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Date: Sat Mar 18 2006 - 10:16:56 PST
This week [March 19 - 26, 2006] in avant garde cinema
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NEW FILM/VIDEO: NON-FEATURE:
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"10th Lesson" by Joanna Raczynska
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NEW CALLS FOR ENTRIES:
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TBA (Chicago, IL, USA; Deadline: March 22, 2006)
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theARTDISK (Chicago, IL., USA; Deadline: May 01, 2006)
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00130Gallery (Helsinki, Finland; Deadline: August 01, 2006)
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Zeitgeist International Film Fstival (San Francisco, CA, USA; Deadline: April 30, 2006)
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Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV) (New York, NY USA; Deadline: April 14, 2006)
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Echo Park Film Center (Los Angeles, CA, USA; Deadline: April 21, 2006)
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Echo Park Film Center (Los Angeles, CA, USA; Deadline: September 15, 2006)
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Daily Constitutional (Richmond, VA; Deadline: April 01, 2006)
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Milwaukee International Film Festival (Milwaukee, WI, USA; Deadline: April 24, 2006)
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TIE-The International Experimental Cinema Exposition (Denver, Colorado, U.S.; Deadline: April 28, 2006)
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Hell on Reels [Astoria Moving Picture Festival] (Astoria, NY, USA; Deadline: April 28, 2006)
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TO BE DECIDED (Chicago, IL, USA; Deadline: April 30, 2006)
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7th Annual Woodstock Museum Film & Video Festival (Woodstock; Deadline: April 03, 2006)
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DEADLINES APPROACHING:
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Microcinema International (Houston, TX, United States; Deadline: March 31, 2006)
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Microcinema International (Houston, TX, United States; Deadline: March 30, 2006)
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the white space/scsi-morlock (Den Haag, the netherlands; Deadline: March 31, 2006)
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Chicago Underground Film Festival (Chicago, IL USA; Deadline: April 01, 2006)
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Studio 27 (San Francisco, CA USA; Deadline: March 31, 2006)
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syntocin (The Hague; Deadline: April 15, 2006)
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2nd piXelDANce ViDeo aRt feStiVaL (Thessaloniki, Greece; Deadline: March 20, 2006)
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Billyburg Short Film Festival (Brooklyn, NY, USA; Deadline: April 01, 2006)
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ARTSFEST FILM FESTIVAL (Harrisburg, PA USA; Deadline: April 07, 2006)
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Flatland Film Festival (Lubbock, TX USA; Deadline: April 01, 2006)
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Dinnerware Contemporary Arts (Tucson, AZ, USA; Deadline: March 31, 2006)
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tentative (Chicago, Illinois, USA; Deadline: April 12, 2006)
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TBA (Chicago, IL, USA; Deadline: March 22, 2006)
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Downtown Community Television Center (DCTV) (New York, NY USA; Deadline: April 14, 2006)
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Daily Constitutional (Richmond, VA; Deadline: April 01, 2006)
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7th Annual Woodstock Museum Film & Video Festival (Woodstock; Deadline: April 03, 2006)
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
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* An Evening of Film, video, and Sound With Tony Conrad [March 19, Atlanta, Georgia]
* Follow Me To Certain Death: An Evening With Vanessa Renwick [March 19, Los Angeles, California]
* States of <I>Unbelonging</I> [March 19, San Francisco, California]
* Star Spangled To Death By Ken Jacobs [March 19, Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
* Quantum Leaps With Astria Suparak! [March 20, Annandale, NY]
* Quantum Leaps [March 20, Houston, Texas]
* Quantum Leaps With Astria Suparak! [March 21, New York, New York]
* "Monster Road" Experimental Animation Documentary Screening and
Experimental Work By Ed Seeman [March 22, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]
* The Free Screen - David Gatten In Person! [March 22, Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
* Quantum Leaps With Astria Suparak! [March 22, Troy, NY]
* Newcineworks [March 22, Vancouver, British Columbia]
* "Monster Road" Experimental Animation Documentary Screening and
Experimental Work By Ed Seeman [March 23, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]
* One Take Super 8 Event : South Florida Edition [March 24, Fort Lauderdale, Florida]
* West Coast Film & video- From Portland Oregon [March 24, London, England]
* Quantum Leaps With Astria Suparak! [March 24, SYRACUSE, NY]
* Sound and Media Artist Stephen vitiello In Person [March 25, Buffalo, New York]
* In Loving Memory and Shorts With Filmmaker Robert Todd In Person! [March 25, Chicago, Illinois]
* Sandra Gibson + Luis Recoder: Recent Film Installations [March 25, New York, New York]
* Chris Marker's Case of the Grinning Cat + [March 25, San Francisco, California]
* Open Screening [March 26, Chicago, Illinois]
* Filmforum's 30th Anniversary Series! Replicating 1976 [March 26, Los Angeles, California]
* <I>Making History In Avant-Garde Film</I>: Benning's <I>Utopia</I> [March 26, San Francisco, California]
Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2006
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3/19
Atlanta, Georgia: Eyedrum
http://www.eyedrum.org
9 pm, 290 Martin Luther King Jr Dr Suite 8
AN EVENING OF FILM, VIDEO, AND SOUND WITH TONY CONRAD
Tight Bros Network, Frequent Small Meals, and Table of the Elements are
proud to present a unique screening and performance by the legendary
Tony Conrad, Sunday, March 19, 2006 at Eyedrum. Mr. Conrad informs us
that his presentation will be part performance, part screening and will
contain not only newly unearthed archival material from the past 30
years, but also recent work ("some amusing, some serious"). Some of his
classic 'flicker film' work may make an appearance as well, in wonderful
16mm. As Tony says, it is unusual to be able to present both his music
and film and video work together, so this should be a unique evening.
Tony Conrad is a legendary figure in the art world since the early
1960s, well-known in a number of disciplines. As a musician, he
co-founded the Theater of Eternal Music with John Cale, La Monte Young,
and Marian Zazeela, and was present at the formation of the Velvet
Underground. He was roommates with the great underground filmmaker Jack
Smith, and composed the soundtrack to Smith's magnum opus "Flaming
Creatures." Later, Conrad made one of the first and best-known "flicker"
films ("The Flicker," 1965), which used black and white frames
alternating in patterns to produce hallucinatory effects. In the 1970s,
Conrad gave expanded cinema performances and collaborated with many
other artists, including the German rock band Faust. In the 1990s,
Conrad's music gained renewed attention with the release of several CDs
on the Table of the Elements label. In addition, Conrad dug into his
vast archive of private recordings for two fascinating CDs of
performances by Jack Smith. He currently teaches in the Department of
Media Study at S.U.N.Y. Buffalo, performs internationally, and is
featured in the 2006 Whitney Biennial.
3/19
Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
http://www.lafilmforum.org/
7:00 pm, Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd.
FOLLOW ME TO CERTAIN DEATH: AN EVENING WITH VANESSA RENWICK
Films by Vanessa Renwick and others. In the personal documentary work of
Portland-based Vanessa Renwick, edgy and grim poetry informs a steady,
deliberate stare at extreme states of existence. Humans and other
animals take decisive action. Everything is a matter of life and death.
3/19
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Cinematheque
http://www.sfcinematheque.org
7:30, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St
STATES OF UNBELONGING
Former Bay Area artist Lynne Sachs comes to Cinematheque to screen her
newest cine-essay States of Unbelonging, made in collaboration with her
Israeli friend and former student Nir Zats. Intrigued by the life of a
young Israeli filmmaker, Revital Ohayon, who was murdered with her two
children, Sachs begins a digital correspondence with Zats as a means of
exploring the meanings and aftermath of this violent act. Approaching
the Middle East conflict through this singular event, the film's layered
and multiple images and sounds—of Israel and Brooklyn, of private and
public spaces—weave their sensitive and increasingly complex tale
through dialogue with Zats and others.
3/19
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Pleasure Dome
http://www.pdome.org/
3 pm, 491 College St.
STAR SPANGLED TO DEATH BY KEN JACOBS
The calendar returns once again to the 19th of March, this time marking
the third anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. Desiring to reflect on
this travesty in our own way, Pleasure Dome presents the Toronto
premiere of Ken Jacobs's epic film (presented on DVD), Star Spangled to
Death (6 hours, 42 min.). Begun in 1957, Star Spangled to Death has been
Jacobs's long-running project to encapsulate the more bestial side of
American Manifest Destiny. Initially filming with his friend and
collaborator, Jack Smith, cavorting around the Lower East Side as the
bohemian "Spirit Not of Life but of Living," Jacobs has grafted on more
and more layers over the course of the last half-century. Please note:
the screening will be presented with three intermissions.
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MONDAY, MARCH 20, 2006
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3/20
Annandale, NY: Bard College
http://www.bard.edu/
5pm, Avery Film Center #116, Blithewood Ave.
QUANTUM LEAPS WITH ASTRIA SUPARAK!
See March 21 @ The Kitchen (NYC)
3/20
Houston, Texas: Aurora Picture Show
http://www.aurorapictureshow.org
8:30pm doors open, 9pm screening, Aurora @ Clark's, 314 Main Street near Preston
QUANTUM LEAPS
Guest Curator Astria Suparak Quantum leap, a physics term deriving from
the mid 1900s indicating significant and swift advances (originally via
a sudden shift in energy within an atom), became the title of an early
1990s American television series featuring a time travelling,
body-swapping, do-gooder scientist. In 2005 this inspirational screening
of new video follows suit, cataloguing heroes, compressing history, and
hallucinating futures. Works by Daniel Barrow, Philippe Blanchard,
Daniel Cockburn, Dearraindrop, Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby, Jim
Finn, Caroline Koebel, J. Macdonell, Marriage, Jim Munroe, Liz
Rosenfeld, Seth Price, and Andy Puls.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2006
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3/21
New York, New York: The Kitchen
http://www.thekitchen.org/
7pm, 512 West 19th Street (betw. 10 & 11th)
QUANTUM LEAPS WITH ASTRIA SUPARAK!
QUANTUM LEAPS catalogues heroes, compresses history, and hallucinates
futures. We are in a hyperdated time populated by minor celebrity
comebacks and movie remakes, soundtracked by mash-ups and remixes, and
backdropped by vintage/old school/retro simulacra. Artists now are as
inspired by history they weren't quite conscious for as by their lived
experiences. Here it is possible to amalgamate eras, to break out of
social and gender constraints, and to cobble together a fantasy lineage.
Many of the artists bypass ineffectual adoration for social edification.
Videos by: Daniel Barrow, Philippe Blanchard, Dearraindrop, Emily Vey
Duke and Cooper Battersby, Jim Finn, Caroline Koebel, J. Macdonell, Jim
Munroe, Liz Rosenfeld, Seth Price, Andy Puls. Posters and Magazines by:
Celebrate People's History, Lady Scientist, LTTR. -Curated by: Astria
Suparak. http://www.astriasuparak.com/quantumleaps.htm
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2006
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3/22
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Moviate
http://www.moviate.org/
8PM, 202 North Street
"MONSTER ROAD" EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION DOCUMENTARY SCREENING AND
EXPERIMENTAL WORK BY ED SEEMAN
Moviate Presents: "Monster Road" Wednesday March 22nd, 8pm A special
screening of "MONSTER ROAD" a documentary about Bruce Bickford, animator
from Oregon will be projected at the Mantis Collective Gallery. plus 12
minutes of short films (some collaborations with Frank Zappa) by Ed
Seeman, filmmaker from Florida. "Monster Road explores the wildly
fantastic worlds of legendary underground clay animator Bruce Bickford.
Tracing the origins of his remarkably unique sensibility, the film
journeys back to Bickford's childhood in a competitive household during
the paranoia of the Cold War and examines his relationship with his
father, George, who is facing the onset of Alzheimer's Disease.
Bickford's films, especially the dark and magical clay animations he
created for Frank Zappa in the 1970s, have achieved cult status
worldwide. Entirely self-taught, the 56-year-old Bickford works alone in
a makeshift basement studio in his house near Seattle. Bickford's father
George, a retired Boeing engineer of the Cold War era, is the other main
character. George's talent for maximizing the space inside airplanes and
missiles parallels his son's animations, which often contain dozens of
inch-tall figures fighting battles on a tiny set. George's wondrous
musings about the universe reveal a deep admiration for the implicit
architect of such splendor while atheism prevents him from admitting the
possibility of a God. Along with the wonder of creation, George
considers the pain of a life spent disengaged from his family and
centered on the imperfections in those around him." Q&A with "Monster
Road" director Brett Ingram via Speaker phone after film. Moviate at the
Mantis Collective, 202 North Street, Harrisburg. $5
3/22
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Cinematheque Ontario
http://www.bell.ca/cinematheque
6:30 p.m., Art Gallery of Ontario's Jackman Hall, 317 Dundas St. West
THE FREE SCREEN - DAVID GATTEN IN PERSON!
Cinematheque Ontario presents THE FREE SCREEN (formerly The
Independents). The Free Screen is your window on the vast and rewarding,
but often overlooked, world of unconventional, non-commercial cinema -
those films and videos made by committed artists working outside of
mainstream channels of production and distribution. These artists prefer
to work free from the restrictive aesthetic conventions and commercial
concerns of the movie business, a position which allows them to explore
the possibilities of the art of cinema to the fullest. The Free Screen
presents work by artists engaged in fields ranging from avant-garde film
and animation to hybrid documentaries, essay films and video art, often
with the artists in attendance to present their work. - Chris Gehman,
Free Screen programmer. DAVID GATTEN IN PERSON! In just under a decade,
David Gatten has emerged as one of the most important avant-garde
filmmakers of his generation. His major current work is a nine-part
series of films that considers the lives of William Byrd and his
daughter Evelyn Byrd, important figures in early eighteenth-century
Virginia; this programme comprises the four Byrd films completed to
date. Gatten's films ring the lives of the Byrds like a bell, with each
successive peal finding new resonances. The series is deeply engaged in
an inquiry into different systems of thought and representation, and the
binary categories into which discourse channels experience of the world.
Taking as their starting point a continuing exploration of the
relationship between film and the book, Gatten's films map the gaps and
scars between public and private, male and female, reading and writing,
free flight and confinement. The cinema has seldom offered us work which
is so rewarding as narrative, biography, and philosophy – poetic form
and material exploration at once. David Gatten's films have been
exhibited worldwide, at festivals from Korea to Athens, and at museums
and cinematheques including the Whitney Museum, La Cinémathèque
française, and the Art Institute of Chicago. In 2005, he was awarded a
Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship to continue his work on the Byrd films.
Films in this series, directed by David Gatten, include: SECRET HISTORY
OF THE DIVIDING LINE (USA) 1996-2002, 20 minutes, silent, b&w, 16mm; THE
GREAT ART OF KNOWING (USA) 2004, 37 minutes, silent, b&w, 16mm; MOXON'S
MECHANICK EXERCISES, OR, THE DOCTRINE OF HANDY-WORKS APPLIED TO THE ART
OF PRINTING (USA) 1999, 26 minutes, silent, b&w, 16mm; THE ENJOYMENT OF
READING, LOST & FOUND (USA) 2001, 16 minutes, silent, color/b&w, 16mm.
All screenings in this series are FREE, non-ticketed events. Programming
suggestions and submissions are welcome. All Cinematheque Ontario
screenings are held at the Art Gallery of Ontario's Jackman Hall, 317
Dundas St. West, Toronto (McCaul Street entrance). All screenings are
restricted to individuals 18 years of age or older. For more
information, visit the Official website, www.bell.ca/cinematheque, the
year-round Box Office at Manulife Centre (55 Bloor Street West, main
floor, north entrance), or call 416-968-FILM.
3/22
Troy, NY: iEAR Presents!
http://www.arts.rpi.edu/content/events.html
7pm, The Sanctuary for Independent Media, 3361 6th Avenue
QUANTUM LEAPS WITH ASTRIA SUPARAK!
See March 21 @ The Kitchen (NYC)
3/22
Vancouver, British Columbia: Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society
http://www.cineworks.ca
8:00pm, Pacific Cinémathèque (1131 Howe St.)
NEWCINEWORKS
This annual screening features new works from members of Cineworks
Independent Filmmakers Society, including the award winning Peaceful
Propaganda, Karin Lee's experimental biography Comrade Dad and a new
piece from Oliver Hockenhull One's Own Snore. We are also proud to
present the VANCOUVER PREMIERE of edgecode: experimental film
initiative, a collaborative venture between Cineworks Independent
Filmmakers Society and the Pacific and Yukon Centre of the National Film
Board of Canada. edgecode is a collection of five short experimental
films, the result of an open competition for new experimental work using
the classic medium of film. The filmmakers include Alex MacKenzie, Brian
Johnson, Yun Lam Li, Amanda Dawn Christie and Pia Massie. The filmmakers
will be in attendance. Tickets are $5.00 and available through Cineworks
or at the door.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2006
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3/23
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Moviate
http://www.moviate.org/
8PM, 202 North Street
"MONSTER ROAD" EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION DOCUMENTARY SCREENING AND
EXPERIMENTAL WORK BY ED SEEMAN
Moviate Presents: "Monster Road" Wednesday March 22nd, 8pm A special
screening of "MONSTER ROAD" a documentary about Bruce Bickford, animator
from Oregon will be projected at the Mantis Collective Gallery. plus 12
minutes of short films (some collaborations with Frank Zappa) by Ed
Seeman, filmmaker from Florida. "Monster Road explores the wildly
fantastic worlds of legendary underground clay animator Bruce Bickford.
Tracing the origins of his remarkably unique sensibility, the film
journeys back to Bickford's childhood in a competitive household during
the paranoia of the Cold War and examines his relationship with his
father, George, who is facing the onset of Alzheimer's Disease.
Bickford's films, especially the dark and magical clay animations he
created for Frank Zappa in the 1970s, have achieved cult status
worldwide. Entirely self-taught, the 56-year-old Bickford works alone in
a makeshift basement studio in his house near Seattle. Bickford's father
George, a retired Boeing engineer of the Cold War era, is the other main
character. George's talent for maximizing the space inside airplanes and
missiles parallels his son's animations, which often contain dozens of
inch-tall figures fighting battles on a tiny set. George's wondrous
musings about the universe reveal a deep admiration for the implicit
architect of such splendor while atheism prevents him from admitting the
possibility of a God. Along with the wonder of creation, George
considers the pain of a life spent disengaged from his family and
centered on the imperfections in those around him." Q&A with "Monster
Road" director Brett Ingram via Speaker phone after film. Moviate at the
Mantis Collective, 202 North Street, Harrisburg. $5
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FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2006
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3/24
Fort Lauderdale, Florida: One Take Super 8 Event
11 pm, Cinema Paradiso 503 South East 6th St.
ONE TAKE SUPER 8 EVENT : SOUTH FLORIDA EDITION
For the 1st time in South Florida, and after 5 successful years in
Saskatchewan, the original ONE TAKE SUPER 8 EVENT promises to be a
diverse showcase of Canadian and American super 8 films. Over 30
independent filmmakers from Quebec, Ontario, Saskatchewan, South Florida
and beyond will load their cameras to take part in this year's
spectacle. On Friday March 24th, 2006, 30 films will be premiered in
South Florida at Cinema Paradiso at 11pm. These 3-minute masterpieces
will truly display the diversity and creativity of different independent
film communities across Canada and the United States. The ONE TAKE SUPER
8 EVENT is a distinct film screening, in that none of the films will be
viewed before they are screened on the evening of March 24th. The
filmmakers are not allowed to edit or screen their films prior to the
screening. What they shoot in camera is what is shown. No Cuts. No
Splices. No Changes. One Take, One Night. This leads to some exciting
and refreshing films, and a rare opportunity for public viewing. The ONE
TAKE SUPER 8 EVENT was established in 2000 by Saskatchewan filmmaker
Alex Rogalski as a way to help create more independent films by a
variety of artists, while giving the local community an opportunity to
view these films collectively. The concept of using Super 8 cameras is
centered on the idea that Super 8 (often discarded to antiquity in this
digital age) is still the most affordable film gauge for independent
filmmakers. In recent years, more attention has been given to this film
format, as it once sat on the edge of extinction. Now its effects are
seen in major Hollywood films, as well as music videos and mainstream
television commercials. Films by: Justin Bowman, Edward Etienne, Felipe
Cardozo, Rapheal Cardozo, Shane Eason, Eric Freedman, Jeff Freeman, Eric
Fuhrman, Daniel Goegheghan, Nate Moyer, Telena Paris, Gabriel Perez,
Michael Pierre-Louis, Maeva Renaud, Chris Robe, Alex Rogalski, Derek
Taylor, Jeff Thomas, Jenna Tocci, Ruth von Spalding, Leon Williamson and
more. Cinema Paradiso is located at 503 South East 6th St., Fort
Lauderdale, FL. Doors open at 10:30 pm; Screening to start at 11 pm.
Donations accepted; Open to public. (Directions: I-95 to Broward Blvd.
Exit; East to SE 3rd Ave.; South to SE 6th St.; East on SE 6th St.) Free
parking is available on SE 6th St. and at the Broward County Courthouse.
For more information regarding the event, interviews and/or promotional
material, please contact Shane Eason or Alex Rogalski, Directors for the
ONE TAKE SUPER 8 EVENT : SOUTH FLORIDA EDITION. The One Take Super 8
Event is sponsored by: Cinema Paradiso and the Fort Lauderdale
International Film Festival, Florida Atlantic University Department of
Communication, Florida Atlantic University Student Film Association,
Maguires Hill 16 Irish Pub, SaskFILM, Partners in Motion Inc., the
Saskatchewan Motion Picture Association, the Saskatchewan Filmpool
Cooperative, Exclusive Film Lab Toronto and KODAK. THE ONE TAKE SUPER 8
EVENT c/o Shane Eason | Department of Communication | Florida Atlantic
University 2912 College Avenue | LA 434 | Davie, Florida | 33314 | USA
email suppressed voice.954.236.1544 |
voice.954.336.0035 | fax.954.236.1150
3/24
London, England: Ten Minutes Older
http://www.tenminutesolder.org.uk
7pm, Lecture Theatre One, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore SW7 2EU
WEST COAST FILM & VIDEO- FROM PORTLAND OREGON
Portland Oregon has long been a secret hotbed of film and video in the
United States, most recently coming to prominence with the success of
performance artist Miranda July's debut feature "Me and You and Everyone
We Know". This program celebrates the established and the emerging, from
documentary to experimental film, to video art. Bringing to the UK a
vast quantity of exciting narrative artist film & video that has never
previously been seen here. Hello, Thanks (8m, 2005) Andrew Blubaugh
Rapunzel (6m, 2005) MK Guth The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal
(16m, 2001) Matt Mccormick Convergence 1 (4m 30 secs, 2004) Victoria Fu
The Forbidden Zone (12m, 2000) Harrell Fletcher MGM lion & Explosions
(30 secs 2004, 2005) Melody Owen Occurrence at Lookout Rock (5m, 2005)
Julie Orser Cascadia Terminal (6m, 2005) Vanessa Renwick Curated by
Claire Fowler
3/24
SYRACUSE, NY: Spark Art and Performance Space
http://www.sparkartspace.com/
8pm, 1005 E. Fayette Street (at S. Crouse Ave).
QUANTUM LEAPS WITH ASTRIA SUPARAK!
See March 21 @ The Kitchen (NYC)
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SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 2006
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3/25
Buffalo, New York: Hallwalls
http://www.hallwalls.org
8 pm, 341 Delaware Ave.
SOUND AND MEDIA ARTIST STEPHEN VITIELLO IN PERSON
Stephen Vitiello will present an evening of his sound and video work to
round out his recent Hallwalls Artist in Residence Project, which
resulted in the original CD BuffaloBassDelay. Copies of the CD will be
available.
3/25
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Filmmakers
http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
8:00pm, Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N. Clark St.)
IN LOVING MEMORY AND SHORTS WITH FILMMAKER ROBERT TODD IN PERSON!
Part of the Documentary in Action: The Prison Series. Robert Todd's new
documentary/essay film, In Loving Memory (2005, 47 mins.) is haunting
reflection on the U.S. prison and death row system and the lives of
those incarcerated. The film combines texts written by inmates from
around the country with oddly lyrical, and often strangely beautiful,
"landscape" shots of prisons and correctional facilities and the
isolated areas in which they are located. Todd, an accomplished
experimental filmmaker, moves beyond the traditional documentary format
with his sensitive treatment of sound and image. His concern for formal
issues, which compliment and add resonance to the subject matter, give
In Loving Memory an emotional weight and quiet intensity often absent
from most films on this topic. The program will also include a selection
of short films by Todd.
3/25
New York, New York: Diapason Gallery
http://www.diapasongallery.org
6pm - Midnight, 1026 6th Avenue
SANDRA GIBSON + LUIS RECODER: RECENT FILM INSTALLATIONS
Diapason Gallery presents Sandra Gibson + Luis Recoder: Recent Film
Installations * Saturdays March 4, 18, 25, 2006 6pm - Midnight, Opening
Reception: March 2 from 6 - 8pm * In the front room: Exciter ( Two 16mm
film projectors, double-perforated film loop (optical sound), mixed
media, dimensions variable; 2006) * In the back room: Atmos (Super-8
film projector, humidifier, glass, mixed media, dimensions variable;
sound by Daniel Menche; 2006) * Both individually and in collaboration,
Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder are creating some of the most innovative
and engaging light works of the present time. I hesitate to say "films",
since their work, though it is grounded in an understanding and
application of celluloid, goes beyond a general understanding of what
film is, taking into consideration the architecture and circumstances of
the performance / viewing situation and the physical and emotional
presence of light itself. From the inventive ways that they create
images on the film strip to the use of multiple projection that often
incorporates live performance, Luis and Sandra are two of the most vital
young artists working in the field of "expanded cinema". – Mark Webber,
London, UK
3/25
San Francisco, California: Other Cinema
http://www.othercinema.com/
8:30pm, 992 Valencia Street
CHRIS MARKER'S CASE OF THE GRINNING CAT +
In the second session of our two-week suite on War and Peace,
here’s the latest from master French film essayist Chris Marker.
Shot on the streets of Paris over the course of mounting European
resistance to American imperial aims, this hour-long lyric plays out
Marker’s very personal fascination with the enigmatic appearance of
the cat, in this case appearing on the walls and placards of French
anti-war activists. This debut screening is facilitated by a live
translation by Colleen Silva. Supporting the premiere is an ensemble of
short subjects that also address this global horror-show through
artists’ eyes, including poignant pieces by Jacob Bricca, James
Schneider, and Edouard Salier. Free red wine.
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3/26
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Filmmakers
http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
7:00pm, Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N. Clark St.)
OPEN SCREENING
Does your back-yard version of Harry Potter have him teamed up with
Frodo and Gandolf to battle the forces of evil? Does your remake of King
Kong star your cat because you couldn't convince the Lincoln Park Zoo to
loan you an ape? What ever your film or video is, we want to see it!
Come on over to show your work or just to watch. We'll show whatever
comes in the door (except x-rated stuff, sorry!). Accepted formats:
Mini-DV, DVD, VHS, 16mm, and Super-8mm (call first if you're bringing
S8). Recommended maximum length is 15 minutes, but we'll try to
accommodate everything, no matter how long. Free raffle for "prizes"!
Admission is free.
3/26
Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
http://www.lafilmforum.org/
7:00 pm, Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd.
FILMFORUM'S 30TH ANNIVERSARY SERIES! REPLICATING 1976
First in a series. We're kicking it off with a replication of
Filmforum's first all Avant-Garde film show, held on Friday, February
20, 1976. This five-film program still holds up as a strong show of
experimental work, including a couple of films that are far too little
known today. Including Mother's Day (James Broughton, 1948), Desistfilm
(Stan Brakhage, 1954), Mass for the Dakota Sioux (Bruce Baillie,
1963-64), Plastic Haircut (Robert Nelson, 1963), and People Near Here
(Ron Finne, 1969)
3/26
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Cinematheque
http://www.sfcinematheque.org
7:30, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission St
MAKING HISTORY IN AVANT-GARDE FILM: BENNING'S UTOPIA
Jeffrey Skoller continues his investigation of avant-garde film's
multi-faceted relation to history with tonight's screening of James
Benning's Utopia. Visually reminiscent of the "California Trilogy" in
its carefully wrought long takes of landscapes—here of Death Valley and
southwards, past the Mexican border—Utopia "steals" its soundtrack
wholesale from Richard Dindo's film about the last days of Che Guevara
and his unsuccessful Bolivian campaign. With the intriguing notion of
"virtual histories," Skoller examines Benning's piece and its
insinuations about the political and topographical history of Southern
California as a "complex interplay between events that actually did
happen and what can be imagined or desired in relation to them."
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