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Date: Sat Jun 17 2006 - 08:27:58 PDT
This week [June 18 - 25, 2006] in avant garde cinema
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NEW FILM/VIDEO:
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"Survival Strategy or Lack Thereof" by Mike Celona
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=newwork&readfile=262.ann
"Captive Audience" by Wilbur Scott
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=newworkf&readfile=83.ann
"About Angels, etc" by Michael Zubarev
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=newwork&readfile=259.ann
"Three Courses" by TJ
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NEW CALLS FOR ENTRIES:
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FLEX, the Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival (Gainesville, Florida, USA; Deadline: July 15, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=579.ann
The Images Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Deadline: June 30, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=580.ann
Method Fest (El Segundo CA; Deadline: December 01, 2007)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=581.ann
Festival Miden (Kalamata, Greece; Deadline: June 25, 2006)
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The Journal of Short Film (columbus, oh, USA; Deadline: August 15, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=583.ann
CounterCorp Film Festival (San Francisco, CA, USA; Deadline: July 31, 2006)
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DEADLINES APPROACHING:
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Toofy Film Fest 2006 (Boulder, CO USA; Deadline: July 01, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=500.ann
Woodstock Film Festival (Woodstock, NY ; Deadline: July 10, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=502.ann
London Film Festival (London, UK; Deadline: June 30, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=552.ann
Los Angeles International Short Film Festival (Hollywood, CA 90028; Deadline: June 17, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=554.ann
San Diego Women Film Festival (San Diego, CA, USA; Deadline: July 01, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=567.ann
Studio 27 (San Francisco, CA, USA; Deadline: June 30, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=571.ann
Xperimental Film Festival 5.0 (Nicosia, Cyprus; Deadline: June 29, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=575.ann
Cucalorus Film Festival (Wilmington, NC, USA; Deadline: July 15, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=577.ann
MIX NYC: New York Lesbian & Gay Experimental Film Festival (New York, NY USA; Deadline: July 15, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=578.ann
FLEX, the Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival (Gainesville, Florida, USA; Deadline: July 15, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=579.ann
The Images Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Deadline: June 30, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=580.ann
Festival Miden (Kalamata, Greece; Deadline: June 25, 2006)
http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=582.ann
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
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* Filmforum Presents A Birthday Extravaganza [June 18, Los Angeles]
* Clayton Patterson Presents Sex Madness [June 18, New York, New York]
* Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place [June 18, San Francisco, California]
* The Films of James Harrar-Cinema Soloriens & the Cosmo Drama-Japan Tour [June 18, Yamaguchi-JAPAN]
* "The Psychoacoustic Geographers" [June 20, Leipzig, Germany]
* Portrait As By Claire Fowler- Screening [June 21, Bristol, UK]
* New York Experimental [June 21, New York, New York]
* Japanese Experimental Films Between 60's, 70's and Today [June 22, Paris, France]
* The Films of James Harrar-Cinema Soloriens & the Cosmo Drama-Japan Tour [June 22, Roppongi-Tokyo-JAPAN]
* Japanese Experimental Films Between 60's, 70's and Today [June 23, Paris, France]
* The Bus On Film: A Film Festival Starring the Bus [June 23, San Francisco, California]
* Extremely Shorts 9: Works 3 Minute & Under [June 24, Houston, Texas]
* Japanese Experimental Films Between 60's, 70's and Today [June 24, Paris, France]
* Womenswork 2006 [June 25, Hoboken, NJ 07030]
* Extremely Shorts 9: Works 3 Minute & Under [June 25, Houston, Texas]
* Suzan Pitt In Person With the La Premiere of El Doctor [June 25, Los Angeles]
* Films From the Public House: Short and Bittersweet [June 25, San Francisco, California]
Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
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SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 2006
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6/18
Los Angeles: Filmforum
http://www.lafilmforum.org/
7:00 pm, Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd.
FILMFORUM PRESENTS A BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA
Filmforum presents A birthday extravaganza hosted by Filmforum director
Adam Hyman, with some of his favorite films. Including The Bridge (Joris
Ivens, 1928), Georgetown Loop (Ken Jacobs, 1997), and Hong Kong (HKG)
(Gerard Holthuis, 1999). Surprises, mirth, and carousing to follow.
6/18
New York, New York: Pioneer Theater
http://www.twoboots.com/pioneer/
7pm, 155 E. 3rd St.
CLAYTON PATTERSON PRESENTS SEX MADNESS
Clayton Patterson from the Clayton Gallery and Outlaw Art Museum
presents a program of crazy sex madness in short films drawn from the
neighborhood. Penny Arcade is the person who we are recognizing as the
guest of honor at this show.. Penny has made amazing contributions in
all kinds of creative areas.. but this nights cheer is for her film
contributions. . . saving Jack Smiths earthy belonging. . . recently I
really enjoyed seeing, at the Pioneer, Penny in the 60's John Vaccaro
film. . .Penny was in Warhol movies. . . Penny is one of the main power
thrusts behind the amazing Biography Project. . .and more and so on and
more. . . filmmakers David Leslie & Larry Fessenden- 2 public service
announcements safe sex psa part 1 and part 2 Larry Fessenden- HABIT --
Larry banging a vampire chick in his feature film. M. M. Serra A Lot of
Fun for the Evil One, (1994) color, sound, featuring Maria Beatty. Sound
design by John Zorn. "A worthwhile and well-executed foray into the
notoriously dangerous territory where art meets porn; the result is
exciting and entrancing, making no grand statements with its sometimes
sweeping gestures but still providing an incredibly satisfying voyage
into the psychosexual netherworld. Even the film's soundtrack is
high-quality, entertaining listening and could stand on its own as
purely audio material. An intense aural tapestry courtesy of John Zorn."
-- Eric Danville Jack Waters and Peter Cramer "Occupy My Ass, Not Iraq"
preview of work in progress by Jack Waters. Videography by Peter Cramer.
Staring Dominic Wetzel, Pino Fortunata with Voiceover by Leslie Lowe.
Penny Arcade and Steve Zehentner-- educator Betty DodsonThe Lower East
Side Biography Project is an oral history project that works to stem the
tide of cultural amnesia and gentrification in its community by telling
the history of its streets through the stories of its long term
residents. BEYOND Queer: Voices from Bohemian New York, is the first
installment of their documentary series that celebrates originality,
while connecting the stories of individuals to a larger social, cultural
& political context. The title, BEYOND Queer, symbolizes the broadest
notions of inclusion, and the hope of expanding the discourse on
identity, political activism, and freedom of expression. The segment
featured is a work-in-progress biography on artist, author, and sex
educator Betty Dodson, Ph.D. Betty first achieved international
recognition with three ground breaking erotic art exhibitions in the
sixties and seventies before she left the art world to become a feminist
activist and public advocate for women's sexual liberation. Her bold,
innovative teaching methods have been documented in a series of books
and videos. Dodson has a private practice in New York City and maintains
an active website: www.bettydodson.com. Contact The Lower East Side
Biography Project at www.pennyarcade.tv Clayton Patterson and Elsa
Rensaa... Playground... a segment from a night at a Deviant playground
on the LES... Philly Abe...A five minute scene from Takeaway by Todd
Verow and and a five minute segment of A or mike Kuchar's Wind in my
sails.... Philly is the alternative to the alternative. she will be
showing two segments from Film icons Mike Kuchar and Todd Verow....Wind
on my Sails by Mike Kuchar 2000.....Takeaway by Todd Verow
2002........wild times in pay toilets and trashy apartments...You won't
know whether to jerk off or throw up. Philly lis an actrash
fantastique...She lives downtown, rent striking and working with the
art/noize collective Infinity SS/Fanatic Voyage and threatens to start
making more movies of her own this summer.....more will be
revealed..........Happy Science!
6/18
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Cinematheque
http://www.sfcinematheque.org
7:30pm, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street at Third
POLIS IS THIS: CHARLES OLSON AND THE PERSISTENCE OF PLACE
Director Henry Ferrini In Person, West Coast Premiere! From postman's
son to Postmodernism's founding father, and from schooner fisherman to
scholar, this hulking six-foot eight Harvard-educated historian drifts
back to the hard-luck New England fishing port of his boyhood summers
after the 1956 close of Black Mountain College. There, surrounded by the
cruel poverties and sorrows of a town at war with the sea for over 300
years, Charles Olson creates a unified and transcendent vision of a
besieged people caught between tradition and modernity. Featuring John
Malkovich, Amiri Baraka, Jonathan Williams, Anne Waldman, Diane di
Prima, Ed Sanders, Pete Seeger, and others, Polis is This investigates
the seminal avant-garde poet, Charles Olson, in conjunction with his
enduring connection to his place and origin of inspiration, Gloucester,
Massachusetts. Presented in Association with The Poetry Center at San
Francisco State University. ADMISSION: $8 General, $5 Cinematheque
Members, Seniors, Disabled, Students (w. ID). Advance Tickets:
415-978-ARTS
6/18
Yamaguchi-JAPAN: Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media
http://www.ycam.jp
8:30PM, 7-7 Nakazono-cho, Yamaguchi, 7530075 Japan
THE FILMS OF JAMES HARRAR-CINEMA SOLORIENS & THE COSMO DRAMA-JAPAN TOUR
A retrospective of Experimental Films by James Harrar and a special
screening of rare films featuring Sun Ra and His Arkestra PLUS live
musical accompaniment by Marshall Allen, Leader of The Sun Ra Arkestra,
James Harrar, and R.E. Mahoney. This not to be missed special film
program consists of experimental shorts by Harrar and classic films
featuring Sun Ra and His Arkestra from the late 60's and early 70's,
rarely seen publicly, restored and preserved by Harrar. JAMES HARRAR -
Filmmaker, Bamboo Alto Sax, flute, Kora and percussion MARSHALL ALLEN
(of the SUN RA ARKESTRA) - Alto, Flute, Clarinet, E.V.I. and percussion
R.E. MAHONEY - Guitar, effects and percussion GUEST MUSICIAN: SEIICHI
YAMAMOTO (BOREDOMS, ROVO) - Guitar
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TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2006
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6/20
Leipzig, Germany: d21
http://www.d21-leipzig.de
10:00pm, Demmeringstr. 21, 04177
"THE PSYCHOACOUSTIC GEOGRAPHERS"
BEN RUSSELL IN PERSON! Emotional exiles from the Land of Opportunity,
experimental filmmakers Ben Russell and Jonathan Schwartz come to Europe
on the first leg of their infinite world tour – equipped with 16mm
films, vocal distortion effects and optical sound tracks, these kindred
spirits engage in a kino-cartography of the audiovisual contract.
Through a combination of psychedelic cinema, mash-up animations,
ethnographic mask ceremonies, and pinhole lenses these two intrepid
explorers map out a new world of Image and Sound where vision travels in
waveforms and sound flickers like explosions in the night. Featuring:
Black and White Trypps Number One (7:00, 16mm, silent, 2005)*, The Red
and Blue Gods (8:00, 16mm, live sound, 2005)*, Pre-Hibernation News
(6:00, 16mm, 2005)**, Sunbeam Hunter (3:00, 16mm, 2006)**, Daumë (7:00,
16mm, 2000)*, Den of Tigers (19:00, 16mm, 2002)**, Terra Incognita
(10:00, 16mm, 2002)*, For Them Ending (3:00, 16mm, 2005)**, Black and
White Trypps Number Two (9:30, 16mm, silent, 2006)* (*by Ben Russell,
**by Jonathan Schwartz) * http://www.magiclanterncinema.com/tour.htm *
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2006
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6/21
Bristol, UK: Cube cinema
http://microplex.cubecinema.com/
7pm and 9.15pm- also 22nd June, Cube cinema, 4 Princess Row, Kingsdown, Bristol, BS2 8NQ, UK
PORTRAIT AS BY CLAIRE FOWLER- SCREENING
PORTRAIT AS (Claire Fowler / UK / 2006 / 7mins / 35mm / no cert) Local
premiere of a visual portrait of the disabled avant garde filmmaker
STEPHEN DWOSKIN. A London based American who has enjoyed a long and
successful career in Europe. Visual dichotomies explore the contrast
between ability/disability, youth/age, past/present, as seen through the
house he has lived in for the last 20 years, and the objects within it
that both surround and represent him. SHOW IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
STARTLING FEATURE DOCUMENTARY THE DEVIL AND DANIEL JOHNSON (Feuerzeig /
2005 / USA / 110mins / 35mm / 12a) (Wed 21st- Thurs 22nd / 7pm + 9.15pm
/ $4/3)
6/21
New York, New York: the Tank at The Collective: Unconscious
http://www.thetanknyc.org/film/index.html
10:PM, 279 Church Street between Franklin and White
NEW YORK EXPERIMENTAL
NEW YORK EXPERIMENTAL June 21 @ 10:00 New experimental films and videos,
including Mayport, a cine-performance consisting of 16mm magnetic audio
tracks on film editing rewinds, contact microphones, guitar amplifiers
and 16mm film projection. The film rewinds control the electrical power
supplied to a desk lamp and the 16mm projector. The speed of projector
and the audio is controlled with the turn of the rewind. The performance
illustrates a rural setting using time-lapse 16mm images and audio.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2006
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6/22
Paris, France: Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris
http://www.mcjp.asso.fr/
19h, 101 bis, quai Branly
JAPANESE EXPERIMENTAL FILMS BETWEEN 60'S, 70'S AND TODAY
Cinema experimental japonais des annees 60-70 a nos jours Du jeudi 22 au
samedi 24 juin. Tarif: 4euro/Tarif reduit: 3euro. Provenance des films :
Image Forum,Islands. Programm1:Materiaux et structure. Cut-Off
Movie/Junichi Okuyama(1969/15min/16mm), Murder of October 13th/Seiichi
Hayash(1971/8min/16mm), Cessna/ Takashi Nakajima(1974/19min/S-8/),
Switchback/Nobuhiro Kawanaka(1976/9min/16mm), Flower/ Yuiko
Matsuyama(2004/5.5min/16mm), 10 Nights' Dreams/Keiichi Tanaami, Nobuhiro
Aihara(2004/8min/ 16mm), Scripting Ghost/Tetsuji
Kurashige(2004/12min/video)
6/22
Roppongi-Tokyo-JAPAN: Super-Deluxe-Tokyo
http://www.super-deluxe.com
8:00PM, B1F 3-1-25 nishi-azabu minato-ku tokyo
THE FILMS OF JAMES HARRAR-CINEMA SOLORIENS & THE COSMO DRAMA-JAPAN TOUR
A retrospective of Experimental Films by James Harrar and a special
screening of rare films featuring Sun Ra and His Arkestra PLUS live
musical accompaniment by Marshall Allen, Leader of The Sun Ra Arkestra,
James Harrar, and R.E. Mahoney. This not to be missed special film
program consists of experimental shorts by Harrar and classic films
featuring Sun Ra and His Arkestra from the late 60's and early 70's,
rarely seen publicly, restored and preserved by Harrar. JAMES HARRAR -
Filmmaker, Bamboo Alto Sax, flute, Kora and percussion MARSHALL ALLEN
(of the SUN RA ARKESTRA) - Alto, Flute, Clarinet, E.V.I. and percussion
R.E. MAHONEY - Guitar, effects and percussion Special Guests: Daisuke
Fuwa (Shibusa Shirazu) + Takashi Ueno (Tenniscoats) DUO, Akikazu
Nakamura (shakuhachi) SOLO
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FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 2006
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6/23
Paris, France: Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris
http://www.mcjp.asso.fr/
19h, 101 bis, quai Branly
JAPANESE EXPERIMENTAL FILMS BETWEEN 60'S, 70'S AND TODAY
Cinema experimental japonais des annees 60-70 a nos jours Du jeudi 22 au
samedi 24 juin. Tarif: 4euro/Tarif reduit: 3euro. Provenance des films :
Image Forum,Islands. Programm2:Corps et mouvement. Navel and
A-Bomb/Eikoh Hosoe(1974/12min/16mm), Labyrinth Tale/Shuji
Terayama(1975/15min/16mm), Dutchman's Photographs/ Isao
Kota(1976/7min/16mm), SUKEKOMASHI/ Shinichi Tamano(2002/15min/S-8), FADE
INTO WHITE #4/ Kazuhiro Goshima(2003/19min/video), Dialogue Between Two/
Mika Seike(2004/8min/video)
6/23
San Francisco, California: City|Space
http://www.city-space.org
8.30 pm, The Levin Brothers Warehouse, 2255 Third Street, San Francisco
THE BUS ON FILM: A FILM FESTIVAL STARRING THE BUS
About Get on the Bus: watch the trailer here:
http://www.city-space.org/events/gotb/gotb_trailer.html. Get on the Bus
will consider the experience, culture, and meaning of our nation's
least-loved transit mode. Stigmatized as the transit of last resort—the
realm of the poor, elderly, and infirm—the bus nonetheless moves
millions of people every day. On the cutting edge in some cities,
marginalized in others, the bus evokes a surprising range of emotions
for people, planners, cities and artists. Get on the Bus will begin to
illuminate the world of the bus as a ubiquitous but neglected arena of
city life. An open call drew submissions from seven countries. Selected
works are drawn from throughout the US, as well as Canada, Mexico, and
the UK, and include fine art, documentary photography, lighthearted
urban interventions, and a range of film and video projects. In addition
innovative, historic, and artistically modified buses are anticipated to
be on display at various times during the exhibition. CITY|SPACE is
working with local transit agencies, including San Francisco MUNI, AC
Transit, and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission and expects to
collaborate with them on a variety of projects, including the donation
of buses to the exhibit. Get on the Bus will be on display at Levin
Brothers Warehouse located at 2255 3rd St, in San Francisco's Dogpatch
neighborhood. This striking 9000 square-foot renovated warehouse space,
at the convergence of 3 major bus lines and adjacent to the San
Francisco's new third street light rail line, has been kindly donated
for the exhibition by the Martin Building Company, and features a large
yard that can accommodate several buses. CITY|SPACE will also present an
evening of bus-related film, in the spirit of Asphalt Shorts,
CITY|SPACE's popular annual festival of short films about cities and
urbanism.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2006
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6/24
Houston, Texas: Aurora Picture Show
http://www.aurorapictureshow.org
6pm and 8pm, 808 Aurora St, 77009
EXTREMELY SHORTS 9: WORKS 3 MINUTE & UNDER
Extremely Shorts is Aurora´s annual 3 minute or less film and video
festival and draws submissions from around the globe. Be amazed as you
watch 25 films in the course of one hour, shifting gears from
experimental to western faster than you can say "avant garde cinema
enema!" Cash awards to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, audience choice.
713.868.2101, www.aurorapictureshow.org $5 general admission Free with
Aurora All-Access Pass
6/24
Paris, France: Maison de la culture du Japon a Paris
http://www.mcjp.asso.fr/
15h, 101 bis, quai Branly
JAPANESE EXPERIMENTAL FILMS BETWEEN 60'S, 70'S AND TODAY
Cinema experimental japonais des annees 60-70 a nos jours Du jeudi 22 au
samedi 24 juin. Tarif: 4euro/Tarif reduit: 3euro. Provenance des films :
Image Forum,Islands. Programm3 : La narration derriere l'espace. X
(Batsu)/ Shuntaro Tanikawa, Toru Takemitsu(1960/15min/16mm), For My
Crushed Right Eye/ Toshio Matsumoto(1968/13min/video), Chair/Screen/
Takashi Ishida (2002/8min/video), The Sweet Scent/ Mami
Kosemura(2003/9min/video), Lily in the Glass/ Shiho
Kano(2003/6min/16mm), TEXTISM/ Isamu Hirabayashi(2004/11min/video), wind
tone/ Katsunori Mizuno(2004/8min/video), Programme special : EIZO ZENYA
Films recents de videastes nes dans les annees 70 : Takashi Ishida,
Shiho Kano, Yuiko Matsuyama, Nagaru Miyake, Daisuke Nose, Takashi Sawa
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SUNDAY, JUNE 25, 2006
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6/25
Hoboken, NJ 07030: Womenswork Media Collective
http://www.wwmediacollective.org
3:00PM, Hoboken Historical Museum, 1301 Hudson Street
WOMENSWORK 2006
Womenswork 2006 is an exhibition of experimental film and video by
members of the Womenswork Media Collective, a group of media artists
based at New Jersey City University. Founded in 2002, the Womenswork
Media Collective facilitates the production, promotion, and exhibition
of independent film and video by women. The collective is dedicated to
empowering, promoting, nurturing, and mentoring women in the arts.
Womenswork 2006 premiered at the Fort Lee Museum and was screened at the
Jersey City Museum, Makeready Press Gallery, Montclair, NJ, and at the
Red Saw Gallery, Newark. The showcase is currently installed at the
Jersey City Museum in the Panasonic Video Zone through August 2006. A
question and answer session with the artists and a reception will follow
the screening. The suggested donation for this event at the Hoboken
Historical Museum is $5.00. Free parking is available around the corner
at the IN PARK parking garage at 12th Street and Shipyard Lane in
Hoboken. For further information contact Jane Steuerwald, showcase
coordinator, at email suppressed, or Robert Foster, Executive Director,
Hoboken Historical Museum, at (address suppressed) Program to
include: The Memory Box by Jane Steuerwald. Within three universal
themes – Loss, Mystery, and Love – the filmmaker intercuts archival,
family, and personal film footage with art songs sung by her mother at
the 1964 Worlds Fair. The Memory Box uses precious and perfectly
preserved mementos of family histories to establish connections between
past and present, music and image, love and loss. Burgeoning Senesce by
NJCU student Michelle Mumoli of Newark and NJCU student Polina Zaitseva
of Paterson. Burgeoning Senesce is an experimental narrative short that
interweaves stop-motion animation, home movie footage, video, and
photographs to explore notions of womanhood and issues of how time takes
its toll on womens bodies, hearts, emotions, and minds. In My Bedroom by
NJCU senior Melissa Polin of Eatontown. A self-portrait executed in
split-screen, the artist juxtaposes her personality in front of the
camera with footage of her in the solitude of her bedroom as she goes
about everyday rituals. The work is simultaneously playful, sensitive,
and direct. Father Figure by NJCU alumni Nicole McNeill of Jersey City
is an experimental documentary that explores issues of selective memory
and confronts family secrets and truths. The film also touches upon how
camera images can be deceitful. The Forgotten Ones by NJCU alumni
Stephanie Attar. Derived from a poem by the artist and visualized
through her exploration of forgotten and abandoned sites in New Jersey,
The Forgotten Ones is a lyrical piece about loss, alienation, and
solitude. Family Planning by NJCU alumni Delmira Valladares of Jersey
City. A twisted fairy tale with dark undertones, Family Planning is
about a bride who is called upon to be a noble protector. Confined to
her apartment, the bride engages in ritualistic exercises and dances to
condition herself for love.
6/25
Houston, Texas: Aurora Picture Show
http://www.aurorapictureshow.org
3pm and 5pm, 6pm (party), 808 Aurora St, 77009
EXTREMELY SHORTS 9: WORKS 3 MINUTE & UNDER
Juror Kevin Everson in attendance In celebration of Aurora´s 8th
birthday, join us for the greatest screenings on earth. Extremely Shorts
is Aurora´s annual 3 minute or less film and video festival and draws
submissions from around the globe. Be amazed as you watch 25 films in
the course of one hour, shifting gears from experimental to western
faster than you can say "avant garde cinema enema!" Cash awards to 1st,
2nd, and 3rd place, audience choice. Then, join the Aurora crew for a
fun-filled bash celebrating Aurora´s eighth birthday with delicous eats
and drinks. Save your stage voice for the always entertaining and
revealing karaoke show. 713.868.2101, www.aurorapictureshow.org $5
general admission Free with Aurora All-Access Pass
6/25
Los Angeles: Filmforum
http://www.lafilmforum.org/
7:00 pm, Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd.
SUZAN PITT IN PERSON WITH THE LA PREMIERE OF EL DOCTOR
Filmforum presents Suzan Pitt in person with the LA premiere of El
Doctor, (2006, 23 min). A surreal animated poem set in a crumbling
Mexican hospital about 1920, the film celebrates the nature of
perception and the miraculous. Over five years in production the film
was entirely hand painted by artists in Los Angeles and Mexico. The
evening will include other works by Pitt. $9 general, $6
students/seniors
6/25
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Cinematheque
http://www.sfcinematheque.org
7:30pm, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street at Third
FILMS FROM THE PUBLIC HOUSE: SHORT AND BITTERSWEET
Jackie Moe and Artists In Person. Curator Jackie Moe gathers short films
every month for a screening series at Edinburgh Castle Pub that harbors
a vast proof of home grown film talent in the City. Tonight she's
assembled a cast with new and classic shorts from that burgeoning scene.
Cathy Begien's playful maturity and unintentional detachment are
expressed in Blackout, The Dream Diaries and more. David Enos constructs
careful, primitive histories and home-made portraits in Light My Fire
(Jim Morrison) and In Service to the Waxen Moon (the Wolf-Man). Sarah
Enid presents The Great Unknown, portrait of a young man with an old
hand, and The Progeny, a fable about an unlikely family. Jose
Rodriguez's taste for depravity and longing for beauty fuel Boy Crazy,
exploring sexuality and indulgence. Plus many more films from this
hotbed of production. ADMISSION: $8 General, $5 Cinematheque Members,
Seniors, Disabled, Students (w. ID). Advance Tickets: 415-978-ARTS
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