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Date: Sat May 06 2006 - 12:23:43 PDT
This week [May 7 - 14, 2006] in avant garde cinema
NEW FILM/VIDEO: NON-FEATURE:
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"Chris Welsby DVD" by Jill Reading
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=newwork&readfile=251.ann
"SLOW SPACE" by Klaus W. Eisenlohr
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=newwork&readfile=249.ann
"Stadtrandzone Mitte / Center of Urban Periphery" by Klaus W. Eisenlohr
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=newwork&readfile=250.ann
"the fold" by Kim Collmer
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=newwork&readfile=246.ann
"Pod" by Kim Collmer
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=newwork&readfile=247.ann
"Silver Seeds" by Kim Collmer
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=newwork&readfile=248.ann
"Paraíso" by Felipe Guerrero
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=newwork&readfile=245.ann
JOB AVAILABLE:
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Florida Atlantic University
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=jobs&readfile=13.ann
NEW CALLS FOR ENTRIES:
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NoBudget VideoFilmfestival, Weimar (Weimar, Germany; Deadline: May 15, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=556.ann
Lake County Film Festival (Libertyville, IL, USA; Deadline: December 20, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=557.ann
Aurora Picture Show (Houston, TX 77009; Deadline: May 12, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=558.ann
Pacific Cinémathèque (Vancouver, BC Canada; Deadline: September 01, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=559.ann
Bernal Heights Outdoor Cinema (San Francisco, Ca USA; Deadline: June 15, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=560.ann
PARIS STRIP FILM FESTIVAL (Paris, France; Deadline: February 26, 2007)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=561.ann
Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (Lausanne, Switzerland; Deadline: May 31, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=562.ann
DEADLINES APPROACHING:
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25 FPS (Zagreb, Croatia; Deadline: June 01, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=477.ann
Hull Screen (Hull; Deadline: May 31, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=495.ann
MadCat Women's International Film Festival (San Francisco, CA; Deadline: May 15, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=498.ann
Call for filmmaking stories (Toronto, Canada; Deadline: June 01, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=510.ann
Antimatter Underground Film Festival (Victoria, BC, Canada; Deadline: May 31, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=512.ann
Perform.Media (Bloomington, IN USA; Deadline: May 15, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=516.ann
Cinematexas International Short Film Festival (Austin, Texas, USA; Deadline: June 02, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=536.ann
Reel Venus Film Festival (New York, NY USA; Deadline: May 12, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=537.ann
Artists' Television Access (San Francisco, CA, USA; Deadline: May 19, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=541.ann
Chicago International Children's Film Festival (Chicago, IL, USA; Deadline: May 30, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=546.ann
Experimental Film Festival in Seoul (Seoul. South Korea; Deadline: May 13, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=547.ann
Atists' Television Access (san francisco, ca, usa; Deadline: May 19, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=550.ann
Mexico! (Monterrey, NL; Deadline: May 19, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=553.ann
Distillery (South Boston, ; Deadline: May 19, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=555.ann
NoBudget VideoFilmfestival, Weimar (Weimar, Germany; Deadline: May 15, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=556.ann
Aurora Picture Show (Houston, TX 77009; Deadline: May 12, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=558.ann
Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival (Lausanne, Switzerland; Deadline: May 31, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=562.ann
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
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* Artfilmperformance - Synthetic Zero Event [May 7, Bronx, NY]
* At Home and Abroad [May 7, Houston, Texas]
* Siting video: New Works From Otis College of Art and Design [May 7, Los Angeles, California]
* Rebecca Baron [May 7, Portland, Oregon]
* Aftershocks: Experimental Films, videos, and Animation From Taiwan [May 7, San Francisco, California]
* Flipped Chips [May 8, Brooklyn, New York]
* Liu Jiayin "Oxhide" [May 8, Los Angeles, California]
* Cities Edited In Camera: Super 8 Films By Stephanie Gray (In Person) [May 8, New York, New York]
* Rebecca Baron [May 8, Portland, Oregon]
* Team Queen Music video Release Party For Triple Creme [May 10, Brooklyn, New York]
* Collaborations [May 10, San Francisco, California]
* Saic Department of Film/Video/New Media Year-End Show [May 11, Chicago, Illinois]
* The Naked Screening [May 11, Honolulu, HI]
* Berks Area Film & video Show [May 11, Reading, Pennsylvania]
* Legendary Light Shows [May 11, San Francisco, California]
* Kaleidokodascopic: An Orgone Inventory (1918 - 1942) 16mm Films From the
Orgone Archive (Pittsburgh 13) [May 12, Chicago, Illinois]
* A Cinema of Physics and Perception - Program 7: Spatial Acrobatics [May 12, Evanston, IL]
* Streaming Festival {The Hague} [May 12, The Hague]
* Counter-Corp Kicks Korporate Ass! [May 13, San Francisco, California]
* The Autofilmography of Fred Mcleod Or the Film You Are Looking For Is Not
On This Reel ~Plus~ Some Pittsburgh Filmmaking (1959 - 2006) [May 14, Chicago, Illinois]
* The Short Documentaries of Krzysztof Kieslowski, Part 1 [May 14, Los Angeles, California]
* Questions Concerning Technology: Experimental Works [May 14, San Francisco, California]
Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
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SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006
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5/7
Bronx, NY: Synthetic Zero
http://www.syntheticzero.com/events/
7pm, NW corner of Lincoln Ave and Bruckner Blvd, Bronx
ARTFILMPERFORMANCE - SYNTHETIC ZERO EVENT
Performances: McCloud Zicmuse - Le Ton Mité amazing one-man band of
fascinating music (Tribeca show) http://www.myspace.com/letonmite;
Benoit Maubrey - Audio Ballerinas - sound/dance performance (Bronx on
Sunday) http://home.snafu.de/maubrey/; Imagination Explosion - life-size
puppetry (All three events) http://www.imaginationexplosion.com/; Yoko
Kikuchi - girl punk rock (Tribeca, possibly also Bronx events)
http://www.yokokikuchi.com/yerkamusic/; Marianna Ellenberg and Jeremy
Novak of DYMAXION - live music/multimedia performance (Tribeca only)
http://labarthe.club.fr/dymaxion/dymaxion.html. Experimental Film: Alyse
Emdur - "We Love Lloyd" - New York, NY; Chris Coleman - "Modern Times";
Dirian Lyons and Jesse Wilson - "California Excursions"; Jeremy Newman -
"Paper Cranes" - Princeton, NJ; Joon Sung - "Touch the Strings" -
Bowling Green, KY; Josh Weinstein - "Cross-Examination" - Brooklyn, NY;
Meg Duguid - "Clown" - Brooklyn, NY; Lili White - "Cloudgate" -
liliwhite.com; Luke Lamborn - "square millimeter of opportunity" -
Syracuse, NY - lucidstraw.com; Michael Betancourt - "Prima Materia" -
Des Moines, IA - michaelbetancourt.com; Myriam Thyes - "Ascension" -
Dusseldorf, Germany - thyes.com; Tristan Pfund - "Vertige" - Geneva,
Switzerland - osmose.ch; Marianna Ellenberg - "The Psychotropic Alphabet
from Z to Z" - Brooklyn, NY; Mac McKean - "Head Up" - Brooklyn, NY -
heaventree.com; Gigi Ng - "A Hand on the Doorknob of Greatness: The
Ever-Changing Form of Things" - Boston, MA; Heather Willems - New York,
NY. Art: Damali Abrams - collage - Queens, NY Mikhail Gubin - paintings
- New York, NY Nicole Miller - constructions - New York, NY Amy Sinclair
- installation - New York, NY Dmitry Gubin - paintings - New York, NY -
gubinpaint.com Rowena Dale S. Mohammed - paintings - Bronx, NY -
freewebs.com/dale_artwork Mike Saijo - paintings - New York, NY Rebecca
Hackemann - photography - New York, NY - rebecca-h.net Nora Herting -
photography - New York, NY - noreherting.net Betty T. Kao - visual art -
Brooklyn, NY
5/7
Houston, Texas: Aurora Picture Show
http://www.aurorapictureshow.org
3pm, 800 Aurora Street, Houston, TX 77009
AT HOME AND ABROAD
Curated by Mark Yzaguirre, 713.868.2101, www.aurorapictureshow.org, $5
general admission, Free with Aurora All-Access Pass, This program is a
collection of four documentaries that deal with different aspects of
American life, from personal recreation to the conduct of foreign
policy. Lauren Madow's Playground follows a few ordinary kids from New
York City who make the city their playground. The Bear Hunter by Mary
Robertson provides an intimate portrait of a Pennsylvania man who, after
decades of unsuccessful bear hunts, finally meets with success, which
turns out to not be quite what he expected. It's not my memory of it:
three recollected documents by Julia Meltzer and David Thorne is a
documentary about secrecy, memory, and documents which raises questions
about notions of disappearance and the tenuousness of historical fact in
the current climate of terror. Last, but certainly not least, Matt
McCormick's American Nutria gives us a view of the life and history of a
large rodent species that didn't plan to emigrate to America, but came
and prospered.
5/7
Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
http://www.lafilmforum.org/
7:00 pm, Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd.
SITING VIDEO: NEW WORKS FROM OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN
The works present a broad spectrum of approaches coming from
contemporary Los Angeles. This collection of videos spans the range of
performance to animation, meditative to political, experimental to
narrative. A complex digital program that reflects the complicated site
of our city.
5/7
Portland, Oregon: Cinema Project
http://www.cinemaproject.org/
7:30pm, 922 SE Ankeny Street
REBECCA BARON
Cinema Project is delighted to have Rebecca Baron, a Los Angeles-based
filmmaker and professor of film and video at the California Arts
Institute, in Portland to present two evenings of film. Her most recent
piece, How Little We Know of Our Neighbours, is an experimental
documentary about Britain's Mass Observation Movement and its
relationship to contemporary issues regarding surveillance, public
self-disclosure, and privacy. Balancing conventional documentary
strategies with forms of narrative this film investigates the multiple
roles cameras have played in public space. The Idea Of North, based on
photographs taken a century ago by three polar explorers marooned on an
ice floe, presents the limitations of images and other forms of record
as a means of knowing the past. She will also be screening Humphrey
Jennings' 1939 film Spare Time.
5/7
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Cinematheque
http://www.sfcinematheque.org
7:30pm, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street at Third
AFTERSHOCKS: EXPERIMENTAL FILMS, VIDEOS, AND ANIMATION FROM TAIWAN
This program is part of San Francisco Cinematheque's PACIFIC RIM series.
Cinematheque presents a rare showcase of recent experimental media from
Taiwan introduced and presented by Bay Area filmmaker Anita Chang, who
has been an artist resident and Fulbright lecturer there for the past
few years. These works and their techniques reverberate with
incisiveness, sensitivity, and introspection as they speak to what
remains for a young democratic stateless nation vulnerable to the whims
of dominant global economic exploits. Shifting between the lingering and
fleeting, reconstructed and abandoned, sentiment and satire, they are
soulful reclamations in the midst of precipitous change and loss. Works
include: CHEN Chieh-Jen's Factory, Tony Chun-Hui WU's exTAIPEIit, LIN
Chun-Hua's She says, Mia CHEN's Red-Label Rice Wine, HOU Chi-Jan's
Stardust 15749001, and Nana WU's Farewell 1999. Presented in Association
with the Center for Asian American Media. ADMISSION: $8 general, $5
Cinematheque Members, Seniors, Disabled, Students (w. ID). Advance
Tickets: 415-978-ARTS
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MONDAY, MAY 8, 2006
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5/8
Brooklyn, New York: Ocularis
http://www.ocularis.net
8 PM, 70 North 6th Street
FLIPPED CHIPS
Curated by interdisciplinary artist duo LoVid, Flipped Chips includes
single channel videos as well as presentations by artists from around
the world who custom make their own hardware video instruments. Dan
Sandin, Nam June Paik, Steina and Woody Vasulka, Matthew Schlanger,
Steve Beck, Jim Wiseman, and Bill Etra represent a generation of
pioneers who explored video and moving image synthesis. These artists
developed hardware instruments as technological advancements in an era
of idealism and utopian views of communication, where video and
television were regarded as the ultimate new creative medium, able to
elicit widespread cultural and social change. Tonight their work will be
shown alongside that of a new generation of artists returning to
hardware-based video instruments, like Billy Roisz (NTSC), noteNdo, Jon
Satrom, Paul Slocum, Karl Klomp, Cory Arcangel and Paper Rad, and LoVid.
Departing from their predecessors, the latter set approaches technology
with personal and global nostalgia as well as a romantic infatuation
with the media-generating object. Inspired by noise, extreme music,
glitch and hacker culture, as well as the fragility, unpredictability,
and limitations of technology, they choose to work with decades-old
electronic components for personal aesthetic reasons and as a reaction
to the dominance of technology and media in mainstream culture. Advance
tickets available here: http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=OCU
5/8
Los Angeles, California: Redcat
http://www.redcat.org/
8pm, 631 W. 2nd St.
LIU JIAYIN "OXHIDE"
U.S. premiere China, 2004, 110 min., Beta SP The multiple prize-winning
feature Niupi (Oxhide) is an extraordinary tour de force by 23-year old
Liu Jiayin, who shot it (in CinemaScope!) in the 50 square meters of her
family apartment—playing her own role while her parents played theirs.
The film, however, is entirely scripted and designed with unflinching
rigor. Liu staged 23 static shots and kept her small DV camera in
claustrophobic proximity of her subjects, often showing only parts of
their bodies with an on-screen conversation. With a sure hand and a
mundane-yet-lyrical inspiration, Liu reinvents the kammerspiel for the
one-child families in contemporary China. In person: Liu Jiayin
5/8
New York, New York: The Mix Lesbian & Gay Experimental Film Fest Monthly Screening
http://www.mixnyc.org
7:30pm, Collective: Unconscious, 279 Church St. (btwn White & Walker Sts.)
CITIES EDITED IN CAMERA: SUPER 8 FILMS BY STEPHANIE GRAY (IN PERSON)
Super 8er Stephanie Gray shows several new NYC films, with some from
Buffalo, and a few feminist queer films of female icons/heroines; With
live musical accompaniment of silent films by experimental musician
Jeremy Slater; Works to be shown include (possibly a few more surprises
or requests!); This is My Flushing Film (2006, super8, color & b/w, 7
min., live sound) World Premiere. The signs are language poetry. So is
the movement; Hearts in NY (2006, s8, color, 3 min., live music) World
Premiere. Hearts abound on walls, and streets, and not just the
Valentines kind; You Know, That Side Street (2006, super8 color & b/w, 7
min, live music) World Premiere. Everyone's after that something on that
side street; After Doing My Taxes Around Here (2006, super8, color, 3
min, live sound) Silver pom pom in trees, how many things do you see
just standing, looking 360 degrees? One of the wealthiest 'hoods. Ever;
Governor's Island (2005, Super8, color, 3 min, live sound) What's creepy
down there anyway? What does the sparkle mean at the end?; I Bought the
Last 4 Bagels at Jon Vie Pastries (New Year's Eve 2004, b/w & color s8,
live sound, 7 min) I did. Before it closed. Forever; More Bread Forever
(2004, b/w, color, s8, live sound, 7 min) I bought some of the last
bread here, too, before Zito's closed forever and ever on Bleecker; I
Loved this City. (2000, Super8, color, sound, 3 min, live reading) Yes,
Buffalo. Don't deconstruct it; Kristy (2003, Super8, sound, b/w, 7 min)
The incognito real McNichol, deconstructed; Dear Joan (1999, Super8,
sound, b/w, 3 min, live reading) Yes, the arc one. Never knew her true
story til I was older. The nuns didn't tell me; Plus a few surprises &
fun. Maybe door prizes? Maybe bingo like the Super 8 world tour? We'll
see...TRT...about 1 hr & 15 min.....
5/8
Portland, Oregon: Cinema Project
http://www.cinemaproject.org/
7:30pm, 922 SE Ankeny Street
REBECCA BARON
Night two of Rebecca Baron's program features her newest video How
Little We Know of Our Neighbours, along with her 1998 film okay bye-bye.
The film takes its title from the phrase shouted by Cambodian children
to the U.S. Ambassador as he fled Phnom Penh in 1975. A film essay that
combines found Super 8mm footage, photographs, journalistic accounts,
letters and narration, okay bye-bye explores the relationship of history
to memory and the effectiveness of using traditional forms to analyze
the horrors of genocide.
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2006
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5/10
Brooklyn, New York: Team Queen
http://www.teamqueen.com
7:00pm - 10:00pm, Galapagos Art Space 70 N. 6 st. Williamsburg
TEAM QUEEN MUSIC VIDEO RELEASE PARTY FOR TRIPLE CREME
You are cordially invited to a gender-bending, fire-breathing,
burlesque-dancing, post-punk rock 'n roll prom! TEAM QUEEN is the newest
music video for the queer-post-punk band Triple Creme and stars the best
of NY burlesque. The release party is hosted by Murray Hill, with live
performances by: Triple Creme, Julie Atlas Muz, Tigger, Scarlet
Sinclair, Little Brooklyn, Creamy Stevens, Stuart Palm, Molly Crabapple,
Miss Ruby Valentine, Clea Cutthroat, Molly the Dolly, Gigi La Femme,
Cherry Bomb, Kit Kitastrophe, Joey Hardcore, Twitsted Fister,
ShowroomXS, BalloonHeadz, The Barbarians, and more! www.teamqueen.com
5/10
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Art Institute
7PM, 800 Chestnut St
COLLABORATIONS
A program of collaborative works past and current from San Francisco Art
Institute. Free admission. RENGA (1989, 6 min., 16mm) (Erik Anderson,
Paul Baker, Nathaniel Dorsky, Kurt Easterwood, Bud Lassiter, Geoffrey
Luck, John McGeehan, Alan Mukamal, Dena Penniston, Laura Poitras, Kim
Tempest, Eric S. Theise) From a Grad Seminar taught by Dorsky in 1989.
More at http://erictheise.com/films/renga/ PANDORA (2005 HDcam), (John
Alston, Tiffany Doesken, Todd Daniel, Mauricio Ancalmo) A meditation on
the myth of Pandora's Box. From Brook Hinton's 2005 HD Workshop.
DOUCHETRONS FROM THE VIDEO STONE AGE (2004, HDcam) (Nate Boyce, Marijke
Jorritsma, Ben Mahoney, C.Oza) An orgy of digital excess in which
mysterious beings from the video stone age attempt to make contact with
each other. From Brook Hinton's 2004 Advanced Digital Practice course.
THE WOMAN AND THE DRESS (George Kuchar, 16mm, 1980) "The script is from
a 1940s drama about teenage rebellion in the world of fashion and
parental intervention. The conflict in the plot is mirrored in the clash
of colors chosen to decorate this tale." --- G. Kuchar And a few
surprises…
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THURSDAY, MAY 11, 2006
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5/11
Chicago, Illinois: Conversations at the Edge
http://www.artic.edu/webspaces/siskelfilmcenter/
6:00 p.mm., 164 N. State St.
SAIC DEPARTMENT OF FILM/VIDEO/NEW MEDIA YEAR-END SHOW
Tonight's program is a cinematic toast to the semester's end with a
cross-section of current work by graduating students in the department
of Film, Video, and New Media. Cheers!
5/11
Honolulu, HI: Molten Media
http://www.myspace.com/pacinv
7:00 p.m. & 8:30 p.m., 1050 Queen St., Ste. 200
THE NAKED SCREENING
Honolulu, Hawaii Former islander T. L. Young's premiere documentary,
"Naked in the 21st Century" has been released domestically (U.S. and
Canada) by Pathfinder Home Entertainment, and Young's company, Pacific
Invasion is celebrating in a big way. A release party will be held at
the "O" Lounge, 8:45 p.m. May 5th. "Naked in the 21st Century" contrasts
Hollywood's history of nudist films with the actual history of the
nudist movement, from a health and fitness commune to the million dollar
business of today's campgrounds and resorts. Stars Lena Yada (who does
NOT appear nude), Lisa Ko and Christine Nguyen (who does!). Wine and
pupus provided. Seating is limited so please RSVP to
email suppressed Many local filmmakers will be invited. Actors,
writers and producers are encouraged to attend as this is an excellent
networking opportunity. And for those concerned, nudism has pretty much
disappeared from Oahu, so there is little chance of nudists in
attendance.
5/11
Reading, Pennsylvania: Berks Filmmakers, inc
http://www.berksfilmmakers.org
7:30 p.m., Albright College Center for the Arts
BERKS AREA FILM & VIDEO SHOW
Recent works by Berks County film & video artists and students, most of
who will be present at the show.
5/11
San Francisco, California: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
http://www.ybca.org/b_ybca.html
7:30, Yerba Buena Center, 701 Mission Street
LEGENDARY LIGHT SHOWS
Center for Visual Music's Legendary Light Shows program screens May
11-13 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Flashback to the Sixties with
a program of rarely-seen film and video by legendary light show artists
from San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and London. Trip out with
light, color and liquid projections layered with film and handmade
slides, from multimedia shows originally performed live at rock
concerts. Featuring 1960's light show work on film and video by Elias
Romero, Joshua White, Tony Martin, Glenn McKay, Boyle/Hills, Single Wing
Turquoise Bird, Judd Yalkut, David Lebrun (light show excerpt from Hog
Farm Film) and others. Program also includes an excerpt on video from
Joshua White & Gary Panter's Light Show, 2004 performance at Anthology
Film Archives. Format note: A few pieces are the artists' re-creations
using original materials. One program, repeats three evenings. The
Saturday, May 13 program will be presented by Cindy Keefer, Director,
Center for Visual Music. For futher information, see Yerba Buena website
(for ticket info and directions), or CVM's site:
www.centerforvisualmusic.org
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FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2006
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5/12
Chicago, Illinois: The Orgone Archive
7pm, University of Chicago Film Studies Center, Cobb Hall, Room 307 ~ 5811 South Ellis Avenue
KALEIDOKODASCOPIC: AN ORGONE INVENTORY (1918 - 1942) 16MM FILMS FROM THE
ORGONE ARCHIVE (PITTSBURGH 13)
A program of original 16mm rental prints from the long, gone days of
silver and Kodachrome. A sound encore from 1933 produced in cooperation
with the University of Chicago will also be screened. Cinema saves
sometimes. This is one of those times. Epiphanies guaranteed... or
you're already dead. The Orgone Archive is a motion picture archive and
exhibition outfit founded and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania since
1993. Specializing in inscrutable epiphanies, toilet trims, unknown
what-have-yous, perfect industrial rolls, home movie printing tests,
corporate comedies, Warholian strikebreaking screeds, the all-around
beautiful and everything else. Current custodian - Greg Pierce. Call
412.682.2338 for info. The University of Chicago presents
KALEIDOKODASCOPIC: AN ORGONE INVENTORY (1918 - 1942) ~ 16mm Films From
The Orgone Archive (Pittsburgh 13) ~ ~ 7pm, Friday, May 12, 2006 at the
University of Chicago Film Studies Center, Cobb Hall, Room 307 ~ 5811
South Ellis Avenue ERRATA #1 – #14 (with Intermission) 1. Adventure
Films, Inc. presents Major Jack Allen in CAPTURING LIONS BY AEROPLANE
(1919) 14min 2. Talking Pictures For The Classroom Biological Series
FLOWERS AT WORK by Clyde Fisher American Museum of Natural History
Produced by ERPI Picture Consultants Inc. Western Electric Sound System
Copyright ERPI Picture Consultants Inc. MCMXXXI * sound * 11min 3.
SUNSHINE (ND) Castle Films 10min 4. SEVILLE IN FAIR TIME (ND) Edited and
Titled by Burton Holmes A Burton Holmes Travel Picture 4min 5. THE
CALORIE COUNTER A Lesson in Nutrition (ND) A Carlyle Ellis Picture.
Arthur Edwin Krows – Editor 16min 6. QUEEROSITIES (ND) Major Film
Laboratories, Inc. New York 10min 7. Film Featurettes, Inc. presents HOW
OUR EYES DECEIVE US (ND) 3min 8. A FEW TESTS OF CHILD INTELLIGENCE by
Ina Craig Sartorius Assistant Principal of Horace Mann School Teachers
College, Columbia University. Produced by Electrical Research Products,
Inc. Recorded and Photographed by Paramount Business Pictures, Inc.
Western Electric Sound System Copyright MCMXXXI by Electrical Research
Products, Inc. * sound * 9min 9. Service Film Company presents A TRIP TO
THE MOON (ND) 8min ~ I N T E R M I S S I O N ~ 10. AFGHANISTAN (ND)
Special Authorized Production by Sovkino, U.S.S.R. An Amkino
Presentation Distributed by Bell& Howell A Filmo Library Subject 16min
11. MODERN CENTAURS (ND) Educational Films Corporation 8min 12. THE
SHRINE CONVENTION IN MIAMI, FLORIDA MAY 1928 Photographed by Charles W.
Herbert 14min 13. Filmosound Library presents EMERGENCY FIRST AID, PART
SIX – ROLLER BANDAGING A Study Course in Motion Pictures To Aid Civil
Defense Volunteers Copyright 1942 – Bell & Howell Co. Produced by Jacob
Sarnoff, M.D. Edited & Narrated by Wm. F. Kruse Approved by Bert H. P.
Bahman, First-Aid Director American Red Cross Brooklyn, N.Y. Chapter
16min 14. Paramount-Bray-Pictographs The Magazine on the Screen
SCULPTURES IN SUGAR Published by The Bray Studios, Inc. Copyright 1918
6min All films are 16mm, b/w or color and silent (except *). ~ B E A N O
R G O N E D O N O R ~ SOUND ENCORE #15 15. SOUND Fundamentals of
Acoustics by Harvey B. Lemon University of Chicago, Hermann I.
Schlesinger University of Chicago, Harvey Fletcher Bell Telephone
Laboratories, Inc., Donald Mackensie Electrical Research Products, Inc.
Western Electric Sound System The Voice of Action Recorded at Eastern
Service Studios, Inc. Copyright MCMXXXIII by University of Chicago
Produced by ERPI Picture Consultants, Inc. in cooperation with The
University of Chicago 11min * sound *
5/12
Evanston, IL: Block Cinema
http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/block-cinema/index.html
8 pm, Pick-Laudati Auditorium at the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, 40 Arts Circle Drive
A CINEMA OF PHYSICS AND PERCEPTION - PROGRAM 7: SPATIAL ACROBATICS
Side/Walk/Shuttle (Ernie Gehr, 1991, U.S., 41 min., 16mm); (Michael
Snow, 1968-9, Canada, 52 min., 16mm). Abstracted from narrative purpose
or emotional intention, camera motion through space urges the viewer to
meditate on the motion itself. The more extreme it is, the more apparent
it becomes that an image can indeed affect our body. WARNING: Tonight's
films contain extreme, constant motion. Those who become dizzy or
disoriented from such effects may be at risk. Guest speaker: Film
Professor Chuck Kleinhans, Northwestern University. For more information
about this series, visit
http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/block-cinema/physics.html or
contact Arturo Menchaca at email suppressed
5/12
The Hague: syntocin
http://www.syntocin.com
3 days, http://www.streamingfestival.com
STREAMING FESTIVAL {THE HAGUE}
Streaming Festival {The Hague} : May 12, 13, 14th 2006: At the Streaming
Festival films do not play in theatres but can be viewed on five
different websites. Just like at a regular film festival, visitors of
the Streaming Festival will be able to choose from different programmes
and switch between viewing locations. The Streaming Festival aims to
broadcast non subsidized work and by that encourage the development and
understanding of audio visual art. For more information and submission
form please visit http://www.streamingfestival.com
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SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2006
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5/13
San Francisco, California: Other Cinema
http://www.othercinema.com/
8:30pm, 992 Valencia Street
COUNTER-CORP KICKS KORPORATE ASS!
We are heartened by a kindred project here in the ‘hood, the
(hopefully) annual weekend presentation of films and panels that take
the corporations to task, the CounterCorp Festival! Come on down for a
drink and a snack in this screening-room reception that serves to launch
this ambitious undertaking. Fest director John Wilner—with special
guests—share their visions for an engaged and critical citizenry
before busting open a vault of corporate-identity promos. Among the
jaw-droppers are IBM’s early-computer chronology Piercing the
Unknown, Delco’s That’s the Way It Is, Philco/Ford’s Year
1999, General Motors’ Our American Crossroads, Oscar Mayer’s
Because We Care, Coronet’s What Is Capitalism?, and Hilton’s
Hotel Ethos, among other Amerikan Korporate Kamp. PLUS a special treat
from Rick Prelinger’s ephemeral film collection. $5–$20.
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SUNDAY, MAY 14, 2006
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5/14
Chicago, Illinois: The Orgone Archive
8pm, Chicago Filmmakers 5243 North Clark Street Chicago, IL 60640
THE AUTOFILMOGRAPHY OF FRED MCLEOD OR THE FILM YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS NOT
ON THIS REEL ~PLUS~ SOME PITTSBURGH FILMMAKING (1959 - 2006)
Chicago Filmmakers presents an evening of Pennsylvania filmmaking
screened for you in two parts by The Orgone Archive (ex-Orgone Cinema)
from Pittsburgh 13, Penna. Part 1: The Autofilmography of Fred McLeod or
The Film You Are Looking For Is Not On This Reel Mix Warhol's static
voyeurism, Markopoulos' intricate sense of place and Anger's flair for
pop music and color, and you might come close describing the cinema of
Oakmont, Pennsylvania's amateur, Auricon auteur Fred McLeod. Considered
by railroad enthusiasts to be the father of sync sound train films,
McLeod left behind a legacy of personal movies made between 1933 and
1980. Whereas the majority of amateurs were out documenting vacations,
parties and picnics, McLeod was busy making films about wood saws,
bicycles, Buicks, golf, television, churches, Christmas trees, autumn
leaves and steam locomotives. Greg Pierce of The Orgone Archive will be
presenting a healthful dose of McLeod's cinematic wonders, each one a
pure and particular peek at everyday marvels and the man in front of the
camera. No disappointment! Part 2: Some Pittsburgh Filmmaking (1959 -
2006) Continuing the no disappointment and adding the almost
never-before-seen we conclude with a slight inventory of Pittsburgh
(ex-Smoke City) 16mm filmmaking. Take a Kodachromatic tour of Joseph D.
Kramer's Squirrel Hill Home Inventory; watch real zombies act like
consumers at the Monroeville Mall in rushes from Dawn of the Dead; revel
in Roger Jacoby's rarely seen hand-processed gem Kunst Life IV; see two
serenely beautiful unknowns from Al Mahler; and witness the first public
screening of Dave Saz's camera roll document of Stan Brakhage speaking
at Chatham College in 1973 to some of Pittsburgh's best known filmmakers
and film advocates. Also Chicago premieres from Brian Dean Richmond and
the Orgon Filmarbeiter Kollektiv along with the surface turmoil, twin
attack of Adam Abrams and Steven X. Boyle. Program 1 The Autofilmography
of Fred McLeod or The Film You Are Looking For Is Not On This Reel 1)
All Personal Sound Movies (1951 - 63) 22min. color / b&w, sound 2) BA BA
and gary playing football 1979 (1979) 5min. color, sound 3) Unknown
Footage + Tests* (1958) 5min. color / b&w, sound 4) Chuck's Trains
(1939/45) 3min. b&w / color, silent 5) Train Views Near Harrisburg,
Lewistown Narrows, Besserman Coal Train 1980 (1980) 10min. b&w, sound 6)
Edgewater Picnic / Autumn Leaves (1948 / 1960) 9 min., b&w / color,
silent / sound 7) All Golf Films (1973) 30min. color, sound 8) Wash
Cathedral (1955) 3min. b&w, sound 9) BICYCLES Joe Jenkins Me Anita Sept
5, 1980 (1980) 6min. color, silent ~ All films are 16mm camera original
except*. DELINQUENT FILM ABUSERS ARE SUSPECT. FILM DAMAGE IS ON AN
INCREASE. DON'T BE A FILM WRECKER. SHOOT FILM NOT PEOPLE. Intermission
then... Program 2 SOME PITTSBURGH FILMMAKING (1959 - 2006) 1) HOME
INVENTORY (1959) by Joseph D. Kramer 3min 2) ROTASIA &/OR SKRIMMENFLIGGA
(2006) by Adam Abrams. Sound by Steve Boyle ?min 3) WAVE POSITIVE [test
roll for unfinished film SKYLIGHT] (1976) by Al Mahler 3min 4) STAN
BRAKHAGE AT CHATHAM COLLEGE, 1973 (1973) by Dave Saz 4min 5) UNTER DER
MITTLEREN BRÜCKE (1989) by Brian Dean Richmond sound 9min 6) UNKNOWN
[HIGH SPEED HALLER] (1978) by Al Mahler 1.5min 7) DAWN OF THE DEAD
RUSHES, 11/6/77 (1977) by George Romero 9min 8) KUNST LIFE IV (1977) by
Roger Jacoby sound 6m 9) 28 JÄHRIGER BEIM SCHÜTTERN DES KOPFES (1993) by
Orgon Filmarbeiter Kollektiv 3min All films are 16mm, b/w or color,
silent except where noted. ORGONE NOT WAR. S A V E P I T T S B U R G H.
S U P P O R T P I T T S B U R G H F I L M A N A L Y S I S.
5/14
Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
http://www.lafilmforum.org/
4:00 and 7:00 pm, Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd.
THE SHORT DOCUMENTARIES OF KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI, PART 1
In conjunction with LACMA's presentation of the features of Kieslowski,
Filmforum is honored to present the Los Angeles screenings of the short
documentary films of Kieslowski, over the course of three Sundays in
May. This series offers a unique opportunity to follow an artist moving
from what might be considered "studies," then to sketches, and then
finally to fully realized portraits. Tonight:?The Office (1966)?The Tram
(1966) ?Concert of Requests (1967)?From the City of Lodz (1969),?I Was a
Soldier (1970)?Factory (1970),?Before the Rally (1971)
5/14
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Cinematheque
http://www.sfcinematheque.org
7:30pm, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street at Third
QUESTIONS CONCERNING TECHNOLOGY: EXPERIMENTAL WORKS
Filmmakers Gibbs Chapman, Yin-Ju Chen, James T. Hong, Kerry Laitala In
Person. The works in tonight's program examine, use, and imagine
technology in provocative ways. Collectively they ask not only how do
–or might– technologies affect us, but how they determine our images and
imaginings of the world. From fairgrounds to the Zuse strip, from push
buttons to cars, video games, reproductive and waste technologies, the
works explore our cyborg nature. Created using either hand-processed
film, cgi, appropriated tv, or plain old cameras, and made for the big
screen or the i-pod, works include Kerry Laitala's Orbit, Caspar
Stracke's Zuse Strip, Gibbs Chapman's Push Button: A History of Idleness
& Ignorance, Scott Stark's Driven, Pawel Wojtasik's Dark Sun Squeeze,
Yin-Ju Chen and James T. Hong's Suprematist Kapital, and Hong's The
Coldest War Part 1. ADMISSION: $8 General, $5 Cinematheque Members,
Seniors, Disabled, Students (w. ID). Advance Tickets: 415-978-ARTS
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