketers and customer service
agents and talks with them about each other's personal lives. In one
touching episode, a AAA agent in Dallas rings in the new year with van
Dyck over the phone, wishing each other good luck in the new year for
each other's creative careers. In others, van Dyck's curiosity and
questions reveal a Costa Rican Time Warner Cable agent who has been to
the jungle and seen jaguars and toucans, a cruise line booking agent who
can't afford to take vacations, and a young mother in a new city trying
to make friends while her husband is fighting in Afghanistan.
4/20
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7:45 PM, 32 Second Avenue (at 2nd St.)
SOUTH OF THE BORDER WITH NICK ZEDD, PGM 2
An unhinged desire to shock can be found in Segura's films, while a
healthy appreciation of female sensuality is embraced in Dr Fanatik's
experimental dreamscapes. Finally, Teresa Margolles's documentation of
the cleansing of a dead baby confronts an activity both mundane and
exotic, as the dichotomy between life and death is manifested. Cultural
anthropology is my mission here, to expose you to artifacts both similar
and different from a time and place both alien and familiar as seen
through Mexican eyes." –Nick Zedd PROGRAM 2: Joaquin Segura LIL FIF
FAIRY (2004, 1.5 min, video. Co-directed by Maurecio Limon.) ACAPULCO
GOLDEN (2005, 13 min, video) Dr. Fanatik & Lorenzo Lagrava AXIS ATER
2008, 85 min, video Teresa Margolles BANANDO AL BEBE (1999, 10 min,
video) Total running time: ca. 115 min.
4/20
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: International House Philadelphia
http://ihousephilly.org/events/the-cinema-is-jonas-mekas-my-friends-the-life-and-work-of-jonas-mekas/
2PM, 3701 Chestnut Street
PANEL DISCUSSION: MY FRIENDS! THE LIFE AND WORK OF JONAS MEKAS
Panel discussion with Jonas Mekas, Amy Taubin, Jackie Raynal and Ed
Halter, moderated by Andrew Lampert. This discussion will utilize expert
panelists, each of whom has a different connection to Mekas' life and
work. They will share their perspectives on his film and video practice,
the influence he has had on moving image culture and how he became the
central figure in American independent film. ///// Jonas Mekas was born
in 1922 in the farming village of Semeniškiai, Lithuania. In 1944, he
and his brother Adolfas were taken by the Nazis to a forced labor camp
in Elmshorn, Germany. After the War, the UN Refugee Organization brought
both brothers to New York City. Two weeks after his arrival he borrowed
money to buy his first Bolex camera and began to record brief moments of
his life. He soon got deeply involved in the American Avant-Garde film
movement, creating Film Culture magazine, the Movie Journal column in
the Village Voice, the artist-run distribution collective the
Film-Makers Cooperative, and Anthology Film Archives, one of the world's
largest and most important repositories of and venues for avant-garde
cinema. During this time he completed 20 books of poetry and over 74
films varying from 4 minutes to 284 minutes in length. His film
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania has been selected for
preservation by the Library of Congress when it was added to the
National Film Registry in 2006.
4/20
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: International House Philadelphia
http://ihousephilly.org/events/the-cinema-is-jonas-mekas-selections-from-the-365-days-project/
7:00PM, 3701 Chestnut Street
THE CINEMA IS JONAS MEKAS: SELECTIONS FROM THE 365 DAYS PROJECT
dir. Jonas Mekas, US, 2007, digital, 137 min. ///// Introduction and Q&A
with Jonas Mekas ///// This program features selections of the short
digital films Mekas posted daily throughout 2007. Combining brand-new
footage with older material unearthed and made public for the first
time, The 365 Days Project was both a bold leap into the digital world
for Mekas and a natural extension of the approach to cinema–small-scale,
intimate, and direct–that he had been practicing in his diary films for
decades. – Anthology Film Archives "It's a big struggle and I'm still
struggling now. Poets have always struggled. The haiku, for example, is
the art-form which absolutely comes closest to reality and is also the
formal ecstasy of what poetry can achieve. In cinema, the camera can
only film reality, that is, what is in front of it. But how to achieve
this formally? It's a question of essence and how to structure it, so
that it can contain reality and at the same time transport it into a
completely different plane! It is a challenge I think that poets
have—and we will be facing it forever. I have been trying in The 365
Days Project, I continue to try today, and I will keep trying until the
day I won't be able to try anymore." – J.M., from an interview with
Brooklyn Rail magazine This series is supported in part by the National
Endowment of the Arts and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state
agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National
Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
4/20
San Francisco, California: Other Cinema
http://www.othercinema.com/
8:30 PM, 992 Valencia St
JOHN DAVIS + ALLISON HOLT/JIM HAYNES’ SIGNAL MOUNTAIN +
Sound artist John Davis patches together a smart stack of oscillators to
generate original tracks to three peculiar 16mm artifacts: A pair of
anomalous educationals on electromagnetism precedes the world premiere
of Craig Baldwin's double-projection Nth Dimension. Allison Holt and Jim
Haynes' Signal Mountain is another world premiere, the brilliant edit of
their recent SFMOMA performance. A delicious selection of 3D pieces
includes Lillian Schwartz, Slavko Vorkapich, and Kerry Laitala's latest.
PLUS Phil Patiris, DJ Spooky, and TV Sheriff. $7.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2013
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4/21
Boston, Massachusetts: ArtsEmerson
http://ArtsEmerson.org
1:00 PM, Bright Family Screening Room at the Paramount Center, 559 Washington Street
MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA
ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage presents Man with a Movie Camera. This
experimental silent documentary challenges the conventional need for
characters and plot in a film. Instead, focusing on a range of cinematic
techniques to create a mesmerizing depiction of work and play of Soviet
citizens, Man with the Camera brought innovations and conventions to the
film industry still used today. Splicing together three years' worth of
random clips from director Vertov's collection, this avant-garde film
paints a fantastically futuristic view of life in the city during the
1920s.
4/21
Chicago, IL: Conversations at the Edge
http://www.saic.edu/cateblog
1pm, 164 N. State St.
TWOHUNDREDFIFTYSIXCOLORS - SECOND SCREENING!
Eric Fleischauer in person! - Crafted from thousands of animated GIFs
(the file format used to create simple, looping animations online)
twohundredfiftysixcolors is an expansive and revealing portrait of what
has become a zeitgeist medium. Chicago-based artists Eric Fleischauer
and Jason Lazarus chart the GIF's evolution from internet page signpost
into a nimble tool for pop-cultural memes, self-expression, and
considered artistic gestures as well as the file type's connections to
early cinema, and its contemporary cultural and aesthetic possibilities.
- JASON LAZARUS (1975, Kansas City, MO) is a Chicago-based artist,
curator, educator, and writer. His practice includes photography, public
archive projects, and the exploration of notions of impossibility as a
medium. Lazarus's work has been exhibited internationally and is in
major collections including the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the
Art Institute of Chicago, and the Milwaukee Museum of Art, among others.
- ERIC FLEISCHAUER (b. 1977, Buffalo, NY) is a Chicago–based
artist, curator, and educator working in video, film, and digital
mediums. Fleischauer examines the ramifications of technology's
expansive influence on both the individual and cultural sphere. His work
has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago,
threewalls, and the Kunstmuseum Bonn, among others. - 2013, Eric
Fleischauer & Jason Lazarus, digital file, ca 97 min + discussion
4/21
Los Angeles, CA: The Machine Project
9am, 1200-D North Alvarado Street
KELLY SEARS: THE DAY OF SPECULATIVE MOTION
The Day of Speculative Motion features a series of dystopic short works
starring wayward astronauts, ghostly beauty queens, eager soldiers,
haunted ex-presidents, alluring telephone operators and doomed 1970s
high school students. Kelly Sears uses popular American imagery to
create parafictional readings of the nation's past and forge connections
with the present-day. These works draw on the intersection of animation,
experimental film, recycled cinema, and the film essay. Through this
patchwork of American Post War histories, Sears examines the darker side
of the American Dream in hallucinatory vignettes. - The Day of
Speculative Motion begins on April 21st at 9 AM and will loop until
midnight. There will be an artist talk, tea and morning toast at 11 AM.
The screening includes, Voice on the Line (2009), Tropical Depression
(2012), The Drift (2007), The Rancher (2012), Once It Started It Could
Not End Otherwise (2011), Cover Me, Alpha (2011). - Machine Project,
1200 D N Alvarado, Los Angeles, CA 90026, Sunday April 21st, 9AM -
midnight
4/21
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
3:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
ESSENTIAL CINEMA: WARHOL/WHITNEY PROGRAM
Andy Warhol EAT (1963, 35 min, 35mm, b&w, silent) John and James Whitney
FILM EXERCISES 1-5 (1943-45, 18 min, 16mm) James Whitney LAPIS (1963-66,
10 min, 16mm, silent) Total running time: ca. 65 min.
4/21
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
5:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
ESSENTIAL CINEMA: MY HUSTLER
by Andy Warhol 1965, 67 min, 16mm, b&w MY HUSTLER is one of the classics
of gay cinema. It is the story of a sexual triangle in which Ed Hood
competes with his Fire Island neighbors, Joe Campbell and Genevieve
Charbin, for the attentions of Paul America, whom he has rented for the
weekend from "Dial-a-Hustler". The realism of the scenario is due
largely to the absence of a script and performances by actors
essentially playing themselves.
4/21
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
GORDON MATTA-CLARK PROGRAM
Gordon Matta-Clark SPLITTING (1974, 11 min, 16mm, b&w/color, silent)
SOUS-SOL DE PARIS (1977, 26 min, 16mm, b&w. In French with English
subtitles.) Anthony McCall LANDSCAPE FOR FIRE (1972, 7 min,
16mm-to-video) LANDSCAPE FOR WHITE SQUARES (1972, 3 min, 16mm-to-video)
Jane Crawford & Robert Fiore SHEDS (2004, 22 min, video) Nancy Holt &
Robert Smithson SWAMP (1971, 6 min, 16mm-to-video) Ken Jacobs AIRSHAFT
(1967, 4 min, 16mm, silent) LET THERE BE WHISTLEBLOWERS (2005, 18 min,
video, b&w/color. Sound by Steve Reich.) Joseph Cornell GNIR REDNOW
(1955, 5 min, 16mm, silent. Shot by Stan Brakhage.) Total running time:
ca. 105 min.
4/21
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: International House Philadelphia
http://ihousephilly.org/events/an-evening-with-jackie-raynal-deux-fois/
7:00PM, 3701 Chestnut Street
AN EVENING WITH JACKIE RAYNAL: DEUX FOIS
dir. Jackie Raynal, France, 1969, 35mm, b/w, French with English
subtitles ///// Introduction and Q&A with Jackie Raynal ///// IHP
welcomes French filmmaker, film editor, critic and curator Jackie Raynal
to present her landmark feature film debut Deux Fois. Raynal began her
career in the 1960s as the film editor for New Wave directors such as
Eric Rohmer, Jean-Daniel Pollet and Jean Eustache. Challenged by
producer and patroness Sylvina Boissonnas to stop editing other people's
films and make her own, Raynal traveled to Barcelona, where she
completed Deux Fois in a single week. One of the most enigmatic films of
the Zanzibar group (which included Philippe Garrel, Pierre Clementi and
Nico), it is composed of a series of unconnected episodes, some repeated
twice. The fairy-tale phrase "once upon a time" is turned on its head,
as is the logic of classical film construction. With herself as the
film's "star," Raynal announces each of the film's sequences and
proclaims, theatrically and ironically, "tonight will be the end of
meaning." Deux Fois has been described by Noël Burch as "an
intentionally elementary meditation on certain primary functions of
film, that could be said to be at the roots of film editing as
such—expectations, exploring the picture, perceptual memory,
relationships between on-screen and off-screen space—all explored in a
series of free-standing sequence shots of perfect simplicity." In Les
Cahiers du cinema, French critic Serge Daney said, "This cinema 'au
feminin' reminds us what the imperialist eye had repressed: different
modes of editing impulses; what is seen and heard alters our
perspective."
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MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2013
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4/22
Brooklyn, New York: Microscope Gallery
http://www.microscopegallery.com
7PM, 4 Charles Place (at Myrtle between Bushwick & Evergreen Aves)
NICK ZEDD PRESENTS "SPIRIT UNDERGROUND" BY DR. FANATIK & LORENZO LAGRAVE
digital video, 2011, 65 minutes. A feature from Mexico City, Introduced
by Nick Zedd. Admission $6. Nick Zedd joins us to introduce to New York
the 2011 feature Spirit Underground by Mexican artists Dr. Fanatik and
Lorenzo Lagrava, a work he discovered in his new home of Mexico City.
"Spirit Underground" breaks the myth that there is a parallelism between
mega cities such as Mexico and New York. While in New York underground
movements are generated by the tedium and abundance, in Mexico it is by
backwardness and lack. The pictures mixed with the texts in the movie
become timeless, themed by the extravagant music of the authors of his
musical "metamorphosis". The score is like a prelude for an audience
that attends the museum halls, hungry for sensations that heal the
everyday foolishness prevailing in most cities flooded by a comfortably
cheap commercialism. -- FANATIK is an artist working with music, film,
video, and photography. Since the 70s he has been a very active figure
in the Mexican underground scene producißng 7 albums and more than 50
feature films and experimental videos. As a musician, he has played
alongside José Manuel Aguilera, Steven Brown, Saul Hernandez, Alejandro
Sanchez, Sabo Romo, Alejandro Marcovich, and many others. His work,
which extends to radio and television broadcasts, has been object of
numerous solo and group exhibitions. NICK ZEDD is a film-maker, painter,
writer, actor, political satirist, and a leading figure of the Lower
East Side cinematic revolution, the Cinema of Transgression. Zedd's
works have been shown world-wide – often with great resistance — and are
in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). More
info: www.microscopegallery.com. tel:;347.925.1433. Nearest Subway J/M/Z
Myrtle/Broadway.
4/22
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Early Monthly Segments
http://earlymonthlysegments.org/
8pm, Gladstone Hotel, Art Bar, 1214 Queen Street West
EARLY MONTHLY SEGMENTS #50 = SPEAKING DIRECTLY BY JON JOST
Guest programmed by Eli Horwatt. Speaking Directly was made after Jon
Jost was imprisoned between March 1965 and June 1967 for refusing to
serve in the Vietnam War. While this may have left a heroic residue on
the film, it is one Jost resists at every opportunity. Speaking Directly
deconstructs the language of war, national identity, gender politics,
friendship and ultimately cinema itself.
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TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2013
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4/23
Brooklyn, NY: Light Industry
http://www.lightindustry.org/
7:30, 155 Freeman Street
ORIGINAL COPIES: THE LIMITED EDITION IN FILM AND VIDEO
A lecture by Erika Balsom - The sale of artists' film and video as
limited editions on the art market is an increasingly dominant form of
distribution, displacing both the rental model of the co-ops and the
sale of uneditioned works. The widespread espousal of editioning
represents a reining in of the inherent reproducibility of the moving
image and its wholesale recuperation into the symbolic economy it once
compromised, that of the unique work of art. The rise of this model has
provoked considerable controversy. For some, its artificial scarcity
goes against the inherent qualities of the medium and betrays promises
of access and democratization\; for others, it represents the only way
film and video will be taken seriously by museums and the most viable
economic model to support the livelihood of artists. - Influenced by the
practices of late-nineteenth century printmaking, the idea of selling
artists' films as limited editions arises in the early 1930s but remains
unrealized at that time. Throughout most of the twentieth century,
attempts to edition film and video consistently failed to achieve market
viability. This changes in the 1990s, when a number of factors align to
make such a model of distribution not only possible, but more and more
preferred. Tonight's talk will unfold this history, proposing an account
of the reasons behind the increasing adoption of the limited edition
over the past twenty years, and will explore what implications this
development has for the production, distribution, and acquisition of
film and video today. - Erika Balsom is Assistant Professor of Film
Studies at Carleton University. Her book on recent film and video
installation, Exhibiting Cinema in Contemporary Art, will be out from
Amsterdam University Press this spring. - FREE - Please note: seating is
limited. First-come, first-served. Box office opens at 7pm.
4/23
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Balagan Films
http://www.balaganfilms.com
7:30pm, Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle Street
VICIOUS CIRCLE
Mixing a number of rarely juxtaposed genres, Balagan takes a 360-degree
look at cyclical structure and circular form. We are happy to present
three locally-based artists and filmmakers: Nicolas Brynolfson, Santiago
Gil and Julie Miller; as well as an audiovisual performance by NY-based
artist Thomas Dexter and a 1970s' experimental film by Japanese
avantgardist Toshio Matsumoto.
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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2013
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4/24
New York, New York: Millennium Film Workshop
http://www.millenniumfilm.org/
8pm, 66 E 4th St
THREE FILMMAKERS: SCHLEMOWITZ, JANG, SERRA
Millennium Film Workshop presents work by three New York based
filmmakers whose diverse films represent a common interest in the using
the filmic texture of the media to enhance the subject matter of their
work. MM Serra's "Art Parade" uses super-8 to preserve the East Village
performance art scene. Joel Schlemowitz's "Teslamania" uses in-camera
double exposures and prismatic lenses to document a Tesla coil
performance. Hey-Yeun Jang's "(k)now (t)here" uses the 16mm Bolex to
transform a train compartment into a camera obsura of image poetry.
Additional works from the three filmmakers will also fill out the
program. All three artists will be available for a Q&A after the
screening. JOEL SCHLEMOWITZ is an experimental filmmaker based in
Brooklyn, NY. Screenings of his films have included the Ann Arbor Film
Festival, New York Film Festival and Tribeca Film Festival. His work has
received awards from the Chicago Underground Film Festival, The Dallas
Video Festival, and elsewhere. Filmmaker website:
www.joelschlemowitz.com HEY-YEUN JANG is a Korea-born, New York based
artist. Her works often involve 16mm film as either installation or a
single channel film. Her films have been screened at the New York Film
Festival, Rotterdam Film Festival, Edinburgh Film Festival, Chicago
Underground Film Festival and VIDEOEX, and have been included in
exhibitions all around the world. Her works have been awarded with the
Fellowship Grant in New Genre by The National Endowment for the Arts and
with the Finishing Funds by the Experimental TV Center. M.M. SERRA,
Executive Director of the Film-Makers Cooperative is an experimental
film/videomaker who has produced, directed, and edited more than
fourteen works. Her own work, as well as her curated programs, have been
screened at festivals including Sundance, Tribeca, and New York Film
Festival; the Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of the Moving Image in
New York; The Centre Georges Pompidou and the Cinematheque Francaise in
Paris; the London Film Festival, Oberhausen International Short Film
Festival and the Dresden Film Fest in Germany. Serra has been the
Executive Director of the Film-Makers' Cooperative in New York City
since 1991 and has curated several exhibition programs in New York and
Europe. www.mmserra.com
4/24
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Aux Performance Space
http://blackcirclecinema.tumblr.com/bcc001
8:00PM, 319 N 11th Street
BLACK CIRCLE CINEMA #001: ROBERT SMITHSON + NANCY HOLT: EARTHWORKS
In recognition of Earth Day, Black Circle Cinema is pleased to present
two important films by two pioneers of land/environmental art. These two
depictions of major works of earth art are just as stunning today as
when they were first created. Smithson and Holt both deal with time and
space on a grand scale and these films are a testament to their enduring
vision. // This exhibition comes on the heels of JG, a new 35mm film
project by Tacita Dean on view at the Arcadia University Art Gallery
through Sunday, April 21. JG examines the connection between JG
Ballard's short story "The Voices of Time" and Spiral Jetty. // Spiral
Jetty dir. Robert Smithson, 1970, US, 16mm, 30' // This film, made by
the artist Robert Smithson, is a poetic and process minded film
depicting a "portrait" of his renowned earthwork Spiral Jetty as it juts
into the shallows off the shore of Utah's Great Salt Lake. A voice-over
by Smithson reveals the evolution of Spiral Jetty. Sequences filmed in a
natural history museum are integrated into the film featuring
prehistoric relics that illustrate themes central to Smithson's work. A
one minute section is filmed by Nancy Holt for inclusion in the film as
Smithson wanted Holt to shoot the "earth's history." This idea came from
a quote Smithson found: "the earth's history seems at times like a story
recorded in a book each page of which is torn into small pieces. Many of
the pages and some of the pieces of each page are missing". Smithson and
Holt drove to the Great Notch Quarry in New Jersey, where he found a
facing about 20 feet high. He climbed to the top and through handfuls of
ripped pages from books and magazines over the edge of the facing as
Holt filmed it. // Sun Tunnels dir. Nancy Holt, 1978, US, 16mm, 27' //
Takes a close look at the many different processes involved in making
art in the American landscape, away from urban centers and outside the
usual art-world confines of museums and galleries. More specifically, it
is a personal record of the making the filmmaker's art-work Sun Tunnels
in the remote northwest Utah desert. Being aligned with the sunsets and
sunrises during the summer and winter solstices, the sculpture indicates
the daily and yearly cycle of the sun. The sunlight, which changes
slowly within the tunnels during the day, is speeded up, making
available an experience of the work which is filmic in nature. //
Tickets: $7-10 sliding scale
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THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2013
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4/25
Los Angeles, California: Echo Park Film Center
http://www.echoparkfilmcenter.org/
8 pm, 1200 N. Alvarado St.
LA AIR: SHARMAINE STARKS
LA AIR is a new artist-in-residence program that invites Los Angeles
filmmakers to utilize EPFC resources in creating a new work over a
four-week period. Sharmaine Starks, aka SharStar*, is a West Coast
based, independent filmmaker, whose work explores inner city life and
Hip Hop culture ranging from documentaries, narratives and music videos.
She also teaches youth filmmaking workshops throughout Los Angeles, is a
graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and a Mom. Portraits of women
in underground West Coast Hip Hop will be presented through short
documentaries and uniquely crafted music videos that combine
photography, digital and film mediums and hand-processed techniques.
This eclectic collection of art will serve as a platform for these
relevant voices in music to be seen and heard. Free event!
4/25
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
8:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
OUT-TAKES FROM THE LIFE OF A HAPPY MAN
by Jonas Mekas 2012, 68 min, video "A motion picture composed of brief
diaristic scenes not used in completed films from the years 1960-2000;
and self-referential video footage taped during the editing. Brief
glimpses of family, friends, girl-friends, the City, seasons of the
year, travels. Occasionally I talk, reminisce, or play music I taped
during those earlier years, plus more recent piano improvisations by
Auguste Varkalis. It's a kind of autobiographical, diaristic poem,
celebration of happiness and life. I consider myself a happy man." –J.M.
"In a film of amazing delicacy and poetic insight, Mekas celebrates the
beauty of imperfect images…" –Amy Taubin "OUT-TAKES starts with Mekas
alone at night while the city sleeps, editing his old films. As he looks
back over his life he starts to talk, insisting that his life's work
amounts to 'just images, some fragments of this world' that he will
bring together for himself and a few friends. But as images of the
people who brought joy into his life pass by, we realize that most of
them are no longer alive. Mekas sees them again, but he is seeing them
alone. As much as it is about his happy life, the film is also about
emptiness, loss, and a longing for some sort of spiritual consolation.
At one moment the cover of St John of the Cross's MEDITATIONS appears on
screen. This is Mekas's long dark night of the soul." – Richard Dorment,
THE TELEGRAPH
4/25
Portland, Oregon: The Hollywood Theatre
7:30, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd
RAW, RAUCOUS AND SUBLIME: 30 YEARS OF VANESSA RENWICK, AN OREGON
DEPARTMENT OF KICKASS RETROSPECTIVE
Two nights- April 25th and 26th - of different programing spanning the
30 year career of Vanessa Renwick. Also, the release of the LONG awaited
N S E W dvd compilation of Vanessa's work! - This is Oregon Movies, A to
Z's first Oregon filmmaker retrospective. - Find Oregon Movies, A to Z
at www.talltalestruetales.com.
4/25
Raleigh, NC: Bastard Film Encounter
http://www.bastardfilmencounter.com
7pm, Raleigh, NC
BASTARD FILM ENCOUNTER
bas•tard [bas-terd] - noun, something irregular,
inferior, spurious, or unusual. -
en•coun•ter, verb, to come upon or
meet with, especially unexpectedly: to encounter a new situation. - The
Orphan Film Symposium introduced us to films that had been orphaned by
their creators or caretakers. We hope to expand on this idea by looking
at films that are bastards—ill-conceived or received; embarrassing
or beyond the bounds of acceptability; poor in conception or execution;
undesirable to those who should be caring for them; proof of something
that should have never happened. - The aim of the Bastard Film Encounter
is to bring these misbegotten moving images out of the closet and begin
to address what these films are, how they are kept and ignored (and if
they really should be), if and why they might matter, and what role they
might play in archives and in studies of the moving image. - We invite
you to join us for a weekend of screening-intensive conversations about
bastard films in beautiful Raleigh, North Carolina. Screenings and
conversations are the focus of this event. Thematically clustered
screenings will be followed by lengthy discussion and q&a sessions.
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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2013
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4/26
Kansas City, Missouri: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
http://www.nelson-atkins.org
7:00 p.m., 4525 Oak Street
ELECTROMEDIASCOPE
It is with mixed feelings that we present our 20th anniversary and final
Electromediascope program titled "The End" at the Nelson-Atkins Museum
of Art this April 12, 19 and 26, 2013. On April 12 we are exited to have
composer, musician and sound artist Laetitia Sonami and visual artist
SUE-C here in person to kick-off the celebration with a presentation of
"Sheepwoman," a collaborative live cinema and sound performance
constructed real time on stage. Sonami will also perform "Tunnel of
Love," a world premiere sound installation by Paul DeMarinis and her own
electronic sound work and world premiere, "Birds without Feet cannot
Land." See www.sonami.net and www.sheepwoman.com. On April 19 we will
present the feature length Inuit film "Before Tomorrow." We end the
series on April 26 with a selection of short works by Anri Sala, William
Kentridge, Peggy Ahwesh, Guy Maddin, Robin Rhode, Jesper Just, Jem Cohen
& Luc Sante and Les LeVeque. To commemorate this milestone event, we
have compiled a listing of all the works we have shown over the years,
and the Museum has published it a small catalog, "Electromediascope 20th
Anniversary." Copies are available for $15.95 at the Nelson-Atkins
Museum Store. You may order online at museumstore.nelson-atkins.org, or
call 816-751-1242. We feel very privileged to have been able to curate
and present such a wide variety of films, videos and new media artworks
by more than 350 artists from 53 different countries of origin.
Electromediascope has had a great 20-year run at the Nelson-Atkins, and
now we are excited by the prospect of redirectaing our time and energy
back into our own artwork and writing. --Patrick Clancy and Gwen Widmer
4/26
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
8:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
OUT-TAKES FROM THE LIFE OF A HAPPY MAN
See notes for Apr. 25, 8 pm.
4/26
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: International House Philadelphia
http://ihousephilly.org/events/motion-picturescanyon-luminaries-program-1-canyon-classics-of-the-bay-area/
7:00PM, 3701 Chestnut Street
CANYON LUMINARIES PROGRAM 1: CANYON CLASSICS OF THE BAY AREA
Curator and film scholar Irina Leimbacher will be in attendance /////
Canyon Classics of the Bay Area opens with early films by James
Broughton (Mother's Day) and Sidney Peterson (The Lead Shoes) that were
screened at and supported by Frank Stauffacher's legendary Art in Cinema
series at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Then, moving from
urban angst to celebrations of nature, we have short gems from the
1960s: Bruce Baillie's single take of a rose-covered fence, All My Life,
and Gunvor Nelson's portrait of her young daughter, My Name is Oona. We
conclude back in the city center with Ernie Gehr's rigorous and
unsettling silent city symphony Side/Walk/Shuttle. Mother's Day dir.
James Broughton, US, 1948, 16mm, 15 min. ///// The Lead Shoes dir.
Sidney Peterson, US, 1949, 16mm, 18 min ///// All My Life dir. Bruce
Baillie, US, 1966, 16mm, 3min. ///// My Name is Oona dir. Gunvor Nelson,
US, 1969, 16mm, 10min. ///// Side/Walk/Shuttle dir. Ernie Gehr, US,
1991, 16mm, 41min., silent
4/26
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: International House Philadelphia
http://ihousephilly.org/events/motion-picturescanyon-luminaries-program-1-canyon-classics-of-the-bay-area/
9:00PM, 3701 Chestnut Street
CANYON LUMINARIES PROGRAM 2: THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Curator and film scholar Irina Leimbacher will be in attendance /////
Nathaniel Dorsky once said that his films were "of the world as it comes
through the hole of his Bolex camera." The three filmmakers in this
program use the Bolex and 16mm film as their "looking" glass. Guy
Sherwin's 100-foot-roll studies reveal the power of his spring-wind
camera to philosophically contemplate and comment on light, temporality,
and life. In 19 Scenes Relating to a Trip to Japan, Konrad Steiner
places moving images next to each other to reflect on the dynamism and
transience of relation and the force of the cinematic frame. Finally,
Nathaniel Dorsky's Sarabande is a continuous, moving experience of
discovery of the mysterious world that we see—but usually miss—every
day. Short Film Series dir. Guy Sherwin, US, 1976-1999, 16mm, 33 mins,
silent, 18 fps ///// 19 Scenes Relating to a Trip to Japan dir. Konrad
Steiner, US, 1998, 35mm, 15 min. ///// Sarabande dir. Nathaniel Dorsky,
US, 2008, 16mm, 15 min., silent, 18 fps
4/26
Rochester, NY: University of Rochester
http://rochester.edu/college/humanities/
6pm, University of Rochester, Hubbell Auditorium
CNYX SCREENING SERIES: FILMS BY KEVIN EVERSON
Films by Kevin Everson, with Mr. Everson in attendance for a Q&A to
follow the screening. "For more than a decade, working in numerous film
and video formats, Everson has presented images of the lives of African
Americans—and other people of African heritage, worldwide—through his
own distinctive practice of cinematic portraiture, a blend of fiction
and documentary that analyzes minute aspects of individual personality
by homing in on everyday gestures of labor and leisure...he has carved a
place for himself outside both the typical expectations of documentary
and the conventions of representational fiction."--Artforum
4/26
Syracuse, NY: Urban Video Project (UVP)
http://www.urbanvideoproject.com/
7:00pm, 401 Harrison Street
PSYCHIC GEOGRAPHIES
screening: 7pm in the Everson's Hosmer Auditorium; reception:
8:30-9:30pm in the Everson plaza. Urban Video Project, Light Work and
the Everson Museum of Art are pleased to present a group show of new
video work in which forces of desire, both personal and political, and
forces of nature traverse the land with a heavy tread, describing the
borders of contested territories and propagating strange ecologies.
Artists include: Mariam Ghani, Sayler/Morris, Basma Al Sharif,
Jacqueline Goss, and Michael Robinson. In conjunction with the outdoor
exhibition (April 11 - June 1) projected onto the Everson facade, a
special indoor screening will be held including additional work by
Michael Robinson and Geoffrey Pugen. A reception will follow immediately
on the plaza. Coffee and vegan baked goods by Recess Coffee. All UVP
events are FREE & OPEN to the public. Contact:
info at urbanvideproject.com; 315.443.1369. For more info, go to:
http://www.urbanvideoproject.com/?p=1522
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SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2013
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4/27
Los Angeles, California: Echo Park Film Center
http://www.echoparkfilmcenter.org/
8 pm, 1200 N. Alvarado St.
ANIMATION FREAK-OUT NIGHT
Won't you join Cosmo Segurson for an evening of strange and mind bending
cartoons? Root beer floats will be served up as his collection of 16mm
animation prints entertains you beyond belief. From the United States
and around the world, some from the Film Center's own library, these
cartoons are rare and well worth your attention. Tex Avery, The
Fleischer Studios, and a couple of prints that he's not sure who made,
will be shown. Did we mention Root Beer Floats? All works shown on 16mm!
4/27
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
3:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
ESSENTIAL CINEMA: KENNETH ANGER PROGRAM
FIREWORKS (1947, 20 min, 35mm, b&w) RABBIT'S MOON (1950-70, 15 min,
35mm) EAUX D'ARTIFICE (1953, 13 min, 16mm) KUSTOM KAR KOMMANDOS (1965, 3
min, 16mm) SCORPIO RISING (1963, 30 min, 35mm) Poetry, psychodrama, and
the occult meet in these timeless works by one of the pioneers of the
American avant-garde film. Total running time: ca. 85 min.
4/27
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
8:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
OUT-TAKES FROM THE LIFE OF A HAPPY MAN
by Jonas Mekas 2012, 68 min, video Share + Film Notes "A motion picture
composed of brief diaristic scenes not used in completed films from the
years 1960-2000; and self-referential video footage taped during the
editing. Brief glimpses of family, friends, girl-friends, the City,
seasons of the year, travels. Occasionally I talk, reminisce, or play
music I taped during those earlier years, plus more recent piano
improvisations by Auguste Varkalis. It's a kind of autobiographical,
diaristic poem, celebration of happiness and life. I consider myself a
happy man." –J.M. "In a film of amazing delicacy and poetic insight,
Mekas celebrates the beauty of imperfect images…" –Amy Taubin "OUT-TAKES
starts with Mekas alone at night while the city sleeps, editing his old
films. As he looks back over his life he starts to talk, insisting that
his life's work amounts to 'just images, some fragments of this world'
that he will bring together for himself and a few friends. But as images
of the people who brought joy into his life pass by, we realize that
most of them are no longer alive. Mekas sees them again, but he is
seeing them alone. As much as it is about his happy life, the film is
also about emptiness, loss, and a longing for some sort of spiritual
consolation. At one moment the cover of St John of the Cross's
MEDITATIONS appears on screen. This is Mekas's long dark night of the
soul." – Richard Dorment, THE TELEGRAPH
4/27
San Francisco, California: Other Cinema
http://www.othercinema.com/
8:30 PM, 992 Valencia St
JEREMY ROURKE + COLBURN + KLAHR + GEISER +
Back by popular demand is the spirited person of Jeremy Rourke,
conjuring musical complements to three extraordinary animations: the
debut of his own Walk Long Inside Upon Your Land, the exquisite Mulching
Emulsion, and Dave Fleischer's 1928 Koko Goes Ghosting. We honor the
recently deceased Gerry Anderson with a section from Thunderbirds Are
Go!, plus Philip Stapp's Tanguy-esque Picture in Your Mind (on 16mm). As
to the new generation: Martha Colburn's Colony Collapse Disorder, Jodie
Mack's August Song, Nina Paley's This Land Is Mine, Omer Gal's Sap,
Janie Geiser's Lost Motion, and Lewis Klahr's Creased Robe Smile. Joel
Schlemowitz kicks in a collage-homage to illustrator extraordinaire Ms.
Dame Darcy
4/27
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art
http://www.nga.gov
4:30, 6th Street & Constitution Avenue NW
OUT-TAKES FROM THE LIFE OF A HAPPY MAN
Fleeting scenes and favorite moments, Out-Takes is composed of fragments
not used in his earlier diary films, the genre that Jonas Mekas (now 90)
made famous during his more than 50 years of filmmaking."Brief glimpses
of family, my friends, girlfriends, the City, seasons of the year,
travels. Occasionally I talk, reminisce, or play music I taped during
those earlier years, plus more recent piano improvisations by Auguste
Varkalis. It is a kind of autobiographical, diaristic poem, celebration
of happiness and life. I consider myself a happy man." (Jonas Mekas,
2012, DigiBeta, 68 minutes) Reminiscences from Germany, writes Mekas, is
"an attempt to provide an introduction to the German period of my life
from 1944 to 1949. Using original photos taken by myself and my brother
Adolfas, and footage from 1971 and 1993, I revisit Elmshorn, Flensburg,
Wiesbaden, Mainz and Kassel where I spent five years—first as a Forced
Laborer in a war prisoners' camp, and later as a Displaced Person in
displaced persons' camps.
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SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
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4/28
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
4:15 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
ESSENTIAL CINEMA: BAILLIE/CROCKWELL PROGRAM
Bruce Baillie MASS FOR THE DAKOTA SIOUX (1963-64, 20 min, 16mm, b&w)
QUIXOTE (1964-65, 45 min, 16mm) CASTRO STREET (1966, 10 min, 16mm) ALL
MY LIFE (1966, 3 min, 16mm) VALENTIN DE LAS SIERRAS (1968, 10 min, 16mm)
Meditations on America by a filmmaker whom Willard van Dyke once called
the most American of all contemporary filmmakers. Annette Michelson has
referred to Bruce Baillie as one of the few American political
filmmakers. Douglass Crockwell GLENS FALLS SEQUENCE (1964, 8 min, 16mm)
"The basic idea was to paint continuing pictures on various layers with
plastic paint, adding at times and removing at times, and to a certain
extent these early attempts were successful." –D.C. Total running time:
ca. 100 min.
4/28
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
6:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
QUICK BILLY
by Bruce Baillie 1971, 57 min, 16mm Bruce Baillie's journey through "the
dark wood encountered in the middle of life's journey" (Dante), with
references to Bardo Thodol. A major work from one of the great poets of
cinema.
4/28
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
8:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
OUT-TAKES FROM THE LIFE OF A HAPPY MAN
See notes for April 25, 8 pm.
4/28
Oakland: Shapeshifters Cinema
http://shapeshifterscinema.com/
8-9PM, 511 48th St. Oakland
SHAPESHIFTERS CINEMA PRESENTS LORI VARGA AND PAUL BAKER
Bay Area native Lori Varga will present "Beyond the Frames of Light and
Strange Sounds, Vol. 2" using 16mm and 8mm handmade collage films,
experimental celluloid loops, 35mm slides and a live electronic sound
collage made from old audio tape loop machines, magnetic card readers
and analog cassette tapes. Paul Baker (Austin, Texas) and friends will
also perform Analog Omega - a series of analog feedback loops of images
and sounds utilizing VCR, TV and projector overlays, set to audio dronal
and tonal experimental sound.
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