[Frameworks] Craig Baldwin: Avant to Live!

[Steve Polta]

Craig Baldwin: Avant to Live <https://www.sfcinematheque.org/avant-to-live/>

San Francisco Cinematheque and INCITE Journal of Experimental Media
<https://www.incite-online.net/> announce the release of Craig Baldwin:
Avant to Live! <https://www.sfcinematheque.org/shop/>—five years in the
making! Celebrating the life work of Bay Area underground legend Craig
Baldwin our 508 page publication <https://www.sfcinematheque.org/shop/>,
edited by Steve Polta and Brett Kashmere, features contributions from over
50 writers, artists, illustrators and ideologues analyzing the artist’s
films, examining the cultural impact of Baldwin’s Other Cinema
<http://www.othercinema.com/> curatorial project and offering personal
testimonials; publication also includes filmography, a Baldwin
bibliography, indices to OtherZine
<http://www.othercinema.com/otherzine/archive/> and a biographical
timeline. Full details and pre-orders here
<https://www.sfcinematheque.org/avant-to-live/>. (Pre-ordered books will
ship May 30.)


*Editors:** Brett Kashmere and Steve Polta. **Project Contributors:*
Luisela Alvaray, Craig Baldwin, Irene Borger, Bryan Boyce, Stephen Broomer,
Bill Brown, Anthony Buchanan, Joanna Byrne, Kristin Cato, Chris Chang,
David Cox, Bill Daniel, Joan d’Arc, Manohla Dargis, Tom Day, Jesse Drew,
Adam Dziesinski, Bradley Eros, Gerry Fialka, Adrianne Finelli, Kelly
Gallagher, Max Goldberg, Sam Green, Molly Hankwitz, Joshua Leon Harper,
Mike Hoolboom, Alex Johnston, John Klacsmann, Caroline Koebel, Liz Kotz,
Jesse Lerner, Chip Lord, Patrick Macias, Scott MacKenzie, Jesse Malmed,
Dolissa Medina, Peggy Nelson, Rick Prelinger, Vanessa Renwick, Jeremy
Rourke, Catherine Russell, Lynne Sachs, Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa, Keivan
Khademi Shamami, Jeffrey Skoller, Soda_Jerk, Valerie Soe, Kathleen Tyner,
Federico Windhausen, Michael Zryd. *Project Archivists:** Courtney Fellion
and Megan Needels. **Series Coordinator:** India Nemer. Designer: Vivian
Sming, Sming Sming Books*


MAY 28–31

Book Launch Celebration and Craig Baldwin Retrospective Screenings

JOIN US May 28 for an Avant to Live! celebration at the Roxie Theater
<https://roxie.com/>, featuring a live guided tour through the book plus
video clips, live readings from contributors and more. Following this
launch, come back to the Roxie May 30–31 for a three-program survey of
Baldwin’s greatest hits featuring the classics Tribulation 99, Sonic Outlaws,
Spectres of the Spectrum and more. Craig Baldwin in person at all events! Full
event details here <https://www.sfcinematheque.org/avant-to-live-events/>.

EVENTS AT A GLANCE

All Events at the Roxie Theater | Craig Baldwin In Person!

May 28 | 6pm

Book Release Celebration

A live multimedia tour through the book by co-editors Brett Kashmere and
Steve Polta to include excerpts from films, readings by contributors and an
appearance by Craig Baldwin himself. Full details here
<https://www.sfcinematheque.org/screenings/avant-to-live-book-launch/>.

May 30 | 7pm

Avant to Live! Retrospective 1

Our whirlwind retrospective opens with Craig Baldwin’s paranoically
prescient Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America (1991) presented
with excerpted sections from Baldwin’s first foray into “collage
narrative,” the black-comic Conquistador chronicle ¡O No Coronado! (1992).
Also screening: the semi-world premiere of Baldwin’s newly-rediscovered
“lost film” Stolen Movie (1976). Full details here
<https://www.sfcinematheque.org/screenings/avant-to-live-retro-program-1/>.

May 31 | 6:30pm

Avant to Live! Retrospective 2

Baldwin’s media-radical rock doc Sonic Outlaws (1995)—a polemical
examination of copyright and “fair use” featuring Negativland in a
constellation of culture jammers—screens with Baldwin’s 1979 video game
mashup Wild Gunman. Full details here
<https://www.sfcinematheque.org/screenings/avant-to-live-retro-program-2/>.

May 31 | 9pm

Avant to Live! Retrospective 3

A progenitor of the “compilation narrative,” Baldwin’s Spectres of the
Spectrum (1999) and Mock Up On Mu (excerpts to screen) collage original and
found footage to tell apocalyptic sci-fi tales, perform interactive media
archeology and envision utopian acts of resistance. Program also to include
the 2015 rarity Bulletin. Full details here
<https://www.sfcinematheque.org/screenings/avant-to-live-retro-program-3/>.
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