[Frameworks] This week [January 12 - 20, 2013] in avant garde cinema
Jonathan Walley
walleyj at denison.edu
Sat Jan 12 13:19:08 CST 2013
For any Ohio-area Frameworkers - the "AVANT-GARDE MASTERS: A DECADE OF
PRESERVATION" series is also making a stop at the Wexner Center. Two
nights ago Jeff Lambert of the National Film Preservation Foundation
introduced the first segment, which included a stunning 35mm
restoration print of RABBIT'S MOON (those of you who only know the
"Things that go Bump in the Night" version MUST see this one), some
rarely seen Lillian Schwartz 3-D computer films (from Ohio State's
Lillian Schwartz Collection), and the absolutely incredible PREFACES
by Abigail Child.
Next week the series continues with a tribute to the Kuchars. This,
again, is at the Wexner Center in Columbus, on Wed., Jan 16, at
7:00PM. Here's the link:
http://www.wexarts.org/fv/index.php?eventid=6789
And, just out of curiosity, how many Ohio-area Frameworkers are there?
(Feel free to email me off list on that one).
Best,
Jonathan
Jonathan Walley
Associate Professor
Department of Cinema
Denison University
walleyj at denison.edu
On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Weekly Listing
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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]
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> Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
>
> --------------------------
> SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2013
> --------------------------
>
> 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.
>
> ------------------------
> SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2013
> ------------------------
>
> 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
> -------------------------
>
> 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.
>
> ---------------------------
> WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013
> ---------------------------
>
> 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.
>
> --------------------------
> THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013
> --------------------------
>
> 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.
>
> ------------------------
> FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2013
> ------------------------
>
> 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.
>
> --------------------------
> SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2013
> --------------------------
>
> 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.
>
> ------------------------
> SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2013
> ------------------------
>
> 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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