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This week [January 12 - 20, 2008] in avant garde cinema
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Portland Documentary & eXperimental Film Festival (PDX Fest) (Portland, Oregon USA; Deadline: January 18, 2008)
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film sharing Low & No Budget Videofilmfestival (Mainz, RLP, Germany; Deadline: April 01, 2008)
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MFACM, City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong; Deadline: March 31, 2008)
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ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival (Berlin, Germany; Deadline: June 16, 2008)
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The Show Starts on the Sidewalk (San Francisco, CA USA; Deadline: February 28, 2008)
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HEART OF GOLD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (Gympie, Australia; Deadline: May 28, 2008)
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Videoex Festival Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland; Deadline: February 02, 2008)
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Bicycle Film Festival (New York, NY, United States; Deadline: February 19, 2008)
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Video Art Festival Miden (Kalamata, Greece; Deadline: March 31, 2008)
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abstracta, international abstract cinema exhibition (roma, italy; Deadline: June 30, 2008)
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TIE (Denver, CO U.S.A.; Deadline: February 15, 2008)
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Renderyard Film and Documentary Festival (London, England; Deadline: February 15, 2008)
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Experiments in Cinema V 3.0 (Albuquerque, New Mexico USA; Deadline: January 15, 2008)
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EMPAC (troy,ny,usa; Deadline: February 15, 2008)
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BYOTV (Portland, OR, USA; Deadline: January 15, 2008)
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Cyprus International Short Film Festival (Nicosia, Cyprus; Deadline: January 30, 2008)
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The Delta International Film and Video Festival (Cleveland, MS USA; Deadline: February 01, 2008)
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New York Underground Film Festival (New York, NY, USA; Deadline: January 15, 2008)
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britspotting - British/Irish Film Festival (Berlin, Germany; Deadline: January 15, 2008)
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2nd Cambridge international Super 8 Festival (Cambridge, United Kingdom; Deadline: February 16, 2008)
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EXTRAORDINARY, EVERY DAY movie contest (milan, Italy; Deadline: January 31, 2008)
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Iowa City International Documentary Festival (iowa city; Deadline: January 17, 2008)
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Duluth Play Ground (Duluth, MN USA; Deadline: February 15, 2008)
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Videoex Festival Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland; Deadline: February 02, 2008)
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
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* I Doll, the Unauthorized Biography of America's 11 1/2" Sweetheart, Dyke
Delicious Series [January 12, Chicago, Illinois]
* Films By Robert Nelson - A Retrospective Part 4 [January 12, Los Angeles, California]
* All Power To the People: the History and Legacy of the Black Panther
Party [January 12, Los Angeles, California]
* Concrete Frequency iii [January 12, Los Angeles, California]
* Maya Deren Program [January 12, New York, New York]
* Concrete Frequency iii [January 13, Los Angeles, California]
* Magnavoz [January 15, Xalapa]
* Asian Hot Shots Berlin - Festival For Film and video Art [January 16, Berlin, Germany]
* Short Film Program [January 16, New York, New York]
* Asian Hot Shots Berlin - Festival For Film and video Art [January 17, Berlin, Germany]
* Video Vortex Conference and Exhibition [January 18, Amsterdam, Holland]
* Asian Hot Shots Berlin - Festival For Film and video Art [January 18, Berlin, Germany]
* Weerasethakul Program One [January 18, New York, New York]
* Weerasethakul Program Two [January 18, New York, New York]
* Asian Hot Shots Berlin - Festival For Film and video Art [January 19, Berlin, Germany]
* Art Docs Series: Popaganda: the Art and Crimes of Ron English [January 19, Chicago, Illinois]
* Technically Sweet Program One [January 19, New York, New York]
* An Evening With Bruce Baillie [January 19, Seattle, Washington]
* Asian Hot Shots Berlin - Festival For Film and video Art [January 20, Berlin, Germany]
* Filmforum Presents Films By Robert Nelson, Part 3 [January 20, Los Angeles, California]
Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2008
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1/12
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Filmmakers
http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
7:00 pm Social Hour, 8:00 pm Screening, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St.
I DOLL, THE UNAUTHORIZED BIOGRAPHY OF AMERICA'S 11 1/2" SWEETHEART, DYKE
DELICIOUS SERIES
Dyke Delicious – Season Five Series I DOLL, The Unauthorized Biography
of America's 11 1/2" Sweetheart Co-presented by Black Cat Productions
Admission: $10/$8 Reeling members (includes social hour and screening)
Dyke Delicious returns for its fifth season of
second-Saturday-of-the-month screenings by celebrating Herstory Month
with a tribute to one of the biggest little women of our time. Did you
know that there are more Barbie Dolls in the U.S. than human beings? Or
that Barbie was fashioned after a German prostitute doll named "Lilli"?
These are just two of the many Barbie facts revealed in I, Doll The
Unauthorized Biography of America's 11 1/2" Sweetheart (directed by Tula
Asselanis, USA, 1996, 57 min.), a hilarious documentary on the Barbie
phenomenon. Interviews with adoring fans, as well as culturally diverse
critics of Barbie's unrealistic body image for women, express feelings,
both pro and con, about the 6-ounces of plastic that became a national
icon. Come early for our social hour and our B-doll contest!
1/12
Los Angeles, California: Redcat
http://www.redcat.org/
8pm, 631 W. 2nd St
FILMS BY ROBERT NELSON - A RETROSPECTIVE PART 4
[Note: this is a different screening than "Films by Robert Nelson – A
Retrospective Part 3" that takes place at Los Angeles Filmforum on
Sunday, Jan 20.] Known for prankster experimentalism and on-the-spot
invention, the films of San Francisco native Robert Nelson are among the
defining landmarks of the post-Beat American underground of the 1960s
and '70s. His free-spirited approach, sharp wit, and artistic rigor
marked inspired collaborations with William T. Wiley, William Allan,
Steve Reich, and the Grateful Dead, and helped shape a language and
style for the burgeoning psychedelic culture. Nelson has only recently
made his early films available again, and this evening he presents
three: The Off-Handed Jape (with Wiley, 1967, 9 min., 16mm), The Awful
Backlash (with Allan, 1967, 14 min., 16mm) and Bleu Shut (with Wiley,
1970, 33 min., 16mm). Concluding this program is Nelson's latest major
work, Hauling Toto Big (1997, 43 min., 16mm), winner of the Grand Prize
at the 1998 Ann Arbor Film Festival. In person: Robert Nelson
1/12
Los Angeles, California: Redcat
http://www.redcat.org/
8pm, 631 W. 2nd St
ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE: THE HISTORY AND LEGACY OF THE BLACK PANTHER
PARTY
This program of screenings and in-depth discussions tracks the history
and legacy of the Black Panther Party, its revolutionary politics,
grassroots ideology, irrepressible leaders, and the struggle for justice
that continues today. Opening with 1960s newsreels focusing on Huey P.
Newton, Eldridge Cleaver and the party's Ten-Point Program, the series
continues with powerful documentaries chronicling state violence against
party members, and concludes with recent and new works that examine the
void left in the wake of the Black Panther Party through the lens of the
1992 Los Angeles uprising. Sat Jan 12 | 7:30 pm All Power to The People
Dir. Lee Lew-Lee, 1997 Bastards of the Party Dir. Cle Sloan, 2006
Preceded by: 41st & Central: The Untold Story of the Southern California
Chapter of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, trailer Dir. Greg
Everett, forthcoming In person: Cle Sloan, Greg Everett, Roland Freeman
1/12
Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles Philharmonic
http://www.laphil.com/tickets/special_events/concrete_frequency.cfm
8:00 pm, Walt Disney Concert Hall @ 111 S Grand Ave
CONCRETE FREQUENCY III
"The phrase 'In the future' can preface things we dream about that have
yet to exist and also can refer to a time when things we now know
disappear." (David Robertson) The Phil's final program confronts the
irreconcilable ideas of modernity and nostalgia. A newly commissioned
work blending music and video that views L.A. in different time frames
is performed for the first time. David Robertson, conductor BOULEZ
"...explosante-fixe..." GORDON/MORRISON Dystopia (music/video
collaboration; world premiere)
1/12
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7:30, 32 Second Avenue
MAYA DEREN PROGRAM
MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON 1943, 14 minutes, 16mm. Co-directed by Alexander
Hammid. Music by Teiji Ito from 1959. AT LAND 1944, 15 minutes, 16mm,
silent. Photographed by Hella Heyman and Alexander Hammid. A STUDY IN
CHOREOGRAPHY FOR CAMERA 1945, 3 minutes, 16mm, silent. By Maya Deren and
Talley Beatty.
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2008
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1/13
Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles Philharmonic
http://www.laphil.com/tickets/special_events/concrete_frequency.cfm
2:00pm, Walt Disney Concert Hall @ 111 S Grand Ave
CONCRETE FREQUENCY III
"The phrase 'In the future' can preface things we dream about that have
yet to exist and also can refer to a time when things we now know
disappear." (David Robertson) The Phil's final program confronts the
irreconcilable ideas of modernity and nostalgia. A newly commissioned
work blending music and video that views L.A. in different time frames
is performed for the first time. David Robertson, conductor BOULEZ
"...explosante-fixe..." GORDON/MORRISON Dystopia (music/video
collaboration; world premiere)
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TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2008
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1/15
Xalapa: Galeria de Arte Contemporaneo
7:00 P.M., Xalapenos Ilustres 135, Col. Centro
MAGNAVOZ
"Magnavoz" is an experimental adaptation on Xavier Icaza's speculative
rant on the future of post-revolutionary Mexico. Bringing together noisy
broadcasts from atop the volcanoes, raucous bacchanalia at popular
watering holes and a series of apocalyptic, hypernationalistic
pronouncements, the meditation is timely and prescient, though it was
written more than eighty years ago.
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2008
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1/16
Berlin, Germany: Green Chilies
http://www.asianhotshotsfestival.com
19:30, Babylon-Mitte
ASIAN HOT SHOTS BERLIN - FESTIVAL FOR FILM AND VIDEO ART
The first ever asian hot shots berlin is taking place from the 16th to
the 22nd January 2008. Japanese to Filipino, animation to underground –
the festival offers an eclectic insight into young Asian cinema.
Sections include: Competition; Focus::Asia; Indie::Asia; Queer::Asia;
Retro::Asia; Red::Chilies In the local focus on the Philippines, the
festival will present the young avant-garde of Filipino film, joining
the cutting edge of a current trend in the film landscape both inside
and outside Asia. Part of that is a retrospective of the most important
works of indie director Kidlat Tahimik. The subject focus 2008 will ask
"What about Gandhi?". To mark the 60th anniversary of Gandhi's death,
we're leading a discussion of his role now and then. New and old films
on Gandhi as well as a video installation and guests from India will
help us to remember and think further.
1/16
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
6pm, 32 Second Avenue
SHORT FILM PROGRAM
Christian Ford THE BEGINNING OF THE END (2007, 9 min, video) Joseph
Alexandre LEMON (2006, 8 min, video) Michael Wallace ARENA (2007, 31
min, video) Yuri Alves CHRONICLES OF A HITMAN (2006, 20 min, video)
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2008
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1/17
Berlin, Germany: Green Chilies
http://www.asianhotshotsfestival.com
17:00, Babylon-Mitte
ASIAN HOT SHOTS BERLIN - FESTIVAL FOR FILM AND VIDEO ART
See 16th January for details.
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FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2008
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1/18
Amsterdam, Holland: Institute of Network Cultures
http://www.networkcultures.org/videovortex
and January 19 2008, PostCS11, Ootsredokskade 3-5
VIDEO VORTEX CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION
Video Vortex: Responses to YouTube International Conference Date:
January 18-19 2008 Location: PostCS11, Amsterdam (www.ilove11.nl)
Registration: http://www.networkcultures.org/videovortex Video Vortex is
an initiative by the Institute of Network Cultures, in collaboration
with Argos Brussels and the Netherlands Media Arts Institute. In
response to the increasing potential for video to become a significant
form of personal media on the Internet, this conference examines the key
issues that are emerging around the independent production and
distribution of online video content. What are artists and activists
responses to the popularity of 'user-generated content' websites? Is
corporate backlash imminent? After years of talk about digital
conversions and crossmedia platforms we are now witnessing the merger of
the Internet and television at a pace that no one predicted. For the
baby boom generation, that currently forms the film and television
establishment, the media organisations and conglomerates, this unfolds
as a complete nightmare. Not only because of copyright issues but
increasingly due to the shift of audience to vlogging and video-sharing
websites as part of the development of a broader participatory culture.
The Video Vortex conference aims to contextualize these latest
developments through presenting continuities and discontinuities in the
artistic, activist and mainstream perspective of the last few decades.
Unlike the way online video presents itself as the latest and greatest,
there are long threads to be woven into the history of visual art,
cinema and documentary production. The rise of the database as the
dominant form of storing and accessing cultural artifacts has a rich
tradition that still needs to be explored. Confirmed speakers: Tom
Sherman, Geoffrey Bowker, Nora Barry, Andreas Treske, Tal Sterngast,
Stefaan Decostere, Pavlos Hatzopoulos, Tilman Baumgärtel, Ana Peraica,
Dominick Chen, Thomas Elsaesser, Dan Oki, Jan Simons, Marscha Kinder,
Thomas Thiel, Sarah Cook, Patrick Lichty, Emma Quinn, Matthew Mitchem,
Valentin Spirik, Florian Schneider, Philine von Guretzky Themes: Online
Video Aesthetics Looking at the videos on YouTube, what aesthetics do we
find? Is there a homogeneous style, and can we define how artistic
practices influence the look of online footage? Participatory Culture
Web 2.0 promises new levels of participatory culture. The user has the
potential to overcome centralized top-down media and create dialogue. Is
the increased user participation a sign of a new socio-political culture
or is it a mere special effect of technological change? Cinema and
Narrativity Do fragmented video databases lead to new narratives and
genres? Does a database like YouTube evoke new media skills? The
bricolage is assembled by the end-user, not the producer. Does this add
up to a new cinematic experience? Curating Online Video From 16mm film
and video to the Internet and back, artists have always used the moving
image to produce critical and innovative work. This session will
investigate how artists and curators have responded to the YouTube
challenge. Alternative Platforms and Software This session will trace
developments in the field of open source software, P2P alternatives and
open licenses. Both users and programmers aim to create a truly
distributed network, in which content can freely float around without
having to use centralized servers and sign strings of user agreements.
Evening programme: Video Slamming Much like poetry slamming the use of
short video fragments has become a dominant mode in visual culture. This
evening session is all about the new ways of watching, using, and
playing with moving images, such as scratching, sampling, mixing,
(meta)tagging and recommending. Register for the conference at:
http://www.networkcultures.org/videovortex Video Vortex Exhibition at
the Netherlands Media Art Institute Amsterdam, October 20 2007 -
February 3 2008 see http://www.montevideo.nl
1/18
Berlin, Germany: Green Chilies
http://www.asianhotshotsfestival.com
17:00, Babylon-Mitte
ASIAN HOT SHOTS BERLIN - FESTIVAL FOR FILM AND VIDEO ART
See 16th January for details.
1/18
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
7pm, 32 Second Avenue
WEERASETHAKUL PROGRAM ONE
FILMMAKER IN PERSON ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 18! THE ANTHEM (2006, 5 minutes,
35mm) In Thailand, before every film screening, there is a Royal Anthem
before the feature presentation. It is one of the rituals imbedded in
Thai society to give a blessing to something or someone before certain
ceremonies. THE ANTHEM presents a 'Cinema Anthem' that praises and
blesses the approaching feature for each screening. WINDOWS (1999, 17
minutes, BetaSP) "WINDOWS is an improvisation using a little physical
movement to capture natural phenomena through the camera eye's
mechanism." –A.W. MALEE AND THE BOY (1999, 27 minutes, BetaSP) This is a
collaborative project with a 10-year-old boy who is in charge of the
microphone. The boy roams to places around Bangkok to gather sounds for
the project. The filmmaker is in charge of the image, filmed roughly
along the boy's route. The narrative of the film, presented in texts, is
taken from a Thai comic book available around the location in which
filming took place. LIKE THE RELENTLESS FURY OF THE POUNDING WAVES
(1995, 30 minutes, BetaSP) This documentary leisurely examines the
shifting focus of image and sound. On a hot day in a small town a
mystical radio fills the air. Lives are trapped in the time of the radio
play, of the photograph, and of the film. THIRDWORLD This film depicts
the landscapes, metaphorical and actual, of the southern island called
Panyi. The sounds are taken from different sources, but all were
recorded while the subjects were not aware of the recording apparatus.
Thus, this piece may be called a re-constructed documentary.
1/18
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
9:30p, 32 Second Avenue
WEERASETHAKUL PROGRAM TWO
0116643225059 (1994, 5 minutes, BetaSP) The film alternates between two
images – a mother's photo and an apartment interior. The telephone
conversation links two different spaces: a timely picture of mother
(memories?) and a recent, everyday space. GHOST OF ASIA (2005, 8.5
minutes, BetaSP. Co-directed by Christelle Lheureux.) In GHOST OF ASIA
the filmmakers imagine a ghost who wanders around the seashore. On a
Thai island, they invited kids – two boys and a girl – to make a movie.
The kids are provided with an actor whose function is to be a puppet, to
perform the tasks dictated by them. LUMINOUS PEOPLE (2006, 15 minutes,
35mm. Distributed by LX Filmes.) Weerasethakul and his crew traveled to
Nong Khai, a small town near the Mekong River, and recruited local
villagers to participate in the project. For two days while on the boat,
the cast and crew reconstructed a fake ceremony and assembled a
narrative. Later, some of the crewmembers watched the footage and their
conversations were recorded. MY MOTHER'S GARDEN (2007, 7 minutes,
BetaSP) The film is an impression of a jewelry collection by Victoire de
Castellane. The pieces in the collection are inspired by various types
of dangerous flowers and carnivorous plants. Each piece has a hidden
mechanical movement. The film is also a tribute to Weerasethakul's
mother's garden, with wild orchid roots, bugs and various organisms.
WORLDLY DESIRES (2005, 40 minutes, BetaSP. Distributed by the Jeonju
International Film Festival.) "WORLDLY DESIRES is an experimental
project wherein I invited a filmmaker friend, Pimpaka Towira, to shoot
the love story by day and the song by night… The video is a little
simulation of manners, dedicated to the memories of filmmaking in the
jungle during the years 2001-2005." –A.W. Total running time: ca. 85
minutes.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2008
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1/19
Berlin, Germany: Green Chilies
http://www.asianhotshotsfestival.com
12:00, Babylon-Mitte
ASIAN HOT SHOTS BERLIN - FESTIVAL FOR FILM AND VIDEO ART
See 16th January for details.
1/19
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Filmmakers
http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
8:00 pm, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St.
ART DOCS SERIES: POPAGANDA: THE ART AND CRIMES OF RON ENGLISH
Art Docs Series: POPaganda: The Art & Crimes of Ron English Directed by
Pedro Carvajal (USA, 2005, 78 min.), POPaganda: The Art & Crimes of Ron
English features the art of Ron English as well as Shepard Fairey,
ArtFux, Cicada, and Anthony Ausgang. The modern day Robin Hood of
Madison Avenue, Ron English paints, perverts, infiltrates, reinvents and
satirizes modern culture on canvas, in songs, and directly on hundreds
of pirated billboards. Shot entirely guerilla-style, this film about the
culture jamming and billboard-liberation antics of Ron English
chronicles the evolution of an artist who offers an alternative universe
where nothing is sacred, everything is subverted and there's always room
for a little good-natured fun. "Ron's art is an antidote to the poison
in our culture." (Lilly Hatch, NY Arts Magazine)
1/19
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
8pm, 32 Second Avenue
TECHNICALLY SWEET PROGRAM ONE
The title for these programs of films and videos, part of an exhibition
taking place at Anthology and at Participant Inc (253 East Houston
Street), is taken from a screenplay by Michelangelo Antonioni, written
in 1966 and published in Italian in 1975. After spending a month
shooting the film, Antonioni was forced to abandon the project due to
lack of funding, and it was never completed. This screenplay is the
point of departure for all the works being screened in this series, with
contributing artists including Michel Auder & Michael Stickrod, Yvette
Brackman, John Brattin , Johannes Christoffersen, Maria Finn, Ulrik
Heltoft, Frans Jacobi & Fred Jacobi, Elsebeth J?rgensen, Lars Mathisen,
Mark Orange, Laura Parnes , Pia R?niche, and Elisabeth Subrin.
Antonioni's? title is derived from a quote by J. Robert Oppenheimer, who
was responsible for the construction of the atom and hydrogen bombs. In
the fifties, Oppenheimer was accused of un-American activities because
of his associations with communists two decades earlier. In the hearing
he used the term 'technically sweet' to explain how the consequences of
a technical solution could be put aside: "When you see something that is
technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do
about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way
it was with the atomic bomb." These screenings will take place
throughout January-March. Complete program details will be available at
participantinc.org.
1/19
Seattle, Washington: Northwest Film Forum
http://www.nwfilmforum.org
7pm, 1515 12th Ave
AN EVENING WITH BRUCE BAILLIE
NW Film Forum is pleased to welcome filmmaker Bruce Baillie, founder of
the nations preeminent avant-garde film distributor Canyon Cinema, for
this quarter's Third Eye Cinema program. His film MASS FOR THE DAKOTA
SIOUX inspired a film festival in a little town called Bellevue. His
films are generally intensely poetic, lyrical evocations of person and
places. The subject matter is transformed by the subjective methods used
to photograph it. Many of his films display a strong social awareness,
describing attitudes critical towards, and alienated from, mainstream
American society. We'll present several films from Bruce's oeuvre, and
are thrilled to have him here to introduce them!
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SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 2008
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1/20
Berlin, Germany: Green Chilies
http://www.asianhotshotsfestival.com
11:45, Babylon-Mitte
ASIAN HOT SHOTS BERLIN - FESTIVAL FOR FILM AND VIDEO ART
See 16th January for details.
1/20
Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
http://www.lafilmforum.org/
7:00 pm, Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. at Las Palmas
FILMFORUM PRESENTS FILMS BY ROBERT NELSON, PART 3
With a rare appearance by Robert Nelson! In conjunction with REDCAT This
screening will present a unique opportunity to hear Nelson's interesting
perspective on his own artistic process – which is informed by his
double background as a painter and a filmmaker. The screening will
present three re-edits by Nelson of his own films (King David, More, and
Suite California Stops & Passes: Part 1), followed by a 25-minute reel
of the remnants of many unsuccessful re-edits.
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