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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
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* Zwischen | Stadt | Raum ... In-Between-City-Space [March 1, Berlin, Germany]
* Redcat International Children's Film Festival [March 1, Los Angeles, California]
* Vincent Grenier Program [March 1, New York, New York]
* You Weren't there: A History of Chicago Punk 1977-1984 [March 1, San Francisco, California]
* Such Hawks, Such Hounds [March 1, San Francisco, California]
* Prelinger + Steal This Film + Cult Jams [March 1, San Francisco, California]
* R. Bruce Elder's the Book of All the Dead: Part Three Continued At
Cinematheque Ontario [March 1, Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
* Stan Brakhage: the Text of Light [March 2, Chicago, Illinois]
* Filmforum Presents Shoot Shoot Shoot: Works of the London Film-Makers’
Co-Operative, Part 1 [March 2, Los Angeles, California]
* Redcat International Children's Film Festival [March 2, Los Angeles, California]
* Close At Hand [March 2, San Francisco, California]
* Homegrown Obsessions [March 2, San Francisco, California]
* R. Bruce Elder's the Book of All the Dead: Part Three Continued At
Cineamtheque Ontario [March 2, Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
* Tran T. Kim-Trang, the Complete Blindness Series [March 3, Los Angeles, California]
* At Your Service: Escaping the Progress Trap [March 3, San Antonio, TX]
* Peeping Tom [March 4, Reading, Pennsylvania]
* Mass Art Film Society Presents Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby In
Person [March 5, Boston, Massachusetts]
* Not Yet A Man [March 5, San Francisco, California]
* Interzone [March 6, Chicago, Illinois]
* Films By Gordon Matta-Clark With Jane Crawford In Person! [March 6, Chicago, Illinois]
* Cocalero [March 6, San Francisco, California]
* Luminous Ambient: A Music and Film Concert [March 6, San Francisco, California]
* R. Bruce Elder's the Book of All the Dead: Part Three Continued At
Cinematheque Ontario [March 6, Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
* Gregory J. Markopoulos: Portraits of Artists [March 7, London, England]
* Raymond Salvatore Harmon Presents Aleister Crowley's Rites of Eleusis [March 7, London, England]
* Sabreteeth Vs. Turkish Star Wars! [March 7, San Francisco, California]
* Dyke Delicious Series 5: Kansas City Bomber [March 8, Chicago, Illinois]
* Tearoom [March 8, Columbus, Ohio]
* Gregory J. Markopoulos: the Illiac Passion [March 8, London, England]
* Santiago Alvarez + Travis Wilkerson [March 8, San Francisco, California]
Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
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SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 2008
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3/1
Berlin, Germany: Richfilm Productions
http://www.richfilm.de/currentUpload/framesGropiusPrem.html
from 4pm all day, Gemeinschaftshaus Gropiusstadt, Bat-Yam-Platz 1, D-12353 Berlin
ZWISCHEN | STADT | RAUM ... IN-BETWEEN-CITY-SPACE
World premiere of 3 channel video work "zwischen | stadt | raum" at the
cultural center of Gropiusstadt, the place where the film was shot, and
which is the main subject of the work: zwischen | stadt | raum shows the
urban space of this 70's residential area in Berlin, and presents talks
and many different point-of-views of residents, activists and youths
about how they see places and space in Gropiusstadt. Surprisingly, a
rather positive perception of the very green urban space and a strong
identification with the area are being shown by the majority of people
from Gropiusstadt. Impressions taken with video and still camera add to
a complex and colorful portrait of this place, planned by and named
after Walter Gropius, modernist architect avant-la-lettre. The artists
Klaus W. Eisenlohr and Johann Zeitler recorded the images and interview
during a two week residency at "Pilotproject Gropiusstadt" in summer
2006. This is the world premiere of the video work.
3/1
Los Angeles, California: Redcat
http://www.redcat.org/
noon, 1:30pm and 3pm, 631 W. 2nd St
REDCAT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL
Now in its third year, this audience favorite offers a world of
sparkling cinematic delights with three weekends of inspired animation,
exhilarating live-action and rarely-shown films from more than 15
countries. Film lovers of all ages are invited to take this eye-opening
journey around the globe—and revel in a treasure trove of unforgettable
stories.
3/1
New York, New York: Millennium Film Workshop
http://www.millenniumfilm.org/
8pm, Saturday Evening, 66 East 4th Street (Between 2nd Avenue and the Bowery)
VINCENT GRENIER PROGRAM
TABULA RASA (7.5 min.-1993-2004), CATCH (5 min.-1975), CLOSER OUTSIDE
(10 min.-1981). HERE (7 min.-2002). SURFACE TENSION #2 (4 min.-1995),
NORTH SOUTHERNLY (6 min,-2005). THIS, AND THIS (10.5 min.-2006), WHILE
REVOLVED (11 min.-1976), MEND (5 min.-1979), ARMOIRE (3 min.-2007)
Vincent Grenier, born in Quebec City, Canada, has lived for many years
in the New York City area;. He has been making independent films since
the early 1970s. On NORTH SOUTHERNLY- "Lots of filmmakers who began
their careers working in 16mm, and exploring the specific properties of
that medium, have turned to digital video in recent years.
Unfortunately, some have stumbled, and others are still finding their
way. This makes sense, after all, video is as different from celluloid
as the saxophone is from the cello, despite the widespread discourse
around 'transmedia' interchangeability. For an example of an artist
exploring the aesthetic possibilities of video to their fullest, one
need look no further than Vincent Grenier and his recent work. He's not
just 'working in video.' He's a true video artist and NORTH SOUTHERNLY
is a subtle, complex study in the textures and gradations of layered
video imagery. It's a landscape piece that takes one of the properties
of video that's usually seen as a drawback- its tendency to flatten out
deep space- and treats it as an occasion for dense, painterly
modernism."- Michael Sicinski.
3/1
San Francisco, California: Artists Television Access
http://www.atasite.org/
4pm, 992 valencia st
YOU WEREN'T THERE: A HISTORY OF CHICAGO PUNK 1977-1984
Saturday, March 1, 2008. 4PM $8 YOU WEREN'T THERE: A HISTORY OF CHICAGO
PUNK 1977-1984 Noise Pop Festival Q&A with directors Joe Losurdo and
Christina Tillman after the screening. YOU WEREN'T THERE: A HISTORY OF
CHICAGO PUNK 1977-1984 looks back on the impact that the Punk movement
had on the Windy City. Chicago served as an importantearly supporter of
the Punk movement in America. "You Weren't There" showcases classic
archival footage of great Chicago bands such as Effigies, Naked Raygun,
Strike Under, Articles of Faith, as well as lesser known greats like
Silver Abuse, DA, The Subverts, Savage Beliefs, Negative Element, Rights
of the Accused and many, many more. Directed by Joe Losurdo and
Christina Tillman
3/1
San Francisco, California: Artists Television Access
http://www.atasite.org/
8pm, 992 valencia st
SUCH HAWKS, SUCH HOUNDS
Saturday, March 1, 2008. 2PM $8 SUCH HAWKS, SUCH HOUNDS Noise Pop
Festival SUCH HAWKS, SUCH HOUNDS explores the music and musicians of the
American hard rock underground circa 1970-2007. Focusing on the
psychedelic and '70s proto-metal-derived styles that have formed a rich
tapestry of unclassifiable sounds in recent years. Bands featured and
discussed include Black Sabbath, Fu Manchu, Comets on Fire, Kyuss, Dead
Meadow, Nebula and many more. It is a story that will appeal to viewers
who like the music, and also those who don't. Directed by John Srebalus
3/1
San Francisco, California: Other Cinema
http://www.othercinema.com/
8:30, 992 Valencia Street
PRELINGER + STEAL THIS FILM + CULT JAMS
OC inaugurates its 24th year with a festive celebration of the Open-
Source spirit! Headlining is the West Coast premiere of Jamie King's
half-hr. Steal This Film (2), a spot-on primer on strategies of access
and appropriation in today's Info Age. Initiating the evening is local
hero Rick Prelinger, in person, with a provocative performative lecture
on the uses of the archive. ALSO: The "Pranks" section of Kembrew
McLeod's Freedom of Expression (a phrase that he copywrited, by the
way), narrated by Naomi Klein, plus a heady mix of media jiu-jitsu,
capped by David Cox' pop-cult mash-up-get this-in 3-D! And in keeping
with the shareware ethic, bring in your unwanted books for potlatch at
8pm with DJ Onanist and FREE-flowin' bubbly!
3/1
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Cinematheque Ontario
http://www.bell.ca/cinematheque
9:30 p.m., Art Gallery of Ontario’s Jackman Hall (317 Dundas Street West)
R. BRUCE ELDER'S THE BOOK OF ALL THE DEAD: PART THREE CONTINUED AT
CINEMATHEQUE ONTARIO
AZURE SERENE (MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, SEA, AND SKY) (1992, 115 minutes). We
are drawn heavenward into the Open out of which, like Rilke's Duino
Elegies, Elder's Paradise was given to him in a flash of inspiration,
when "light became memory that rescued all that is loved" (R. Bruce
Elder), as at his mentor Stan Brakhage's bridal banquet, immortalized
here.
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SUNDAY, MARCH 2, 2008
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3/2
Chicago, Illinois: White Light Cinema
http://www.whitelightcinema.com
7:00 pm, Irving Bank Cinema (4901 W. Irving Park Rd.)
STAN BRAKHAGE: THE TEXT OF LIGHT
Following the sold-out success of its first program, WHITE LIGHT CINEMA
is pleased to present a second program of little seen films by the great
Stan Brakhage - this time featuring two of his best-known masterpieces:
"The Text of Light" and "The Riddle of Lumen." Showing in recently
struck prints ("The Text of Light" is a brand new print) these works are
profound examples of the cinematic art and reminders of why Brakhage is
one of the great artists of the twentieth century. "The Text of Light"
(1974, 71 minutes) - One of Brakhage's handful of feature-length films,
The Text of Light is comprised entirely of refracted light shining
through a glass ashtray, surrounded by a variety of crystal objects. The
method was stumbled upon accidentally while Brakhage was working on a
portrait film of a businessman friend and Brakhage spent an entire
Summer in the man's office working on the film. An "abstract" film that
transforms its simple technique into something transcendent. Preceded
by: "The Riddle of Lumen" (1972, 17 minutes) - "The classic riddle was
meant to be heard of course. Its answers are contained in its questions;
and on the smallest piece of itself this possibility depends upon SOUND
- "utterly," like they say ... the pun is pivot. Therefore, my RIDDLE OF
LUMEN depends upon qualities of LIGHT. All films do, of course. But with
THE RIDDLE OF LUMEN the "hero" of the film is light itself. It is the
film I'd long wanted to make - inspired by the sense and specific formal
possibility of the classical English Language riddle ... only one
appropriate to film and, thus, as distinct from language as I could make
it." (Brakhage) Total running time: 88 minutes. Both films 16mm, silent.
Admission: $7.00-10.00 sliding scale.
3/2
Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
http://www.lafilmforum.org/
7:00 pm, Egyptian Theatre, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. at Las Palmas
FILMFORUM PRESENTS SHOOT SHOOT SHOOT: WORKS OF THE LONDON FILM-MAKERS’
CO-OPERATIVE, PART 1
Experimental film highlights from this artists'-led organization from
the 1960s and 70s. Tonight featuring Malcolm Le Grice, Threshold (1972);
Chris Welsby, Seven Days (1974); Peter Gidal, Key (1968); Stephen
Dwoskin, Moment (1968); John Smith, Associations (1975); Gill Eatherley,
Deck (1971); William Raban, Colours of This Time (1972). $9 general, $6
students & seniors over 65
3/2
Los Angeles, California: Redcat
http://www.redcat.org/
noon, 1:30pm and 3pm, 631 W. 2nd St
REDCAT INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S FILM FESTIVAL
Now in its third year, this audience favorite offers a world of
sparkling cinematic delights with three weekends of inspired animation,
exhilarating live-action and rarely-shown films from more than 15
countries. Film lovers of all ages are invited to take this eye-opening
journey around the globe—and revel in a treasure trove of unforgettable
stories.
3/2
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Cinematheque
http://www.sfcinematheque.org
7:30 pm, 701 Mission St/YBCA
CLOSE AT HAND
Chris Kennedy and Vanessa O'Neill In Person These films harness the
forces of nature by attending to rich details of landscape and
encounter. John Price's View of the Falls from the Canadian Side and
Rose Lowder's Roulement, rouerie, aubage discover a lyrical rhythm and
form to the flow of rushing water. Chris Welsby's Drift and David
Rimmer's Narrows Inlet trace markings along sea and shore through the
veil of lifting fog. Charlotte Pryce's miniaturist cinema reveals mythic
illuminations of insect life in Concerning Flight while John Price's
gun/play captures oblique moments that transition between earth and sky.
Robert Todd's intimate camera in Qualities of Stone and Rebecca Meyer's
more distanced view in things we want to see both trace the passing of
time through the etchings of place. Curated by Chris Kennedy and Vanessa
O'Neill, SFAI Film Salon. $10, general; $6, members, students, disabled,
seniors.
3/2
San Francisco, California: Artists Television Access
http://www.atasite.org/
2pm, 992 valencia st
HOMEGROWN OBSESSIONS
Sunday, March 2, 2008. 2PM $6 Homegrown Obsessions Noise Pop Festival
What do designer toys and homemade synthesizers have in common? Whether
it's Saturday morning cartoons, punk rock, science fiction epics or the
search to create truly new sounds, these two films explore the realms of
inspiration and imagination, where a whole new subculture can be born
and anyone can forge the tools to make themselves a rock star. Nick's
World Of Synthesizers: This film is a portrait of Nick Collier, an
eccentric inventor, who plays his homemade synthesizers in the electro/
glam/punk band Pink Grease. Over the years he has invented many
extraordinary synthesizers, each having their own specific and original
sound. Two of them each took over a year to build and he says 'that
process has sent me close to insanity'. The film draws you into his
sometimes bizarre world of synthesizers and provides an insight into a
uniquely creative individual. Directed by Eve Wood Toypunks Volume 1:
Toypunks is a documentary series about the intersection of Japanese
toys, fashion and punk rock. Volume 1 introduces Hikaru Iwanaga of
Bounty Hunter, creator of the first designer toy, as well as other vital
players in the Japanese streetwear and international designer toy scenes
(including interviews with graphic designer Frank Kozik) , and explores
their roots in punk and American pop culture. Via location shooting in
Japan and the US, Toypunks explores a profound cross-cultural exchange
between American and Japanese pop culture. Directed by Christopher
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3/2
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Cinematheque Ontario
http://www.bell.ca/cinematheque
4:30 p.m., Art Gallery of Ontario’s Jackman Hall (317 Dundas Street West)
R. BRUCE ELDER'S THE BOOK OF ALL THE DEAD: PART THREE CONTINUED AT
CINEAMTHEQUE ONTARIO
EXULTATIONS: IN LIGHT OF THE GREAT GIVING (1993, 90 minutes). "…moves
towards the vision of time when Heaven descends to earth and makes all
earth one with Heaven" (R. Bruce Elder), resolving all dualities into a
coincidentia oppositorum: above and below, outside and inside, male and
female, form and energy, desire and response, the beginning and the end,
in the new creation of the Incarnation.
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MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2008
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3/3
Los Angeles, California: Redcat
http://www.redcat.org/
7:30pm, 631 W. 2nd St
TRAN T. KIM-TRANG, THE COMPLETE BLINDNESS SERIES
1992–2006, video Fourteen years after beginning The Blindness Series,
Tran T. Kim-Trang completed Epilogue: The Palpable Invisibility of Life
(2006, 14 min.)—inspired by the exhibition Memoirs of the Blind, curated
by Jacques Derrida for the Louvre Museum. Vastly different in style, the
eight videos of the series investigate blindness and its metaphors. In
addition to the Los Angeles premiere of Epilogue, the screening tonight
includes amaurosis (2002, 28 min.), a portrait of blind guitarist Nguyen
Duc Dat; alexia (2000, 10 min.), about "word blindness"; ekleipsis
(1998, 22 min.), which explores hysterical blindness among Cambodian
women refugees; ocularis (1997, 21 min.), a piece on surveillance
technology; kore (1994, 17 min.), an examination of the relationship
between vision and sexuality; operculum (1993, 14 min.), which focuses
on cosmetic eyelid surgery; and aletheia (1992, 16 min.), the
introduction to the series. In person: Tran T. Kim-Trang
3/3
San Antonio, TX: UTSA New Media Studio Program
7-9pm, UTSA Buena Vista Theater (downtown campus)
AT YOUR SERVICE: ESCAPING THE PROGRESS TRAP
Andrea Grover, founder and artistic director of Houston's Aurora Picture
Show, will preview and discuss a new collection of videos she has
assembled for DVD release with the spring issue of Artlies magazine (due
out in mid-March). "At Your Service: Escaping the Progress Trap" is a
selection of informational videos by artists who use 21st century
technological tools for purposes other than their design, and in some
instances, in opposition to their intended use. The last title is a
collage of found ephemeral films (industrial, advertising, educational
and amateur)—which produces an epic overview of 20th century American
"progress."
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TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2008
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3/4
Reading, Pennsylvania: Berks Filmmakers.Inc
http://www.berksfilmmakers.org
7:30, Abright College
PEEPING TOM
Peeping Tom (1960, 101 min.) by MICHAEL POWELL. "Peeping Tom, as its
title implies, is overtly about voyeuristic sadism. Its central
character is a young cameraman and thus the story of voyeuristic
perversion is … set within the film industry and the cinema itself,
foregrounding its mechanisms of looking, and the gender divide that
separates the secret observer (male) from the object of his gaze
(female). The cinema spectator's own voyeurism is made shockingly
obvious and even more shockingly, the spectator identifies with the
perverted protagonist. It is this relentless exposure of cinematic
conventions and assumptions that has attracted the interest of feminist
film critics, and the recent application of psychoanalytic theory to
film theory clearly reveals the film's psychoanalytic frame of
reference." – Laura Mulvey
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2008
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3/5
Boston, Massachusetts: MassArt Film Society
http://massartfilmsociety.blogspot.com/
8 pm, creening room 1 in East Hall in the Film Department, Mass Art, 621 Huntington Avenue
MASS ART FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS EMILY VEY DUKE AND COOPER BATTERSBY IN
PERSON
Cooper Battersby and Emily Vey Duke have been working collaboratively
since 1994. They work in printed matter, installation, curation and
sound, but their primary practice is the production of single-channel
video. Their work has been exhibited in galleries and at festivals in
North and South America and throughout Europe. Their tape BEING FUCKED
UP (2000) has been awarded prizes from film festivals in Switzerland,
Germany and the USA. BAD IDEAS FOR PARADISE(2002) was purchased for
broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and for the libraries
at Harvard and Princeton, and has won prizes from the NYExpo (NYC) and
the Onion City festival (Chicago). At Film Society they will screen: BAD
IDEAS FOR PARADISE video,2001,20 min. BEING FUCKED UP video,2000,10 min.
SONGS OF PRAISE FOR THE HEART BEYOND CURE video,2006,15 min. THE FINE
ARTS video,2001,3 min. CURIOUS ABOUT EXISTENCE video,2003,11 min. More
information can be found at: http://massartfilmsociety.blogspot.com/
3/5
San Francisco, California: SFAI Film Salon
7:30pm, SFAI, Studio 8, 800 Chestnut Street
NOT YET A MAN
Who doesn't like Paul Anka? Koenig & Kroitor's Lonely Boy follows the
emergence of this young singer in his early heartthrob days, with a
backstage pass that reveals Anka's young earnestness and his managers'
bemused observations. One of the first films to look at both the
mechanics of celebrity and documentary truth, we pair this with Thom
Andersen's --- ------- and Morgan Fisher's Production Stills. Andersen
looks at fame even more mechanically, using crowd-shots from rock
concerts to fulfill a structural conceit (hint: his film is also known
as Short Line, Long Line), and Fisher's film is a reproduction of its
own production, quite literally. --- All films in 16mm. For more
information contact: email suppressed or
(address suppressed) The SFAI Film Salon is supported by the SFAI
Student Union and Legion of Graduate Students (LOGS)
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THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 2008
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3/6
Chicago, Illinois: Conversations at the Edge
http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/
6pm, 164 N. State St.
INTERZONE
Anne Quirynen in person! Video artist and SAIC faculty member Anne
Quirynen has long worked at the intersection of performance and the
moving image, collaborating with the likes of choreographers William
Forsythe, Thomas Hauert, and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker on videos,
installations, and theatrical pieces. Her latest video, the stunning
Interzone, was originally commissioned as an opera by the Berliner
Festspiele. Featuring music by the German composer Enno Poppe, the piece
takes up William S. Burroughs' novel of the same name, using his cut-up
method as a structural guide. Writes curator Stefanie Schulte Strathaus,
"Streets, cars, and high-rises appear kaleidoscopically…from the bright
whiteness of sunlight, arias ring out. Just as sentences become sound
collages, images become structures of color and light." (2007, Anne
Quirynen, Germany/India/USA, MiniDV, ca 60 min.)
3/6
Chicago, Illinois: Conversations at the Edge
http://www.siskelfilmcenter.org/
8 pm, 164 N. State St.
FILMS BY GORDON MATTA-CLARK WITH JANE CRAWFORD IN PERSON!
Renowned "anarchitect" Gordon Matta-Clark (1943–1978) sliced through
abandoned buildings, staged socially engaged street performances, and
documented much of it in radical photographic collages, films, and
videos. Documentary filmmaker and Matta-Clark's widow Jane Crawford will
present a selection of the artist's films, including Clockshower (1973);
City Slivers (1976); and Office Baroque (1977). Presented in conjunction
with the Betty Rymer Gallery's series, "Meta Matta-Clark" and the Museum
of Contemporary Art's Exhibition, "Gordon Matta-Clark: You Are the
Measure" through May 4. (1973–77, Belgium/USA, 16mm, ca 90 min.)
3/6
San Francisco, California: Artists Television Access
http://www.atasite.org/
7.30pm, 992 valencia st
COCALERO
Thursday, March 6, 2008. 7:30PM $6 Cocalero ANSWER Coalition Film Series
With a report and discussion of the critical political situation in
Bolivia today. When the Bolivian government, backed by Washington,
attempted to eradicate coca crops, devastating the livelihood of
Indigenous people who cultivate it. In response, the farmers formed a
powerful union. Their leader, the Aymara Indian Evo Morales, made an
historic bid for the presidency in 2005. This lively story about
geopolitics, people's movements, Indigenous culture, and one man's
impressive determination, Cocalero closely follows Evo Morales' election
campaign—where he proposes the redistribution of wealth,
renationalization of industries and legalization of coca products. Not
surprisingly, Morales' populist platform elicits attacks from right-wing
Bolivian and U.S. corporate media. But despite this demonization
campaign, Morales wins by an unprecedented majority. Cocalero offers
fresh insight into big political changes afoot in Latin America. 86min.,
2007, Spanish w/English subtitles.
3/6
San Francisco, California: kino21
http://www.kino21.org/
7pm, 657 Mission Street, Second Floor
LUMINOUS AMBIENT: A MUSIC AND FILM CONCERT
Robert Rich, ambient music pioneer, and Paul Clipson, SF filmmaker and
projection artist, combine their brilliance in a unique setting of the
galleries of SF Camerawork for one night only. Clipson, known for his
improvised live film work with local band Tarantel and other musicians,
will beam multiple super-8 film projections through the spacious,
darkened galleries. Rich will accompany these images with an improvised
set of electro-acoustic music.
3/6
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Cinematheque Ontario
http://www.bell.ca/cinematheque
7:30 p.m., Art Gallery of Ontario’s Jackman Hall (317 Dundas Street West)
R. BRUCE ELDER'S THE BOOK OF ALL THE DEAD: PART THREE CONTINUED AT
CINEMATHEQUE ONTARIO
BURYING THE DEAD: INTO THE LIGHT (1993, 90 minutes). The Passion as
"confrontation with death and finitude," since "death animates the sense
of the intimacy of life whose measureless flow is a danger to the
stability of things" (R. Bruce Elder).
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FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2008
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3/7
London, England: Tate Modern
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/programmes/film
7pm, Bankside, SE1 9TG
GREGORY J. MARKOPOULOS: PORTRAITS OF ARTISTS
Gregory J. Markopoulos (1928–92) was a key figure in the evolution of
the New American Cinema of the 1960s, an archetypal personal filmmaker
who counted Jack Smith, Kenneth Anger, Stan Brakhage and Maya Deren
amongst his contemporaries. His ravishing films are a complex
combination of masterful camerawork and editing with a strong vision
rooted in myth and poetry. In his many extraordinary film portraits,
Markopoulos often incorporated an activity or object that has personal
significance to the subject. This programme presents a selection of
sensuous portraits of cultural and art world luminaries such as Gilbert
& George, Alberto Moravia, Giorgio di Chirico and Rudolph Nureyev.
THROUGH A LENS BRIGHTLY: MARK TURBYFILL (Gregory J. Markopoulos, 1967,
15 min, portrait of Mark Turbyfill). POLITICAL PORTRAITS (excerpt)
(Gregory J. Markopoulos, 1969, 15 min, portraits of Ulrich Herzog,
Marcia Haydee, Rudolph Nureyev, Giorgio di Chirico, Hulda Zumsteg and
Bruno Bischofberger). THE OLYMPIAN (Gregory J. Markopoulos, 1969, 23
min, portrait of Alberto Moravia). ENIAIOS (Order II, Reel 4) (Gregory
J. Markopoulos, undated, 23 min, portraits of Hans-Jakob Siber, Franco
Quadri, Giorgio Frapoli, Klaus Schonherr and family) ENIAIOS (Order III,
Reel 1) (Gregory J. Markopoulos, undated, 15 min, portrait of Gilbert &
George). This screening anticipates the outdoor premieres of ENIAIOS
III-IV in Greece, 23-25 June 2008. See www.the-temenos.org for further
information.
3/7
London, England: Horse Hospital
http://thehorsehospital.com
9pm, Colonnade, Bloomsbury
RAYMOND SALVATORE HARMON PRESENTS ALEISTER CROWLEY'S RITES OF ELEUSIS
Raymond Salvatore Harmon presents Aleister Crowley's Rites of Eleusis a
3 channel occult video performance Celebrating the 100 year anniversary
of the union of Miss Leila Waddell and Mr Aleister Crowley. Experimental
media artist Raymond Salvatore Harmon will present a live improvised set
of 7 films. Each based on the individual rituals in British occultist
Aleister Crowley's Rites of Eleusis, first presented at Caxton Hall,
London in 1910. Crowley based the rituals of Rites of Eleusis on each of
the seven classical planets of antiquity - "Saturn", "Jupiter", "Mars",
"Sol" (the Sun), "Venus", "Mercury" and "Luna". Utilizing the entire
text of the rites as subliminal content Harmon will improvise the
abstract layers of imagery to a prepared score. Presented in a 3 channel
video environment Rites of Eleusis promises to be an updated public
occult ritual for the 21st century. Harmon's previous occult filmworks
have been widely regarded as pioneering in the field of
occult/transcendental cinema. His treatise Transcendental Cinema
(available from GreyLodge Occult Review here:
www.greylodge.org/ebooks/Transcendental_Cinema.pdf) outlines the use of
experimental cinema/film/video as a medium for use in the expansion of
the mental landscape and the exploration of the conscious mind. Altered
states of conscious welcome.
3/7
San Francisco, California: Artists Television Access
http://www.atasite.org/
8pm, 992 valencia st
SABRETEETH VS. TURKISH STAR WARS!
Loaf-i records presents SABRETEETH vs. TURKISH STAR WARS! Live music and
film event TURKISH STAR WARSone of the most legendary international STAR
WARS rip-off films of all time! the film will be projected in it's
entirety. In Turkish.No Subtitles. With a live imprvisational score by
SABRETEETH: a San Francisco-based four piece band playing a raw,
uncompromising style of noise-punk and experimental metal that fuses
elements of improvisational jazz with nearly everything else that is
aural.. Artist info and music at the following sites:
http://loaf-i.com/, http://ratskin.org/ --- "TURKISH STAR WARS" One of
the truly great copyright infringements of the 20th century! ---Star
Wars (1977) footage was not all that was "borrowed" from Western movies
for this film. Popular movie soundtracks were also used, such as Raiders
of the Lost Ark (1981) (used throughout the film), Moonraker (1979),
Flash Gordon (1980), Planet of the Apes (1968), and The Black Hole
(1979)._ ---The material from Star Wars (1977) was spliced in from an
anamorphic print, while this movie was shot in academy format, resulting
in a non-correct aspect ratio during the Star Wars footage (e.g., the
Death Star looks more like a Death Egg)….. © 2006 Artists' Television
Access, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, (415) 824-3890.
Artists' Television Access is supported in part by Grants for the
Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, the San Francisco Foundation, SF
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SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2008
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3/8
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Filmmakers
http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
7:00 pm Social Hour, 8:00 pm Screening, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St.
DYKE DELICIOUS SERIES 5: KANSAS CITY BOMBER
Dyke Delicious: Kansas City Bomber Co-presented by Black Cat Productions
Admission: $10/$8 Reeling members (includes social hour and screening)
Renewed popular interest in roller derby lesbians has inspired us to
dust off that old Raquel Welch favorite Kansas City Bomber, directed by
Jerrold Freedman (USA, 1992, 99 minutes). Starring Welch, with Jodie
Foster as her young daughter, the film includes some exceptional skating
in bit parts by the pro skaters of that time. "Raquel Welch plays K.C.,
a basically nice girl, in the business less for blood than for money.
She has two problems: the blandishments of wily roller games promoter
Burt Henry and the resentment of aging roller games star Jackie
Burdette, whose fading light K.C. is expected to replace. There are
other problems as well, such as will K.C. ever be accepted as just part
of the team, the Portland (Ore.) Loggers, despite her unpopular eminence
and her superior décolletage. But the first two are the important ones,
and they suggest the quite stunning simpleness of what "Kansas City
Bomber" is all about.… the film's one incredible performance comes from
Helena Kailianiotes, as Jackie Burdette. Slouching sullenly in doorways,
staring moodily into space, cadging booze from a bottle hidden in a
skating boot..." (New York Times Review, Roger Greenspun, August 3,
1972). Also screening High Heels on Wheels (directed by Donna Cassyd,
2007, 15 min.). Come early for the social hour, when we will have a Best
Decorated Helmet Contest with Prizes!
3/8
Columbus, Ohio: Wexner Center for the Arts
http://www.wexarts.org
10am-8pm, 1871 N. High St.
TEAROOM
William E. Jones in person for a 6pm booksigning. A highlight of the
current Whitney Biennial exhibition, Tearoom is a revelatory visual
document of pre-Stonewall gay images. Its footage was captured by a
police camera hidden in a public men's room in Mansfield, Ohio, in 1962,
an elaborate entrapment scheme devised to catch men of various races and
classes meeting to have sex with other men. Through extensive research,
filmmaker William E. Jones located the unedited original footage, which
he presents with virtually no intervention on his part—a radical example
of film presented "as found" for the purpose of circulating a kind of
imagery that has otherwise been suppressed. The Mansfield tearoom bust
was a considerable scandal in its day, with the lives of dozens of men
effectively ruined through the entrapment. Jones's replay, shown here
continously throughout the day in the Box, our video screening room, is
an act of notable restoration. (silent, 56 mins., video) A native of
Massillon, Ohio, and now living in Los Angeles, Jones received
post-production support for Tearoom from the Wexner Center's Art &
Technology residency program. His book-length background study to the
film is available in the Wexner Center Store and featured during the
signing.
3/8
London, England: Tate Modern
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/programmes/film
7pm, Bankside, SE1 9TG
GREGORY J. MARKOPOULOS: THE ILLIAC PASSION
Throughout his life, Markopoulos remained closely connected to his
heritage and ultimately saw the Greek landscape as the ideal setting for
viewing his films. THE ILLIAC PASSION, one of his most highly acclaimed
films, is a visionary interpretation of 'Prometheus Bound' starring
mythical beings from the 1960s underground, including Andy Warhol (as
Poseidon), Jack Smith (as Orpheus) and Taylor Mead (as the Tree Sprite).
The soundtrack of this contemporary re-imagining of the classical realm
features a reading of Thoreau's translation of the Aeschylus text and
excerpts from Bartok. The preceding film, SORROWS, is a lyrical portrait
of the Swiss house built for Wagner by King Ludwig II. SORROWS (Gregory
J. Markopoulos, 1969, 6 min). THE ILLIAC PASSION (Gregory J.
Markopoulos, 1967, 92 min). This screening anticipates the outdoor
premieres of ENIAIOS III-IV in Greece, 27-29 June 2008. See
www.the-temenos.org for further information.
3/8
San Francisco, California: Other Cinema
http://www.othercinema.com/
8:30, 992 Valencia Street
SANTIAGO ALVAREZ + TRAVIS WILKERSON
We are honored to offer the collected works of Mr. Alvarez to the
world-a very rare opportunity owing to the damn Yankee blockade of the
Cuban social experiment. We have managed to obtain the very best-ever
transfers of his 16mm cine-poems, and so are using this occasion to
launch his portfolio on DVD! Boldly graphic, irresistibly rhythmic, and
ultimately soul-stirring, we're showing about half of the 8 titles in
the collection, including Now, Cerro Pelado, and 79 Springtimes of Ho
Chi Minh. Both this screening and the disc itself are complemented by
curator/artist Travis (An Injury to One) Wilkerson's Accelerated
Under-Development, a savvy appreciation of the master from the next
generation of political makers. Cuba Libres for a buck, OCD discs at a
discount.
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