From: weekly listing (email suppressed)
Date: Sat Aug 26 2006 - 08:54:37 PDT
This week [August 27 - September 3, 2006] in avant garde cinema
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JOB AVAILABLE:
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Florida Atlantic University
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NEW FILM/VIDEO:
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"The Smell of Who She is" by Jean-Pierre Gagne
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NEW CALLS FOR ENTRIES:
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Seguin Film & Arts Festival (Seguin, Texas, USA; Deadline: September 01, 2006)
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Abrasions: Architecture and Accident (San Francisco, CA USA; Deadline: September 30, 2006)
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See The Voice: Visible Verse @ Pacific Cinematheque (Vancouver, BC Canada; Deadline: September 01, 2006)
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PA Festival of Films (Slippery Rock, PA, USA; Deadline: February 01, 2007)
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Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hong Kong ; Deadline: January 27, 2007)
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Lake Forest Film Festival (Lake Forest, IL USA; Deadline: September 08, 2006)
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LiveBox Gallery (Chicago, IL, USA; Deadline: October 01, 2006)
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ArtsUnion (Somerville, MA, USA; Deadline: October 03, 2006)
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DEADLINES APPROACHING:
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Eerie Horror Film Festival (Erie, Pa. USA; Deadline: September 09, 2006)
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Echo Park Film Center (Los Angeles, CA, USA; Deadline: September 15, 2006)
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Pacific Cinémathèque (Vancouver, BC Canada; Deadline: September 01, 2006)
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Elastic Gallery (Chicago, IL, USA; Deadline: September 01, 2006)
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Anchorage Film Festival (Anchorage, Alaska, USA; Deadline: September 01, 2006)
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Pleasure Dome (Toronto; Deadline: September 15, 2006)
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Polymer at the Hunter Museum of American Art (Chattanooga, TN, US; Deadline: September 15, 2006)
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19th SEAGATE FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL (Derry City, Derry, N.Ireland; Deadline: September 04, 2006)
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Seagate Foyle Film Festival (Derry, Northern Ireland; Deadline: September 04, 2006)
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TIE, The International Experimental Cinema Exposition (Denver, Colorado, USA; Deadline: September 01, 2006)
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Flake Film Festival (Snowy Mountains, NSW, Australi; Deadline: August 26, 2006)
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Seguin Film & Arts Festival (Seguin, Texas, USA; Deadline: September 01, 2006)
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Abrasions: Architecture and Accident (San Francisco, CA USA; Deadline: September 30, 2006)
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See The Voice: Visible Verse @ Pacific Cinematheque (Vancouver, BC Canada; Deadline: September 01, 2006)
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Lake Forest Film Festival (Lake Forest, IL USA; Deadline: September 08, 2006)
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MISCELLANEOUS:
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ACTORS NEEDED!!
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
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* Open Screening and Potluck Dinner [August 27, Chicago, Illinois]
* Lunch With Fela [August 27, New York, New York]
* A Little Planet [August 27, Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
* Brakhage [August 28, Sydney, Australia]
* Carnivals of Ecstasy: Tony Conrad and the New York Underground [September 1, Atlanta, Georgia]
* Mammals In Peril (What Could Be More Fun?) Presented By Rooftop Films [September 1, Brooklyn, New York]
* Suspended Reverie [ 10 Minutes ] [September 1, London, England]
* 7th Annual Woodstock Museum Film Festival [September 1, Woodstock, NY]
* Charlemagne Palestine: Filmworks [September 2, Atlanta, Georgia]
* Wild, Wacky & Finally Rescheduled "Circus Shorts" Presented By Rooftop
Films [September 2, Brooklyn, New York]
Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006
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8/27
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Filmmakers
http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
7:00 pm, Chicago Filmmakers (5243 N. Clark St.)
OPEN SCREENING AND POTLUCK DINNER
Come and feast you eyes and taste buds at our combo Potluck Dinner and
Open Screening (or, based on our 4-hour marathon open screening last
time, perhaps gorge is more accurate than feast!). Come to show work or
just to watch - in either case bring a food item to share (don't
everyone bring chips!). Hot or cold covered dishes or desserts are what
we have in mind. Items with chocolate are particularly welcome. The
Potluck will start at 6pm; the screening at 7pm. We'll show whatever
comes in the door (except x-rated stuff, sorry!). Accepted formats:
Mini-DV, DVD, VHS, and 16mm. Recommended maximum length is 15 minutes,
but we'll try to accommodate everything, no matter how long. Free raffle
for "prizes"! Admission is free.
8/27
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7PM, 2nd Ave and 2nd Street
LUNCH WITH FELA
Abraham Ravett's recent film, LUNCH WITH FELA (2005), 59 min. color &
B/W. sound, will be screened at Anthology Film Archives on Sunday,
August 27, 2006, 7PM. For more details, please see:
http://helios.hampshire.edu/~arPF
8/27
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Images Festival
http://www.imagesfestival.com/
1:30pm, Studio Theatre
A LITTLE PLANET
Even before globalization, artists have been culture's pre-eminent
explorers, whether through adventure or imagination. Now, wanderlust
(enforced or desired) is the core of the independent arts, as artists
find they often have the most in common with audiences and creators
continents away. The Images Festival has built itself on these
borderless exchanges of ideas, aesthetics and pleasure. These films and
videos, drawn from the Festival's larger milieu, speak of place and
passions, crazy days and sleepless nights, travel and weariness. Films
and videos by Jun Miyazaki (Japan), Adel Abidin (Iraq/Finland), Jeanne
Liotta (US), Diane Bonder (US), Michael Robinson (US), Steve Reinke
(Canada), Christopher Chong (Malaysia/Canada) Semiconductor (UK) and
Philip Hoffman (Canada). Programme: A Little Planet (Jun Miyazaki,
Japan, 16mm, 7 min, 2002): A silver ball, suspended in the air, travels
around Tokyo's suburbs, reflecting its surroundings in its globe. Crazy
Days (Adel Abidin, Iraq/Finland, video, 13 min, 2005): An Iraqi finds
himself alone in Finland. Peculiar habits are examined, displacement
reinforced. Shopping, so far from home. Ask the Insects (Steve Reinke,
Canada, video, 8 min, 2005): The prodigal Reinke returns, as if he never
left. The same small town, with only steps between youth and old age…
once you climb the hill. Tuesday be My Friend (Christopher Chong,
Malaysia/Canada, 9 min, video, 2005): A Chinese Malaysian girl quietly
steps across culture lines, donning the Muslim tudung (hij ab). Is
distance so close? Land of Enchantment (Jeanne Liotta, USA, Super 8mm
screening on video, 4 min, 1994): A mystical land where the compass
can't find north. Lost in the moment. You don't bring me flowers
(Michael Robinson, USA, 16mm, 8 min, 2006): A collection of National
Geographic landscapes from the 60's and 70's, viewed straight down the
cracks in the seams. American romanticism — entitlement from sea to
shining sea — degrades into a blinding white distress signal. Sound of
Microclimates (Semiconductor, UK, video, 8 min, 2004) An examination of
what's underfoot, as momentary disturbances in the Paris streets form
new weather patterns. Kokoro is for Heart (Phil Hoffman, Canada, 16mm, 7
min, 1999): A sound poem, performed by Gerry Shikatani in a gravel pit.
Spontaneous inspiration, celebrated collaboration. I remember now, we
never danced, I miss you, good-bye (Diane Bonder, USA, 16mm, 8 min,
2006): A fond farewell from Diane Bonder, who passed away this summer.
Memories of boardwalk lullabies during summer afternoons. We travel
through this life, reaching towards joy.
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MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2006
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8/28
Sydney, Australia: Chauvel Cinematheque
http://www.chauvelcinema.net.au
7pm, Chauvel Cinema, Paddington Town Hall, Oxford St., Paddington
BRAKHAGE
USA/75mins/1998 Dir: Jim Shedden. This documentary celebrates the vision
of Stan Brakhage, one of the most important figures in avant-garde
filmmaking, and explores the extraordinary artistic possibilities he
pursued. "This is an exemplary, insightful documentary guaranteed to
fascinate and provoke many. A must-see." Jerry Saravia Screens with
Symphonie Diagonale Germany/5mins/1921 Dir: Viking Eggeling and Rhythm
21 Germany/3mins/1923 Dir: Hans Richter and surprise short. A short
introduction from would-be film philosopher Brett Garten precedes the
film.
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2006
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9/1
Atlanta, Georgia: Eyedrum
http://www.eyedrum.org
8:00 pm, 290 Martin Luther King Jr Dr Suite 8
CARNIVALS OF ECSTASY: TONY CONRAD AND THE NEW YORK UNDERGROUND
Frequent Small Meals and Table of the Elements present Carnivals of
Ecstasy: Tony Conrad and the New York Underground -- Tony Conrad has
been a key figure of the New York avant-garde since the early 1960s. He
is well-known as a musician for his role (along with John Cale, LaMonte
Young and others) in the Theater of Eternal Music, and as a filmmaker he
created 1965's classic "The Flicker." -- Lesser known is the fact that
Conrad played an important role in the creation of works by other
filmmakers, some of which are among the most popular and enduring
avant-garde films of the 1960s. Frequent Small Meals and Table of the
Elements are proud to host Tony Conrad for a unique event at Eyedrum.
Conrad will introduce films by Jack Smith, Ron Rice, Piero Heliczer, and
Ira Cohen – films in which Conrad appears or for which he did soundtrack
work. -- ** Jack Smith's "Flaming Creatures" is one of the most
controversial films ever made. Groundbreaking for its polysexual
imagery, it is widely admired today as a prime example of the artistry,
humor, and visual brilliance of this visionary director and performer.
"Flaming Creatures" will be screened in its original format of 16mm,
along with Ron Rice's "Chumlum," a sumptuous pre-psychedelic work from
the early 1960s with a typically charismatic Jack Smith performance. --
** Piero Heliczer's 1967 "Joan of Arc" features a mesmerizing soundtrack
by Conrad. This extremely rare film has not been screened outside of New
York in many years and represents one of Conrad's finest musical
performances. -- ** Ira Cohen's 1968 "Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda"
features an appearance by Conrad and a musical score by the legendary
percussionist (and Conrad collaborator) Angus MacLise, best known as the
original drummer for the Velvet Underground. J. Hoberman of the Village
Voice called MacLise's score a "masterpiece of Tibetan-Moroccan-Druidic
trance music [which] truly blossoms in conjunction with the exotic
smorgasbord served at Cohen's psychedelicatessen." The evening also
features a new Cohen work, "Brain Damage." -- Carnivals of Ecstasy is a
Film Love event and is part of the Table of the Elements Festival #4. To
purchase tickets, please visit http://www.tableoftheelements.com/
program: PART 1: Joan of Arc (Piero Heliczer, 1967), 15 minutes, 16mm
(screened on DVD); Chumlum (Ron Rice, 1964), 22 minutes, 16mm; Flaming
Creatures (Jack Smith, 1963), 42 minutes, 16mm -- PART 2: Ira Cohen
films: Invasion of Thunderbolt Pagoda, expanded edition (Ira Cohen,
1968/2006); Brain Damage (Ira Cohen, 1960s/2006); Ira Cohen films
screened on DVD
9/1
Brooklyn, New York: Rooftop Films
http://www.rooftopfilms.com
8PM, Automotive High School
MAMMALS IN PERIL (WHAT COULD BE MORE FUN?) PRESENTED BY ROOFTOP FILMS
Mammals in Peril Short walks to the edge of the abyss. BUY TICKETS at
smarttix.com search 'Rooftop Films' The online box office will close
between 5 and 6 PM on the day of the show after which time tickets may
be purchased at the door. Friday, September 1st, 2006 8:30 - Live Music
9:00 - Showtime TRT: 1:30:05 On the lawn of Automotive High School |
DIRECTIONS 50 Bedford Ave, between N. 12th and Lorimer, Williamsburg,
Brooklyn In the event of rain the show is indoors at the same location.
9/1
London, England: Space Studios
http://www.spacestudios.org.uk
6 -8:30 pm, 129- 131 Mare Street
SUSPENDED REVERIE [ 10 MINUTES ]
SUSPENDED REVERIE (TEN MINUTES) brings together a series of new works by
Juan delGado in Gallery One at SPACE. exploring these themes of
displacement and investigating their function as an element of our
unconscious. Through video installation and photography Juan delGado
offers the viewer traces of memory and presence that together describe
what has been and the continuity of what will come again and again.
9/1
Woodstock, NY: Woodstock Museum
http://www.WoodstockMuseum.org
7PM, Woodstock Town Hall, Woodstock, NY
7TH ANNUAL WOODSTOCK MUSEUM FILM FESTIVAL
Event Description: In soliciting clips to showcase, Woodstock Museum
looks way beyond Hollywood to solicit works from independents and
students. Announced by film & video publications such as "Videographer",
"Film Imaging", "Digital Producer", "Animation Artist" and "Creative
Mac", news of the festival reaches millions of readers, making Woodstock
Museum film festival the hottest website and a sure bet for tourism this
Labor Day weekend Sept. 1-3, 2006. Woodstock Museum, P.O. Box 73,
Woodstock, NY 12498, (845) 246-0600. www.WoodstockMuseum.org or email:
email suppressed
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2006
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9/2
Atlanta, Georgia: Eyedrum
http://www.eyedrum.org
8:00 pm, 290 Martin Luther King Jr Dr Suite 8
CHARLEMAGNE PALESTINE: FILMWORKS
**along with a performance by Rhys Chatham's Guitar Army** part of Table
of the Elements Festival #4 -- A program of film and video featuring
soundtracks and performances by composer and musician Charlemagne
Palestine. Moira Tierney's "American Dreams #3," an evocation of New
York on September 11, 2001, was cited in the 5th annual Village Voice
Film Critic's Poll. Pip Chodorov's "Charlemagne 2: Piltzer" is a tour de
force of hand-processed film which documents a Palestine piano concert.
Chodorov uses flicker, negative/positive imagery, different printing
techniques and colored filters to produce a film that is a true merging
of sound and vision. -- Program: Charlemagne 2: Piltzer (Pip Chodorov,
2002), 22 minutes, 16mm; American Dreams #3 (Moira Tierney, 2002), 5
minutes, 16mm
9/2
Brooklyn, New York: Rooftop Films
http://www.rooftopfilms.com
8PM, Automotive High School
WILD, WACKY & FINALLY RESCHEDULED "CIRCUS SHORTS" PRESENTED BY ROOFTOP
FILMS
Circus Shorts: Clowns & Roller Coasters Chickens, magicians, carnies and
Coney Island. ***BUY TICKETS*** | WATCH a TRAILER | PRESS RELEASE at
http://rooftopfilms.com/show_06-shortsclowns.html Saturday, September
2nd, 2006 8:30 - Live Music 9:00 - Showtime TRT: 1:30:00 On the lawn at
Open Road Park | DIRECTIONS E. 12th Street between 1st Avenue & Avenue A
In the event of rain, the show is under tents at the same location, so
bring an umbrella.
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