[Frameworks] This week [January 12 - 20, 2013] in avant garde cinema
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West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival (morgantown, WV, USA; Deadline: February 25, 2013)
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Cologne International Videoart Festival (Cologne, Germany; Deadline: July 01, 2013)
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London End of The World Documentary Film Festival (London United Kingdom.; Deadline: January 15, 2013)
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Oberhausen International Short Film Festival (Germany; Deadline: January 15, 2013)
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Indie Fest (La Jolla, CA, USA; Deadline: February 08, 2013)
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IC Docs (Iowa City, IA USA; Deadline: January 18, 2013)
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What the Festival (Alfred, NY, United States; Deadline: February 01, 2013)
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
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* Robert Nelson [January 12, New York, New York]
* Japanese Underground Cinema: Takahiko iimura [January 12, New York, New York]
* L.A. Filmforum Presents Carolee Schneemann: New videos of the Performing
Artist [January 13, Los Angeles, California]
* Shapeshifters Cinema Presents John Davis and Joshua Churchill [January 13, Oakland, California]
* The Cinema of Transgression Festival [January 15, Brooklyn]
* Go Starboard With Mike Kuchar [January 15, New York, New York]
* Nick Zedd Presents Cinema of Transgression Festival [January 16, Brooklyn]
* Avant-Garde Masters: A Decade of Preservation [January 16, New York, New York]
* Nick Zedd Presents the Cinema of Transgression Festival [January 17, Brooklyn]
* Eye Mask : Mergeemerge [January 17, Stanford, CA]
* Artsemerson: the World On Stage Presents: Freedom Riders [January 18, Boston, Massachusetts]
* Artsemerson: the World On Stage Presents: Talk To Me [January 18, Boston, Massachusetts]
* Nick Zedd Presents Cinema of Transgression Festival [January 18, Brooklyn]
* Stuart Sherman 16mm Films [January 18, New York, New York]
* Artsemerson: the World On Stage Presents: Akeelah and the Bee [January 19, Boston, Massachusetts]
* Artsemerson: the World On Stage Presents: Can We Talk [January 19, Boston, Massachusetts]
* Do the Right Thing [January 19, Boston, Massachusetts]
* Nick Zedd Presents the Cinema of Transgression Festival [January 19, Brooklyn]
* Mother [January 19, New York, New York]
* Stuart Sherman 16mm Films [January 19, New York, New York]
* Stuart Sherman videos [January 19, New York, New York]
* Medicine For Melancholy [January 20, Boston, Massachusetts]
* The Art of vision: Honoring Stan Brakhage [January 20, Los Angeles, California]
* Rice/Richter/Sharits Program [January 20, New York, New York]
* Stuart Sherman Solo Spectacles [January 20, New York, New York]
* Stuart Sherman Group Spectacles [January 20, New York, New York]
Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2013
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1/12
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
4:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
ROBERT NELSON
THE GREAT BLONDINO 1967, 42 min, 16mm. Newly preserved print; thanks to
the Academy Film Archive! "The original Blondino was a 19th-century
tightrope artist who among other feats crossed Niagara Falls trundling a
wheelbarrow. In this film, Nelson sees Blondino as a metaphor for those
who still try. Too subtle to be allegorical, the picture is in the shape
of a quixotic search in which the goal is the journey and the means is
the end." –Museum of Modern Art "It is…difficult to get at the rich
visual texture that is the film's most striking attribute. Long
stretches are concerned with Blondino's visions, dreams, and dreams
within dreams. The film unfolds in brief recurring patterns of imagery.
Even the more straightforward sections are dense with interpolated
newsreel and TV commercial footage, visual gags, and homemade special
effects. The net effect is funny, seamless, and elusive." –J. Hoberman,
"A Filmmakers Filming Monograph" & BLEU SHUT 1970, 33 min, 16mm. Newly
preserved print; thanks to the Academy Film Archive! "Boat-name quizzes,
dogs, cuts from Dreyer's JOAN OF ARC in montage with a sultry whore, a
car running up a ramp and crashing, pornography, a passionate embrace by
a thirties hero and heroine; all somehow implicating Dreyer and Joan in
the perverse synthesis of sex and technology. What's happening here?
Basically Nelson is leaving things unsaid." –Leo Regan Total running
time: ca. 80 min.
1/12
New York, New York: Museum of Modern Art
http://www.moma.org
2:30pm, 11West 53Street,
JAPANESE UNDERGROUND CINEMA: TAKAHIKO IIMURA
An experimental filmmaker and video artist in Tokyo and New York since
the 1960s, Takahiko iimura has a program from his early period in the
1960s produced in Tokyo. In the beautifully choreographed Anma(1963) and
Rose Color Dance(1965) by Tatsumi Hijikata, the founder of Ankoku Butoh
dance, as well as in Love(1962), Takahiko iimura transforms his camera
into an extension of his body.This was about the same time what Marshall
McLuhan called "The medium is a message" siting the medium as an
extension of the body, yet iimura realized his theory in the media
already in these films in Japan without knowing the theory bu McLuhan.
In Junk(1962), Love(1962), and Onan(1964), iimura improvises with
vanguard musicians Takehisa Kosugi, Yoko Ono, and Yasunao Tone, with
exhilarating results. Of Love Jonas Mekas reviewed as "a poetic and
sensuous exploration of the body." At the same time Love(1962) and
Junk(1962) have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo in the
60 years anniversary exhibition till January 14th, 2013.
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2013
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1/13
Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
http://www.lafilmforum.org/
7:30pm (box office opens 6:30, doors open 7), Spielberg Theatre at the Egyptian, 6712 Hollywood Blvd.
L.A. FILMFORUM PRESENTS CAROLEE SCHNEEMANN: NEW VIDEOS OF THE PERFORMING
ARTIST
Carolee Schneemann in person! Filmforum is delighted to start 2013 with
a visit from the influential and fantastic artist Carolee Schneemann.
Schneemann, multidisciplinary artist, has transformed the definition of
art, especially discourse on the body, sexuality, and gender. The
history of her work is characterized by research into archaic visual
traditions, pleasure wrested from suppressive taboos, the body of the
artist in dynamic relationship to the social body. Schneemann has never
ceased to cross mediums and boundaries to make work that resonates with
raw poetic power. From her collaged war or diary films and provocative
performances to her photos, paintings and installations, Schneemann's
varied creations deconstruct our ingrained preconceptions and everyday
assumptions. In words, images and actions, her art is deeply personal,
sharply critical, intensely expressive, and always innovative. Tonight
we are primarily looking at recent video works that draw from or
document some of her performances. Her classic film Fuses will be
included in the screening Breaking the Plane, presented by Los Angeles
Filmforum at MOCA, on Thursday January 10 at 7:00 pm. For more
information and tickets, see www.moca.org. Currently in Los Angeles, her
early painting/constructions are exhibited in a group show at THE BOX,
"Painting" (how painting became performance). http://www.theboxla.com/
Tickets: $10 general, $6 students/seniors; free for Filmforum members.
Available by credit card in advance from Brown Paper Tickets at
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/315189 or by cash or check at the
door. Screening: Plumb Line (1968-71, color, sound, Super 8mm film on
video, 14:58), Ask the Goddess (1991, color, sound, 7 min.), Snows
(1967-2011, color and b&w, silent, 16 mm film on video, 20:30 min. – Los
Angeles premiere!), Pinea Silva (2011, color, sound, 10 min. – Los
Angeles premiere!), Americana I-Ching Apple Pie(2007, 16:37 min, color,
sound, 16:37), Devour (2003-04, color, sound, 8:40)
1/13
Oakland, California: Shapeshifters Cinema
http://shapeshifterscinema.com/
8:00 pm, 511 48th Street (@ Telegraph)
SHAPESHIFTERS CINEMA PRESENTS JOHN DAVIS AND JOSHUA CHURCHILL
A night of film, video, and sound with John Davis and Joshua
Churchill..,. The evening includes film projected by John with live
soundscapes created by Joshua, followed by a collaborative musical
performance accompanying live synthesized video feedback. About the
Artists: John Davis works with moving images and sound, expanding their
relationships through experimentation, chance, collaboration and
improvisation. Current performance work investigates various sound and
image delivery systems, their material bi-products, and the range of
sensory possibilities that exists between them. Joshua Churchill's work
includes immersive site-specific sound and light installation,
photography, and experimental music/noise. His dynamic works compel one
to be critically aware of their surroundings by exploring the aesthetic,
emotive, and structural qualities of the environments in which they are
situated and/or are examining. Admission is free! Check out our Facebook
event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/321882947920167/ For more
info, visit: http://shapeshifterscinema.com/
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2013
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1/15
Brooklyn: GlassHouse
http://dotan-perry.com/our-glasshouse-home
9 PM, 246 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
THE CINEMA OF TRANSGRESSION FESTIVAL
A talk by Nick Zedd, Kembra Pfahler and Michael Chaiken, followed by
screening of documentaries about The Cinema of Transgression and
continuing with experimental films from the 60's and 70's such as films
by the Vienna Actionists.
1/15
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
GO STARBOARD WITH MIKE KUCHAR
FILMMAKER IN PERSON! An icon whose renown reverberates well outside the
small world of experimental cinema, Mike Kuchar has been in constant
pursuit of his muse since his earliest days drawing and shooting 8mm
films in the Bronx. Bold hues illuminate artificial atmospheres in his
glamorously gleaming films and videos, all of which were made for
pennies on the dollar. Ambience in a Mike Kuchar film is as much of a
character as his lovelorn protagonists. Kuchar's attention to color is
similarly expressive, especially in the way he uses light to invest his
already ethereal images with deeper emotional and comical resonance.
This program brings together three new works with Anthology's recent
preservation of GREEN DESIRE, the filmmaker's second 16mm production
following his revered SINS OF THE FLESHAPOIDS. Two of the videos are
stunning pieces made with the students in his class at the San Francisco
Art Institute. They are without a doubt among the strongest works of his
lengthy career and should by no means be missed by Kuchar fans and
thrill-seekers alike. MELTDOWN 2012, 12 min, digital video. "Waiting to
live" and "Waiting to die" are the same thing…or is he just plain "Mad"?
STARBOUND 2012, 47 min, digital video. Dizzy "way out", "new age"
widescreen mayhem seethes within the walls of the Institute for
Metaphysical Research and Spiritual Wellness. GREEN DESIRE 1966, 20 min,
16mm. Preserved by Anthology Film Archives through the Avant-Garde
Masters program funded by The Film Foundation and administered by the
National Film Preservation Foundation. A youth wanders the landscape of
grass and sky in search of puzzling impulses. GREEN DESIRE is an
exquisite and rarely seen example of Kuchar's masterful use of color,
texture, and tone. MIDNIGHT CARNIVAL 2011, 34 min, video. A
color-splashed mystery play about revelers at a masquerade ball produced
by Kuchar and his San Francisco Art Institute students. Total running
time: ca. 120 min.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013
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1/16
Brooklyn: GlassHouse
http://dotan-perry.com/our-glasshouse-home
9 PM, 246 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
NICK ZEDD PRESENTS CINEMA OF TRANSGRESSION FESTIVAL
For this event Zedd curates a special program with screenings of most of
his works since the 80's and hosting works of some of his peers in the
Cinema of Transgression movement including films by Nicholas Abrahams,
Tessa Hughes- Freeland & Holly Adams, Angelique Bosio, Richard Kern,
Richard Klemann, Casandra Stark and documentary films by Mary Jordan and
Andreas Troeger.
1/16
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
AVANT-GARDE MASTERS: A DECADE OF PRESERVATION
AVANT-GARDE MASTERS: A DECADE OF PRESERVATION The Avant-Garde Masters
grant was created in 2003 by the National Film Preservation Foundation
and The Film Foundation to preserve American Avant-Garde cinema. Funded
by The Film Foundation, the program has helped save more than 100 films
in its first decade, making many works available to audiences for the
first time since their creation. Works preserved thus far run the gamut
from canonical classics to handmade efforts by artists deserving a
second look. All films were preserved through the National Film
Preservation Foundation's Avant-Garde Masters Grant program funded by
The Film Foundation. Special thanks to Jeff Lambert (NFPF), Christa
Grauer, Chicago Filmmakers, Patrick Friel, Gerd Stern (Intermedia
Foundation), David Joel (Larry Rivers Foundation), Mona Nagai & Jon
Shibata (Pacific Film Archive), and Silver Bow Art. Frank Stauffacher
NOTES ON THE PORT OF ST. FRANCIS (1951, 21 min, 16mm. Preserved by
Pacific Film Archive.) A poetic portrait of San Francisco narrated by
Vincent Price. Rudy Burckhardt THE CLIMATE OF NEW YORK (1948, 21 min,
16mm. Preserved by Anthology Film Archives.) Mid-1940s New York City
preserved in luminous black-and-white and saturated color. "Shows the
relation of New Yorkers to their monumental environment, their nervous
movement against the solid calm of their architecture, and the almost
impossible difference in scale between the two." –R.B. Beryl Sokoloff
GAUDI (1962, 14 min, 16mm. Preserved by Silver Bow Art.) Sokoloff's
cinematic homage to the architect, Antonio Gaudi. The filmmaker
intertwines Gaudi's fantastic forms with the vital streets of Barcelona
creating a poetic tension and visual excitement. Tom Palazzolo HE (1966,
8 min, 16mm. Preserved by Chicago Filmmakers.) Men are strange
creatures. This film follows a few of them, including an Abe Lincoln
look-alike, and a nudist swimmer in January. Total running time: ca. 70
min.
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013
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1/17
Brooklyn: GlassHouse
http://dotan-perry.com/our-glasshouse-home
9 PM, 246 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
NICK ZEDD PRESENTS THE CINEMA OF TRANSGRESSION FESTIVAL
For this event Zedd curates a special program with screenings of most of
his works since the 80's and hosting works of some of his peers in the
Cinema of Transgression movement including films by Nicholas Abrahams,
Tessa Hughes- Freeland & Holly Adams, Angelique Bosio, Richard Kern,
Richard Klemann, Casandra Stark and documentary films by Mary Jordan and
Andreas Troeger.
1/17
Stanford, CA: Stanford University
https://vimeo.com/57185039
6:30 - 9:30 pm, Cubberley Auditorium, Stanford University
EYE MASK : MERGEEMERGE
A computer/video installation by Robert Edgar: MERGEEMERGE. For premiere
at Stanford University. Computer, software, half-silvered mirror,
viewer.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2013
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1/18
Boston, Massachusetts: ArtsEmerson
http://ArtsEmerson.org
6pm, Bright Family Screening Room at the Paramount Center
ARTSEMERSON: THE WORLD ON STAGE PRESENTS: FREEDOM RIDERS
This harrowing documentary recounts the events from May to December
1961, when over 400 black and white citizens bussed through the Deep
South in protest of the segregation of travel facilities. Often met with
extreme prejudice and mob violence, what seemed to be a simple act
caused each protester to lay his or her life on the line to stand up for
racial equality. Many were brutally beaten and imprisoned for traveling
in this historic ride that challenged a nation. Released in honor of the
50th anniversary of the Rides, this empowering film based on Raymond
Arsenault's book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial
Justice shows the extent the freedom riders were willing to go in order
to establish equality for all.
1/18
Boston, Massachusetts: ArtsEmerson
http://ArtsEmerson.org
9pm, Bright Family Screening Room at the Paramount Center
ARTSEMERSON: THE WORLD ON STAGE PRESENTS: TALK TO ME
Don Cheadle gives a knockout performance in this biopic examining the
life of controversial Washington, D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey"
Green. Recently returned from prison, Green gets a chance to host a
radio show produced by one of his connections. With his blunt political
commentary and transparency of his personal life, he quickly becomes the
most popular disc jockey in the metropolitan area. Set against the
turbulent background of the late '60s and early '70s, Talk to Me shows
an intimate and entertaining portrait of one man.
1/18
Brooklyn: GlassHouse
http://dotan-perry.com/our-glasshouse-home
9 PM, 246 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
NICK ZEDD PRESENTS CINEMA OF TRANSGRESSION FESTIVAL
Leading figure in the avant-garde cinema and NYC underground scene of
the 1980's and 1990's, iconic filmmaker, writer, and painter, Nick Zedd
returns to New York City for a festival dedicated to his work, providing
New Yorkers with the rare opportunity to meet and experience this body
of work. In addition to coining the term "Cinema of Transgression" and
critically framing the work of his contemporaries (as creator of
Underground Film Bulletin from 1984–90 and writer of the Cinema of
Transgression manifesto), Zedd is known for his low-budget films,
paintings, and mid-2000's public television series with Reverend Jen,
Electric Elf. Among works to be screened: Why Do You Exist by Nick Zedd
Ecstasy in Entropy by Nick Zedd I of K9 by Nick Zedd Thus Spake
Zarathustra by Nick Zedd Lord of the Cockrings by Nick Zedd I Was a
Quality of Life Violation by Nick Zedd Llik Your Idols by Angelique
Bosio Kill The Artist by Andreas Troeger
1/18
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
STUART SHERMAN 16MM FILMS
PROGRAM 1: 16MM FILMS GLOBES 1977, 2.5 min SCOTTY AND STUART 1977, 2 min
SKATING 1978, 3 min TREE FILM 1978, 1.5 min EDWIN DENBY 1978, 1 min
CAMERA/CAGE 1978, 3 min FLYING 1979, 50 sec BASEBALL/TV 1979, 1 min
HAND/WATER 1979, 1.5 min PIANO/MUSIC 1979, 1.5 min ROLLER
COASTER/READING 1979, 3 min FOUNTAIN/CAR 1980, 39 sec ROCK/STRING 1980,
55 sec ELEVATOR/DANCE 1980, 3 min THEATRE PIECE 1980, 52 sec BRIDGE FILM
1981, 1.5 min RACING 1981, 1 min TYPEWRITING (PERTAINING TO STEFAN
BRECHT) 1982, 2 min FISH STORY 1983, 52 sec PORTRAIT OF BENEDICTE PESLE
1984, 56 sec MR. ASHLEY PROPOSES PORTRAIT OF GEORGE 1985, 1.5 min BRECHT
FILM 1985, 1 min EATING 1986, 6 min THE DISCOVERY OF THE PHONOGRAPH
1986, 6 min SCOTTY SNYDER ALL AROUND THE TABLE 1987, 10 min BERLIN TOUR
1988, 12 min BLACK-EYED SUSAN PORTRAIT OF AN ACTRESS 1989, 9 min
LIBERATION PORTRAIT OF BERENICE REYNAUD 1993, 8 min Total running time:
ca. 90 min.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2013
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1/19
Boston, Massachusetts: ArtsEmerson
http://ArtsEmerson.org
1pm, Bright Family Screening Room at the Paramount Center
ARTSEMERSON: THE WORLD ON STAGE PRESENTS: AKEELAH AND THE BEE
Akeelah Anderson, a bright young girl with a gift for words living in
South Los Angeles, feels a little out of place. She has an undeniable
awareness of language, but doesn't want to be called a brainiac. Still,
against the wishes of her mother (Angela Bassett), Akeelah enters the
spelling bee, coached by Dr. Larabee (Laurence Fishburne), and earns a
spot in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Akeelah and the Bee is a
hopeful tale of the power of knowledge, the courage it takes to push
yourself far, and the community that is behind each success story.
1/19
Boston, Massachusetts: ArtsEmerson
http://ArtsEmerson.org
6pm, Bright Family Screening Room at the Paramount Center
ARTSEMERSON: THE WORLD ON STAGE PRESENTS: CAN WE TALK
This impressive documentary offers powerful stories from the 1970s
busing/desegregation crisis that changed Boston forever. Personal and
intimate testimonials infuse Can We Talk with their candor and raw
emotion: a bus driver who delivered children to schools and
neighborhoods that didn't want them; a resident of the projects whose
admittedly racist family refused to let her be bused to a school with
children of color; a parent who got involved in politics by accident
because of the forces of systemic racism that denied quality of
education and simple respect. This program features a discussion with
the Boston Busing Desegregation Project following the screening.
1/19
Boston, Massachusetts: ArtsEmerson
http://ArtsEmerson.org
9pm, Bright Family Screening Room at the Paramount Center
DO THE RIGHT THING
ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage presents: On the hottest day of the
summer in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, a series of small
misunderstandings in the colorful community eventually explodes into a
riot ignited by racial politics, prejudice and misinformation. With a
Korean grocery store, an Italian pizza parlor and a strong
African-American community as the background, the multi-faceted
characters perform sometimes startling actions that calls into question
what exactly the "right thing" is. Considered a masterpiece for director
Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing is bolstered by the acting talents of Ruby
Dee, Ossie Davis and Samuel L. Jackson, among others.
1/19
Brooklyn: GlassHouse
http://dotan-perry.com/our-glasshouse-home
9 PM, 246 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
NICK ZEDD PRESENTS THE CINEMA OF TRANSGRESSION FESTIVAL
Leading figure in the avant-garde cinema and NYC underground scene of
the 1980's and 1990's, iconic filmmaker, writer, and painter, Nick Zedd
returns to New York City for a festival dedicated to his work, providing
New Yorkers with the rare opportunity to meet and experience this body
of work. In addition to coining the term "Cinema of Transgression" and
critically framing the work of his contemporaries (as creator of
Underground Film Bulletin from 1984–90 and writer of the Cinema of
Transgression manifesto), Zedd is known for his low-budget films,
paintings, and mid-2000's public television series with Reverend Jen,
Electric Elf. Among works to be screened: Electra Elf: Hellbound
Heiresses Electra Elf: Of Lice & Men Electra Elf: Vile Buddies Electra
Elf: No Plague Like Home Electra Elf: Hollow Be Thy Name NYC/MEXICO The
Birth of Zerak Paintings: 2009-11 Cockfight
1/19
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
4:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
MOTHER
by Vsevolod I. Pudovkin In Russian with no subtitles; English synopsis
available, 1926, 104 min, 35mm, b&w, silent Based on the novel by Maxim
Gorky. With the simple theme of a working-class mother growing in
political consciousness through participation in revolutionary activity,
this film established Pudovkin as one of the major figures of the Soviet
cinema. A student of Kuleshov and an admirer of Griffith's films, he was
writing his first book of film theory at the same time he was making
MOTHER. His expert cutting on movement and his associated editing of
unrelated scenes to form what he called a "plastic synthesis" are amply
demonstrated here. Although in direct opposition to Eisenstein's shock
montage, Pudovkin used a linkage method advanced far beyond Kuleshov's
theories.
1/19
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
6:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
STUART SHERMAN 16MM FILMS
See notes for Jan. 18, 7:30 pm.
1/19
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
8:45 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
STUART SHERMAN VIDEOS
PROGRAM 2: VIDEOS This program features all the videos that Sherman
produced from 1986 onwards. To round out the show we'll be presenting
special selections from the Stuart Sherman collection at the Fales
Library & Special Collections, NYU. BERLIN (WEST)/ANDERE RICHTUNGEN
1986, 6 min GRAY MATTER 1987, 1 min VIDEO WALK 1987, 1 min DON'T HANG UP
I'M FREEZING 1993, 4 min A GLASS OF FISH 1993, 2 min CHEERS! 1993, 2 min
BLACK AND WHITE & GRAIN 1993, 1 min THE LEAP 1993, 3 min SON OF SCOTTY
AND STUART 1993, 5 min BILL RICE'S BEER GARDEN 1994, 5 min ME AND JOE
1994, 4 min 8 EGGS 1994, 5 min NEWSBREAK 1994, 4 min HOLY BIBLE 1994,
3.5 min AH CHOO! 1994, 39 sec Total running time: ca. 85 min.
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2013
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1/20
Boston, Massachusetts: ArtsEmerson
http://ArtsEmerson.org
1pm, Bright Family Screening Room at the Paramount Center
MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY
ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage presents: Medicine for Melancholy. In
this internationally acclaimed and award-winning debut feature film by
director Barry Jenkins, 24 hours in the life of two African-American
twenty-somethings are shown with distinct humanity, vibrancy and heart.
What begins as a one-night stand neither truly remember bleeds into a
day neither of them will forget. Set against the monotone background of
San Francisco, the couple deals with the racism, gentrification and
prejudice the city can frequently offer, while experiencing the thrill
of new love in this modern urban romance. With as much heart as it has
substance, this independent film was a hit during the 2008 festival
circuit and became one of the most successful indie-flicks of the year.
1/20
Los Angeles, California: Redcat
http://www.redcat.org/
5:00pm, 631 West 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA 90012
THE ART OF VISION: HONORING STAN BRAKHAGE
With a lifelong devotion to filmmaking as a radical and resolutely
personal practice, Stan Brakhage (1933–2003) completed more than 350
films that explored cinematic vision as a means of poetic expression and
pushed the boundaries of cinema as art. Defying traditional film
language, his distinctive techniques—expressive camera movement,
intricate editing, subtle superimpositions, photographic abstractions
and painting directly on the film surface—contributed to a singular,
humanizing sensibility. Ten years after his death, Brakhage is
celebrated on the occasion of his 80th birthday with two programs of
major early works: a rare screening of The Art of Vision (1961–65, 255
mins.), his monumental and deeply meditative deconstruction of Dog Star
Man, and a second evening devoted to eight short masterworks newly
restored by the Academy Film Archive, from the seminal psychodrama
Reflections on Black (1955), to his landmark ode to subjective seeing,
Anticipation of the Night (1958).
1/20
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
4:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
RICE/RICHTER/SHARITS PROGRAM
Ron Rice CHUMLUM (1964, 23 min, 16mm) With Jack Smith, Mario Montez,
Gerard Malanga. "One of the underground's best and most influential
films." –Peter Gidal Hans Richter RHYTHMUS 21 (1921, 3 min, 16mm, b&w,
silent) "Its content is essentially rhythm, the formal vocabulary is
elemental geometry, and the structural principle is counterpoint of
contrasting opposites." –Standish Lawder EVERYTHING REVOLVES, EVERYTHING
TURNS / ALLES DREHT SICH, ALLES BEWEGT SICH (1929, 9 min, 16mm, b&w,
silent) Paul Sharits N:O:T:H:I:N:G (1968, 36 min, 16mm) Preserved by
Anthology Film Archives with support from the National Film Preservation
Foundation. "Based in part on the Tibetan Mandala of the Five Dhyani
Buddhas/a journey toward the center of pure consciousness (Dharma-Dhatu
Wisdom)/space and motion generated rather than illustrated/time-color
energy create virtual shape/in negative time, growth is inverse decay."
–P.S. "In essence there are only three flicker films of importance,
ARNULF RAINER, THE FLICKER, and N:O:T:H:I:N:G… In terms of the subject
we have discussed here, it is Sharits' N:O:T:H:I:N:G that opens the
field for the structural film with a flicker base." –P. Adams Sitney
T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G (1969, 12 min, 16mm) Newly preserved print! Starring
poet David Franks whose voice appears on the soundtrack/an uncutting and
unscratching mandala. "Merges violence with purity." –P. Adams Sitney
"Surrealist tour de force." –Parker Tyler Total running time: ca. 90
min.
1/20
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
6:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
STUART SHERMAN SOLO SPECTACLES
Sherman may best be known for his solo SPECTACLE performances, which
usually took the form of quick-paced interactions with everyday objects
over a tabletop. He created and performed eighteen SPECTACLES in total,
twelve of which he performed solo, and six with groups of collaborators.
A prominent theme of the SPECTACLES was Sherman's playful use of scale,
either in the amplification of small gestures and details, or the
miniaturization of theatrical spectacle. All works in this program will
be projected on video. TENTH SPECTACLE 1978, 30 min Sherman draws from
his supply of mass-produced objects and site-gags to enact portraits of
places ranging from Coconut Grove, Florida to Cairo, Egypt. TWELFTH
SPECTACLE (LANGUAGE) 1980, 32 min Plays with the syntax of common
objects, using familiar items such as telephones, balloons, and magnets
to stage rhetorical questions. SELECTIONS FROM THE ELEVENTH SPECTACLE
(THE EROTIC) AND EIGHTH SPECTACLE (PEOPLE'S FACES) ca.1979, 20 min Total
running time: ca. 85 min.
1/20
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
8:15 pm, 32 2nd Avenue
STUART SHERMAN GROUP SPECTACLES
All works in this program will be projected on video. SECOND SPECTACLE
1976, 45 min Sherman performs with Stefan Brecht, Richard Foreman, and
Kate Manheim in a series of choreographed skits. In NAME, each of the
performers takes turns wearing a top hat and spelling out famous names;
in PARTY, Manheim sets a table with four plates and noisemakers, then
methodically blows the noisemakers and trims off their tips with
scissors before ordering Brecht, Foreman, and Sherman to collect the
remnants. SEVENTH SPECTACLE 1976, 31 min In this group SPECTACLE, thirty
performers take turns drawing from a pile of props and creating absurd
vignettes with their chosen objects. Total running time: ca. 80 min.
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