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Part 1 of 3: This week [November 10 - 18, 2006] in avant garde cinema
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PEC Independent Film Championship (Colorado Springs, CO; Deadline: November 30, 2006)
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Method Fest (El Segundo CA; Deadline: December 01, 2006)
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Images Festival (Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; Deadline: November 17, 2006)
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Portland Documentary and eXperimental Film Festival (Portland, Oregon; Deadline: December 15, 2006)
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Flatpack Festival (Birmingham, UK; Deadline: December 15, 2006)
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
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* Microcinefest 2006 Night Two [November 10, Baltimore, Maryland]
* Dance Moves [November 10, HULL, ENGLAND]
* Exploding Fun Cinema [November 10, London, England]
* We Make Our Own Television [November 10, London, England]
* Shoot Shoot Shoot: British Avant-Garde Film of the 1960s & 1970s [November 10, London, England]
* Luz Y Tiempo: Historia Parcial Del Cine Experimental Y videoarte
Britanico [November 10, Madrid]
* Pour Une Nuit (& Other Naughty Bits) [November 10, New York, New York]
* V.O. [November 10, New York, New York]
* A Different Take: Queer Youth Speak Out [November 10, New York, New York]
* Video Burnout [November 10, New York, New York]
* Psychopathia Sexualis [November 10, New York, New York]
* Ny theatrical Premire! "Me & My Brother" By Robert Frank [November 10, New York, New York]
* Microcinefest 2006 Night Three [November 11, Baltimore, Maryland]
* Shoot Shoot Shoot: British Avant-Garde Film of the 1960s & 1970s [November 11, London, England]
* Luz Y Tiempo: Historia Parcial Del Cine Experimental Y videoarte
Britanico 1968-2006 [November 11, Madrid]
* Jenni Olson's the Joy of Life [November 11, New York, New York]
* Robert Flowers One-Person Program [November 11, New York, New York]
* Backalley Jukebox [November 11, New York, New York]
* Trenchcoat Crowd [November 11, New York, New York]
* Intervention [November 11, New York, New York]
* Disney's Nightmare: Animation [November 11, New York, New York]
* Lttr Presents: the Dead, the Absent and Fictitious [November 11, New York, New York]
* Ny theatrical Premiere of "Me & My Brother" By Robert Frank [November 11, New York, New York]
* Snider's 3-D Dimensional Bodies + Krist + [November 11, San Francisco, California]
* Microcinefest 2006 Night Four [November 12, Baltimore, Maryland]
* Luz Y Tiempo: Historia Parcial Del Cine Experimental Y videoarte
Britanico 1968-2006 [November 12, Madrid]
* Here Come the Queerdos! [November 12, New York, New York]
* How Do I Look? [November 12, New York, New York]
* The Odyssey [November 12, New York, New York]
* Ny theatrical Premiere of "Me & My Brother" By Robert Frank [November 12, New York, New York]
* True To Life [November 12, San Francisco, California]
* Meena Nanji- view From A Grain of Sand [November 13, Los Angeles, California]
* Philippe Pareno and Douglas Gordon's Zidane, A Portrait of the 20th
Century [November 13, New York, New York]
* Ny theatrical Premiere of "Me & My Brother" By Robert Frank [November 13, New York, New York]
* Open Screening [November 13, Seattle, Washington]
* Ny theatrical Premiere of Me & My Brother By Robert Frank [November 14, New York, New York]
* Best of Ottawa International Animation Festival '06 [November 14, Reading, Pennsylvania]
* Ny theatrical Premiere of Robert Frank's Me & My Brother [November 15, New York, New York]
* We Are So Much Better Than This (Performing the Truth/Perusing A Lie) [November 15, San Francisco, California]
* The Free Screen - Khalo Matabane In Person! [November 15, Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
* Light Years: the Films & videos of Gunvor Nelson [November 16, Chicago, Illinois]
* Luz Y Tiempo: Historia Parcial Del Cine Experimental Y videoarte
Britanico 1968-2006 [November 16, Madrid]
* Jenni Olson's the Joy of Life [November 16, New York, New York]
* Ny theatrical Premiere of Me & My Brother By Robert Frank [November 16, New York, New York]
* Open Screening At Ata [November 16, San Francisco, California]
* Doctor T video Improvisation [November 16, Somerville,MA]
* Tracks + Gestures [November 16, Syracuse, NY]
* Dance Moves [November 17, Hull, United Kingdom]
* A Centennial Program Part I: Claire Parker [November 17, Los Angeles, California]
* We Are So Much Better Than This (Video Screening) [November 17, Los Angeles, California]
* A Celebration of Two Pioneer Women Animators: Claire Parker and Mary
Ellen Bute [November 17, Los Angeles]
* Luz Y Tiempo: Historia Parcial Del Cine Experimental Y videoarte
Britanico 1968-2006 [November 17, Madrid]
* Robert Lee's Minima Moralia [November 17, New York, New York]
* <B>Abrasions: Architecture and Accident<B> [November 17, San Francisco, California]
* As the Great Earth Rolls On [November 17, San Francisco, California]
* Light Years: Films and videos By Gunvor Nelson [November 18, Chicago, Illinois]
* A Centennial Program Part ii: Mary Ellen Bute [November 18, Los Angeles, California]
* A Celebration of Two Pioneer Women Animators: Claire Parker and Mary
Ellen Bute [November 18, Los Angeles]
* Luz Y Tiempo: Historia Parcial Del Cine Experimental Y videoarte
Britanico 1968-2006 [November 18, Madrid]
* Black Maria Film Festival: the Legacy of the Short Film [November 18, New York, New York]
* Black Maria Film Festival: the Legacy of the Short Film [November 18, New York, New York]
* Sarah Pucill Film Program [November 18, New York, New York]
* Ocellus, Ornamentation and Display Shorts Programme [November 18, New York, New York]
* Essential Cinema: Stan Brakhage [November 18, New York, New York]
* Skoller On Hong + Blockade + [November 18, San Francisco, California]
Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2006
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11/10
Baltimore, Maryland: MicroCineFest
http://www.microcinefest.org
6 PM, MicroCineFest at The G-Spot, 2980 Falls Road
MICROCINEFEST 2006 NIGHT TWO
6:00 PM - Human BEEing w/shorts: Argus (Freddy Maskeroni); Bubblecraft
(Geoff Marslett); Casket Climber Insect God (Brian Lonano);,
Celebration's New Skin (Bump); Celestial Broadcast for Mrs. Jones
(Kathleen Quillian): Greenie Travels (Bogdan Szabo); The Human BEEing
(Tony Shea); In The Nick (Jason Middleton); Oomper Oomper (Michael
Robinson); The Struggle (Luku Trembath); Team Queen (Leah Meyerhoff).
8:00 PM - Experimiscellaneous Shorts: All (Arturo Menchaca); All That
Remains (Stephanie Maxwell & Michaela Eremiasova); The Boy In The Air
(Lyn Elliot); Caress (Mendel Hardeman); Dollar Disobedience (Bill
VanDall); Given: The Undead (Adam Trowbridge); The Joy Of Leisure
(Daniel J. Anderson); Kyrie Eleison (Mendel Hardeman); Let's Get Out Of
Here (Rahne Alexander); LIFE (Daehwan Cho); Nebulous 1 (David Wanger);
The One And The Many (André Silva); (rock/hard place)Roger Beebe; S A V
E (Roger Beebe); Tempera (John Rouse); Yellow Cab (Michael L. Schmidt).
10:00 PM - My Life As An Underdog (Boris Gavrilovic & Leon Martin).
11/10
HULL, ENGLAND: Hull Film
http://www.hullfilm.co.uk/
10 + 17th @ 7.30pm, Hull Screen|University of Lincoln|George Street|Hull|HU1 3BW
DANCE MOVES
Dance Moves HULL FILM presents DANCE MOVES a special two-part film
programme taking place during the TWO WEEKENDS dance festival The
marriage of dance, performance and film creates a very particular
dynamic. The negotiation of the live performer with the mechanics of
filmmaking makes for a naturally questioning form. The fusion, at its
best, asks important questions about the nature of the body on the
screen, how movement should be framed, what gesture can mean, how rhythm
is exploited. How much can be said by not speaking, by asking us to
look? RIZE PART ONE Feature Film programme Friday November 10th 7.30pm
Hull Screen|University of Lincoln|George Street|Hull|HU1 3BW RIZE David
LaChapelle 2005|86'|col|35mm|USA/UK|Rated:PG Rize reveals a
groundbreaking dance phenomenon that's exploding on the streets of South
Central, Los Angeles. Taking advantage of unprecedented access, this
documentary film brings to first light a revolutionary form of artistic
expression borne from oppression. The aggressive and visually stunning
dance modernizes moves indigenous to African tribal rituals and features
mind-blowing, athletic movement sped up to impossible speeds. Rize
tracks the fascinating evolution of the dance: we meet Tommy Johnson
(Tommy the Clown), who first created the style as a response to the 1992
Rodney King riots and named it "Clowning", as well as the kids who
developed the movement into what they now call Krumping. The kids use
dance as an alternative to gangs and hustling: they form their own
troupes and paint their faces like warriors, meeting to outperform rival
gangs of dancers or just to hone their skills. For the dancers, Krumping
becomes a way of life – and, because it's authentic expression (in
complete opposition to the bling-bling hip-hop culture), the dance
becomes a vital part of who they are.
11/10
London, England: Exploding Cinema
http://www.explodingcinema.org
7:30, The Albany Theatre - (The Studio), Douglas Way, Deptford, London SE8 4AG
EXPLODING FUN CINEMA
Attention loyal patrons and punters of Exploding Cinema! Are you sick of
hearing about the London Film Festival? Are you doubtful of the value of
shelling out double figure money to see a film that will either be
coming out in two weeks anyway, can be downloaded for free, or just
looks like crap? Let's face it, everything worth seeing has been sold
out for weeks and the rest of what's on offer isn't fit to have the
silver extracted from its celluloid and fashioned into cock rings* Now
the unfounded bitter diatribe is out of the way, let us tempt you with a
show that for ONE NIGHT only will tickle your retinas with films that
will delight, stimulate and challenge in unequal measure. With a nod to
our fans in southeast London, Exploding Cinema is back in New Cross! As
well as a bevvy of fantastic underground, no budget, some budget and WTF
short films from the UK and points abroad, there will be the usual
prizes, live interval act, eye-popping projections and any other
cine-related silliness we can think of. Tube: New Cross, Deptford Bridge
DLR. Rail: Deptford, New Cross Buses: 21, 36, 47, 53, 136, 177, 188,
199, 225 Doors 7.30pm 5 quid entry (no concs). *with the exception of
anything that has been programmed by Philip Ilson. We love you, Philip.
11/10
London, England: Paul Tarrago + Jennet Thomas
http://www.wemakeourowntv.com
midday to 6pm, Friday to Sunday, Alma Enterprises, 1 Vyner Street, London E2 9DG
WE MAKE OUR OWN TELEVISION
10th Nov - 17th Dec 2006 WE MAKE OUR OWN TELEVISION: New video work by
Paul Tarrago + Jennet Thomas Alma Enterprises Open: Friday-Sunday 12pm -
6pm Preview Thursday 9th Nov 6pm-9pm WE MAKE OUR OWN TELEVISION is a
collaborative venture between Paul Tarragó and Jennet Thomas, taking the
form of a video installation show on tour internationally from September
2006 - June 2007. In Because of the War a dapper Yellow Man Lecturer
looks the viewer squarely in the eye and delivers an account of how it
all came to pass: the conflict, the changes, everyday acts of
transubstantiation, leading to a world where magick and ritual are
suburban norms. Part slide show, with occasional forays into narrative
interludes, this free verse instructional starts to shift the viewer's
gaze-although a world governed by Neo-Absurdist un-sense, there's a
burgeoning sense of familiarity. This not-quite-here, with its skewed
and confusing folklore, isn't as elsewhere as first seems. The Badger
Series has issues, and attempts-each episode-to resolve them. Recasting
a glove puppet show through his own present day sensibilities, Tarragó
himself assumes the role of the kindly uncle mentor to a household of
capersome woodland creatures while modern themes are introduced.
Mortality, sanity, depression, altered states of consciousness and
transgressive art practices are all negotiated as part of everyday
living. Meanwhile the show is mindful to adhere the old structural
formulae, with entertainment numbers and routines appropriate to the
scaled down sitcom world that they occupy. The series is equal parts
moral instruction and narrative play, mediated through the forced fit of
an experimental filmmaker as children's entertainer. WE MAKE OUR OWN
TELEVISION features video work that defies classification - a hybrid of
underground film, experimental art practices and personal folk cinema.
visit the project website at www.wemakeourowntv.com For further
information contact Sara Watkins at email suppressed or 07973 272543
gallery website at www.almaenterprises.com
11/10
London, England: Tate Modern
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/programmes/film
7pm, Bankside, SE1
SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT: BRITISH AVANT-GARDE FILM OF THE 1960S & 1970S
The 1960s and 1970s were groundbreaking decades in which independent
filmmakers challenged cinematic convention. In England, much of the
innovation took place at the London Film-Makers' Co-operative, an
artist-led organisation that enabled filmmakers to control every aspect
of the creative process. LFMC members conducted an investigation of
celluloid that echoed contemporary developments in painting and
sculpture. The physical production of a film became integral to its form
and content as Malcolm Le Grice, Lis Rhodes, Peter Gidal and others
explored the material and mechanics of cinema, making radical new works
that contributed to a new visual language. SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT: PROGRAMME
1: The Materialist tendency characterised the hardcore of British
filmmaking in the early 1970s. Distinguished from Structural Film, these
works were primarily concerned with duration and the raw physicality of
the celluloid strip. SLIDES (Annabel Nicolson) AT THE ACADEMY (Guy
Sherwin) SHEPHERD'S BUSH (Mike Leggett) FILM NO. 1 (David Crosswaite)
DRESDEN DYNAMO (Lis Rhodes) VERSAILLES I & II (Chris Garratt) SILVER
SURFER (Mike Dunford) FOOTSTEPS (Marilyn Halford). Curated by Mark
Webber. A "Shoot Shoot Shoot" DVD is published by LUX/Re:Voir.
11/10
Madrid: La Enana Marron
http://www.laenanamarron.org/home.htm
21.30, La Enana Marron, Sale de Cine Independiente, Travesia San Mateo 8, bajo dche, Madrid 28004
LUZ Y TIEMPO: HISTORIA PARCIAL DEL CINE EXPERIMENTAL Y VIDEOARTE
BRITANICO
A selection of British artists film and video produced between 1968-2006
Programme IV. The Art of Seeing and Throwing: The Videogames of Riccardo
Iacono. 1. Pea Video Video, color, 2 min, 2006 2. P-Sample1 Video,
color, 2' 45 min, 2006 3. P Process (Green) Video, color, 2' 20 min,
2006 4. Seeing and Gaming After Sun Tzu Video, color, 8' 40 min, 2006 5.
Maggie Blinks Video, color, 7' 30 min, 2006 6 Intermission Video, color,
8' 40 min, 2006 7. Party Animal Video, color, 12 min, 2006 8. Sweet
Sorrow Video, color, 4'47 min, 2006 9. Lookout Video, color, 5 min, 2006
10. Zetlander Video, color, 2' 55 min, 2006 11. Kinky Video, color, 1'
45 min, 2006 12. Whitechapel Video, color, 4 min, 2006 13. A Lecture In
Throwing A Pea Video, color, 1 min, 2006 14. The Playing Field Video,
color, 3' 30 min, 2006 15. Odd Socks Video, color, 3' 31 min, 2006 RT:
70 mins
11/10
New York, New York: MIX NYC
http://www.mixnyc.org
10 PM, 3LD Art and Technology Center, 80 Greenwich St. (at Rector St.)
POUR UNE NUIT (& OTHER NAUGHTY BITS)
Pour une nuit is a series of five sexy short scenes, each recording an
intense affair between two real live queers. Each participant chose a
partner and discussed erotic fantasies prior to filming, yet events
unfold naturally, with little attention to the camera's prying gaze. The
result is magnetic. Jouvet's players act out their desires and delve
into sexual practices as varied as the queer community itself. Pussy
Buffet Kadet Kuhne & Ursula Rodriguez, USA, video, color, sound, 6 min.
Desserts down there. Right After They Pet Me Janene Higgins, 2002, USA,
Mini DV, color, sound, 3 min. As the torch singer laments the fact that
she's a great lay, the video thumbs its nose at the idea that girls
aren't supposed to want it. Music: "I'm Good for Nothing but Love" by
Martin/Ballard; sung by the fabulous Ruth Etting. Pour Une Nuit (One
Night Stand) Emile Jouvet, 2006, France, video, color, sound, French
with English subtitles, 81 min. New York Premiere You can't always get
what you want, unless you take matters into your own hands and do it
yourself. Introducing queer young French director and photographer
Emilie Jouvet, who gladly took matters in hand and recorded them to
create the unforgettably sexy short film series Pour une nuit. Jouvet is
the proud creator of this groundbreaking queer "sex-art" piece, also
known as the first dyke and boi porno ever made in France. Get ready for
an erotic and gritty romp into the broad universe of queer sexuality,
beautifully handmade for your viewing pleasure.
11/10
New York, New York: MIX NYC
http://www.mixnyc.org
10:30 PM, 3LD Art and Technology Center, 80 Greenwich St. (at Rector St.)
V.O.
Rites of PTAH Micki Pellerano, 2006, USA, video, color, sound, 4 min.
World Premiere Punk boy sex magick. V.O. William Jones, 2006, USA,
video, color, sound, 59 min. V.O. consists (mainly) of sound quotes from
more-or-less mainstream-foreign classics, by the likes of de Olivera,
Renoir, Buñuel, Kaurismäki, Schroter, Eimgholz, and Debord, (None of
which, by the way, are currently distributed in the USA) plus excerpts
from American gay porno classics from the 70s and 80s, works by
established masters like Tom de Simone (Confessions of a Groupie, 1970),
Fred Halsted (L. A. Plays Itself, 1972), or Joe Gage (in particular his
proletarian trilogy made between 1976 and '78: Kansas City Trucking Co.,
El Paso Wrecking Corp., and L. A. Tool & Die). Nothing is ever done to
hide the fact that these parts don't belong together per se, the sounds
and images hit each other, violently, relentlessly, with solely the
subtitles – the words these sounds mean, a layer all its own – as
something like and equilibrating force in it all. These layers don't
question each other; they start to hit on each other. They play with
each other becoming one in an awesome evocation of love and passion, its
conditions and guises. Plus…a surpise Super8mm film!
11/10
New York, New York: MIX NYC
http://www.mixnyc.org
7 PM, 3LD Art and Technology Center, 80 Greenwich St. (at Rector St.)
A DIFFERENT TAKE: QUEER YOUTH SPEAK OUT
In summer 2006, MIX NYC initiated its queer youth media training
program, A Different Take, and joined other such successful public
programs as REACH LA in offering lesbian, gay, bi- and transgender youth
the tools and training to gain power as media-makers by expressing their
perspectives through video production. Delivering their own State of the
Union, the young auteurs represented here, many from A Different Take or
from REACH LA's video production workshop, break down authentic queer
stories with heart, craft and insight. Inside Out Jessica Scott, 2006,
USA, video, color, sound, 8 min., World Premiere A lesbian teen's
multi-media, confessional of life on the streets and in shelters.
Cruzando La Frontera Maria Cruz, 2006, video, color, sound, 4 min. A
passionate, poetic take on crossing the U.S. border Love is Shit Ali
Kennedie, 2006, USA, video, color, sound, 10 min., World Premiere A
young trans-female's lament for longed-for love in the West Village. I'm
Gonna Die A Virgin Osuna, 2006, USA, video, color, sound, 8 min.
Immortality and love. A yearning for love, for affection and the
constant fear of dying young and alone. Boy Wonder Kery Isabel Ramierez,
2005, USA, video, color, sound, 12 min. Luis struggles in a double life
as straight male provider by day and transvestite prostitute by night,
to satisfy his homophobic family. Billy Butch's Rockin' Rampage Catey
McSweeny, Jeanna Tejada, 2006, video, color, sound, 9 min. A spoof of
Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood that deals with dating issues in the lesbian
youth community. My Crazy Life Carlos Arguello, 2005, USA, video, color,
sound, 8 min. An animated short that playfully portrays the realities of
a young gay Latino male living in South Central Los Angeles. The short
explores friendship, education, homophobia and racism but in a dynamic,
youth-friendly animation style. This innovative approach is designed to
engage young people in meaningful conversation about difficult topics,
shared from the perspective of their peers. Featuring the voice and
video footage of 19 year-old Enzo Ybarra. Green Room Matt Palazzolo,
2005, USA, video, color, sound, 6 min. New York Premiere "Green Room" is
a rare opportunity for the parallels between growing up in a digital
society and queer youth to collide. Through the archival footage and an
intense existing process, "Green Room" offers unique insight into the
experience of modern queer teen in the form of a visual autobiography.
11/10
New York, New York: MIX NYC
http://www.mixnyc.org
8 PM, 3LD Art and Technology Center, 80 Greenwich St. (at Rector St.)
VIDEO BURNOUT
I don't know that this video program is really about drugs and
television at all; of course it's about something…it could simply be a
small reflection of an archaeology of a train of thought, and perhaps
that's all it really needs it be. In the least, it's about watching.
Joshua Thorson, Guest Curator Edie After Hours Seth Kirby, 2005, video,
color, sound, 2 min. An analogue disco processing, from the Maysles'
Grey Gardens, of Edie dancing with the American flag as the world around
her whirls into jagged bits of feedback. N.B.: strobing effect, if you
are epileptic or otherwise strobe-sensitive please use caution. DARK
STARS Marisa Olson, 2006, USA, video, color, sound, 2 min. Samples from
VHS video games and internet video are fed back through analog
processors in this witty and poetic comment on race and Warholian fame.
Ringo Zapruder Dale Hoyt, 1981, video, color, sound, 5 min. A remake of
Brackage's Desistfilm that also asks whether the hysteria of
Beatle-mania might have had something to do with their first single's
release date falling just six days after the Kennedy assassination. II:
MK & A Sarah McKiel, 2006, video, color, sound, 1 min. Sarah McKiel's
project NSM Fashions includes a book, and a long sequence of videos,
mostly made about and during television viewing. This video watches,
repeatedly and in slow-mo, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen on Saturday Night
Live screaming. Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Paul Bush, 2001, video, color,
sound, 5 min. The 1941 film version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde remade
with a schizophrenic photographic apparatus. This video concretizes the
thematic by transposing it into the structural. Based on the novel by
Robert Louis Stevenson. The Possible Fog of Heaven John Knecht, 1993,
USA, video, color, sound, 10 min. Speaking for the first time from the
afterworld, Elvis describes his experience of Heaven. This is told
through the tape's structure, predicated upon the King's last
prescription. II: Caitlin Sarah McKiel, 2006, video, color, sound, 1
min. From NSM Fashions. Caitlin, from Degrassi Junior High, in a rainy
and somber moment writhes across the screen. pulse pharma phantasm Les
LeVeque, 2002, video, color, sound, 6 min. A frame-by-frame weaving of
nine different pharmaceutical television commercials into a pulsating
hallucination. N.B.: strong strobing effect, if you are epileptic or
otherwise strobe-sensitive please use caution. I Did It Peter Brinson,
2001, video, color, sound, 17 min. Using the scientific method, Brinson
evaluates himself and his video before and after taking Prozac to
determine whether or not he needs anti-depressants and if they have an
effect on his storytelling. I: Subplot Sarah McKiel, 2006, video, color,
sound, 3 min. From NSM Fashions. An interventionist approach to the
experience of experiencing America's Top Model, in this special instance
where models meet a publicist to talk about self-image and, by proxy,
eating disorders: dissecting it, enveloping it, and turning away.
Mummenclean Anonymous, 2005, video, color, sound, 2 min. A conceptual
Swiss cleaning service thwarts it's own productivity after discovering
some un-consumed cocaine; the disco returns. Docu-Duster Donigan
Cumming, video, color, sound, 3 min. To be a man, to be a hero, to be a
wife; three conflicting voices inhabit the filmmaker as he re-enacts the
climax of Delmar Daves' 3:10 to Yuma. Jean Genet in Chicago Frederic
Moffat, 2006, video, color, sound, 26 min. A queer re-writing of the
events surrounding the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago
from the point of view of French writer Jean Genet, whose presence
unearths the difficult alignment of political and sexual desires. II:
Length of the Body Sarah McKiel, 2006, video, color, sound, 1 min. From
NSM Fashions. "We don't want to have shoulders for earrings—like this."
An exercise show is examined in a moment of absurd parlance.
11/10
New York, New York: MIX NYC
http://www.mixnyc.org
9 PM, 3LD Art and Technology Center, 80 Greenwich St. (at Rector St.)
PSYCHOPATHIA SEXUALIS
This collection of shorts is sure to appeal anyone with an interest in
the intersections between sexuality, creativity and fetishism from the
fringes to the silly and the sublime. Guy 101 Ian Gouldstone, 2005, UK,
video, color, sound, 9 min. An S/M internet fantasy incorporating
computer animation. This piece explores cyber-desire gone wrong...or
right, depending on your taste. Both funny and sobering. Killer Fags Ian
Jarvis, 2005, Canada, video, color, sound, 3 min. Killer Fags attempts
to explore how negative stereotypical societal images translate into the
construction of a larger and more dangerous gay homophobic identity.
This film juxtaposes images of Hollywood homosexuality with famous gay
serial killers to reveal some alarming conclusions. The Heart Scewer (Le
Nicoeur) Herve Joseph Lebrun, 2005, France, video, color, sound, 17 min.
At dawn of spring, at the foot of the Atlas Mountains, a young
traveller, thirsty for... sex, steals the heart of a rich exiled boy
recluse in his "douar"... The Heartscrewer is a post-porn poetic
metaphor of furtive male passion, under the ochre light of Morocco.
Yankee Lust Clark Nicolai, 2006, Canada, video, color, sound, 3 min.
Shot at the Folsom Street Fair in 2000, this piece enjoys the beauty of
leather daddies in all their glory. No longer hidden in the darkness of
the backrooms, they proudly stroll the sunlight streets of San Francisco
in their best gear. Pop Porn Party Panik Qulture, 2005, France, video,
color, sound, 4 min. A roll of packing tape and a few dildos can lead to
an exciting adventure beyond the binary gender system. Set to the music
of Klaus Nomi. Feetish Eliza Steinbock & Christina Schafer, 2005, The
Netherlands, video, color, sound, 4 min. A foot's eye-view of a hot
multi-gender toe orgy in a public restroom. IML: Dog Eat Dog Charles
Lum, 2006, USA, video, color, sound, 12 min. An exploration of people
who are dogs and the people who love them. Shot at the International Mr.
Leather conference, this piece uses experimental video techniques to
portray an experimental lifestyle. Bad Boy Velveeta Krisp, 2005, Canada,
video, B&W, sound, 5 min. Two women and a dog training session. We won't
ruin the surprise....but consider yourself warned. Stick It To Hetero
Culture (La Culture hétéro vous savez ou je me la mets?) Panik Qulture,
2004, France, video, color, sound, 6 min. The Parisian radical queer art
collective Panik Qulture confronts the public with their own style of
"just say no" street theater. Chick On Chick Sepideh Saii & Maya Seuss,
2005, Canada, video, color, sound, 3 min. An homage to The Miss Nomer
Collective's docu/porn "Girl on Girl," the satirical video "Chick on
Chick" explores the sexuality and sensuality between chicks, in and out
of the coop. Raz D'ep Lionel Soukaz, 2002, France, video, B&W, 5 min.
This piece of ritual shaving is a parody of the 1979 Lionel Soukaz & Guy
Hocquenghem film "Race d'Ep." Albrecht Becker, Arsch Ficker Faust Ficker
Herve Joseph Lebrun, 2004, France, video, B&W, sound, 7 min. Albrecht
Becker (1906-2002) was one of the last people to have survived the Nazi
suppression of homosexuals, which started in 1933, with the
implementation of paragraph 175. Becker had started to 'decorate' his
body in 1943, practicing the art of tattoos and piercing and taking
photos of his progressive transformations. Lebrun puts the spotlight on
the body of Becker with photographs resembling landscapes of a body,
which by its constant mutations and history, left a mark on its century.
11/10
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7:30pm, 9:30pm, 32 Second Ave. @ 2nd St.
NY THEATRICAL PREMIRE! "ME & MY BROTHER" BY ROBERT FRANK
ME AND MY BROTHER (1965-68 (re-edited 1997), 91 min (re-edited 85 min),
35mm, b/w and color) Anthology is thrilled to present the first New York
Theatrical Premiere Run of Robert Frank's ME AND MY BROTHER, his
stunning first feature-length film, which places documentary footage of
poets Allen Ginsberg, Peter Orlovsky, and Peter's brother Julius within
a fictional framework. Constantly delineating real and imaginary
situations and moving back and forth between gorgeous color and
black-and-white, the film describes the inner and outer worlds of
Julius, a catatonic, who silently observes the world around him. The
film was re-edited in 1997 to mark the passing of Allen Ginsberg and
also features the late Joseph Chaikin, founder of the revolutionary
Off-Broadway company, Open Theater. ME AND MY BROTHER's re-edited
version "re-premiered" in 1998 at the San Francisco International Film
Festival. ME AND MY BROTHER is a capturing film, which on the surface is
about mental illness and the society's response to it. Montage, split
screen, disrupted sense of time and unconventional sound are used in
this film, which is a also a study of the fine line between documentary
film and reality, and the relationship between film and fact.
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