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Date: Sat Aug 02 2008 - 11:30:43 PDT
This week [August 2 - 10, 2008] in avant garde cinema
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NEW FILM/VIDEO: NON-FEATURE:
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"Data Stream" by Mike Celona
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"I Just Saw A Scary Movie" by Jimmy Robson
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"Last visions before dreaming" by Nicholas Fiorentini
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"Repeat Photography and the Albedo Effect" by Caroline Koebel
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"Grand Central/Central Terminal" by Caroline Koebel
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NEW CALLS FOR ENTRIES:
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Images Festival (Toronto, Ontario, CANADA; Deadline: November 14, 2008)
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Boulder International Film Festival (Boulder; Deadline: August 22, 2008)
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INTERNATIONAL SCIENCE & FILM FESTIVAL (Marseille, France; Deadline: July 31, 2008)
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DEADLINES APPROACHING:
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Streaming Festival (The Hague, Netherlands; Deadline: September 01, 2008)
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Renderyard Short Film Festival (London; Deadline: August 21, 2008)
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Betting on Shorts (London; Deadline: August 15, 2008)
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ICE - Iowa City Experimental (Iowa City, IA 52240; Deadline: August 15, 2008)
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Dallas Video Festival (Dallas, Texas, USA; Deadline: August 11, 2008)
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25th Annual Olympia Film Festival CINE-X (Olympia, Washington, USA; Deadline: September 01, 2008)
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Ava Gardner Film Festival (Smithfield, NC, USA; Deadline: September 01, 2008)
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OCULI: an experimental film showcase (Wilmington, NC, USA; Deadline: August 21, 2008)
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Boulder International Film Festival (Boulder; Deadline: August 22, 2008)
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY):
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* Art(Core): the Avant Garde and the Cinematic Body [August 2, Toronto, Ontario, Canada]
* The Int'l Fest of Cinema and Technology Experimental Film Showcase [August 2, Washington, DC]
* Joyful Life/ِ - Global Undergrounds [August 3, San Francisco, California]
* Reverberations # 1: Robert Fenz [August 6, London, England]
* Workshop Improvising Sound & Image In Non Fiction Film: With Robert
Fenz and Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith [August 7, London, England]
* '78 Records: Erie Canal To Love Canal 1978-2008 [August 8, Buffalo, New York]
Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE.
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 2008
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8/2
Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Pleasure Dome
http://www.pdome.org/
9pm, 401 Richmond St. West Courtyard
ART(CORE): THE AVANT GARDE AND THE CINEMATIC BODY
M.M. Serra, legendary filmmaker, curator and director of the New
York-based Film-makers' Cooperative curates a gender- and
sexuality-bending film programme of older and recent works drawn from
the collection of the Coop. "This two-hour programme explores the
explicit body in the experimental film genre. Reflecting three major
trends within the NYC scene, the programme starts in the mid-1960s with
Classics of the Underground, which influenced the filmmakers of the
Cinema of Transgression, which is followed by films of Alternative Queer
culture. All of the works reflect the views of filmmakers who broke the
taboos and censorship of the mainstream popular culture of the United
States. Opening the program is Double Your Pleasure (2002) by M.M.
Serra, an homage to Andy Warhol's Kiss, followed by the rarely screened,
double-screen projection "happening" of Barbara Rubin's Christmas on
Earth. Rubin's 1963 film premiered at Warhol's Factory, then titled
Cocks and Cunts with the Velvet Underground performing live. Central to
the programme is the recently restored Fuses (1967) by Carolee
Schneemann, an exquisitely erotic portrait of love-making with
Schneemann, James Tenney and their cat Kitch. A camp masterpiece by
George Kuchar titled Hold Me While I'm Naked (1966) inspired the films
of John Waters. Transgressive works by Tessa Hughes-Freeland and
Scot-Free reflect the East Village club culture. Tessa Hughes-Freeland's
Baby Doll (1982) is a docu-portrait of dancers in The Baby Doll
strippers club. Scot-Free's Strange Love (1996) is a portrait of a jaded
Lower East Side couple starring Nick Zedd, writer of the Transgressive
Manifesto. Art(core) concludes with three short films embracing
alternative sexualities: Peggy Ahwesh's Color of Love (1994), James
Fotopoulos's Drowning (2000) and the fantastic animation of Martha
Colburn's Spiders in Love: An Arachnogasmic Musical (1999). All films on
the programme are explicit and embrace an alternative perspective on
gender and sexuality." (M.M. Serra)
8/2
Washington, DC: The Int'l Fest of Cinema and Technology
http://www.ifct.org
5pm-11:30pm, 1054 31st St NW
THE INT'L FEST OF CINEMA AND TECHNOLOGY EXPERIMENTAL FILM SHOWCASE
The International Fest of Cinema and Technology (IFCT) announces an
upcoming film festival event at the Museum of Contemporary Art (*MOCA
DC) on August 2nd. This festival will screen short films from filmmakers
around the world and focuses on screening experimental works including
Experimental Documentary, Experimental narratives, Experimental music
videos,Experimental animation and thrillers. Tickets are $6, $3
students. The Museum of Contemporary Art is located at 1054 31st St NW,
Canal Square.
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 3, 2008
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8/3
San Francisco, California: Artists Television Access
http://www.atasite.org/
8pm, 992 Valencia Street (at 21st)
JOYFUL LIFE/ِ - GLOBAL UNDERGROUNDS
A documentary by Anita Wen-Shin Chang (in person) Lo-Sheng (Joyful Life)
leprosy colony was established in 1930 on the Sinjuang hillside in the
outskirts of Taipei, Taiwan's capital. As many as 1,100 patients lived
in Lo-Sheng. In 1954, Lo-Sheng's isolation policy, which severely
restricted residents civil liberties, was finally lifted. As a
result, leprosy patients had the choice to remain, to leave, or to
self-admit, which deeply transformed the community. In 2002, more than
one-third of Lo-Sheng was destroyed due to subway construction and other
pending urban development projects. As a result, more than half of the
300 remaining residents moved into the newly constructed hospital
nearby. Due to resident, student and human rights activism, plans for
total destruction have stopped. At this point, the sanatorium remains
despite continued pressures from the government, private interests and
local civilians to excavate. Conceived as a collaboration among the
residents of Lo-Sheng, a Taiwanese-American filmmaker, documentary
students, and cultural workers, JOYFUL LIFE presents diverse
perspectives of Lo-Sheng residents in the midst of their activism to
preserve Lo-Sheng and not be moved to a nearby hospital. Filmmaker-lead
workshops prepare residents for their own storytelling and filming -
creating an intimate portrait of a historically marginalized community
and their inspiring determination to protect what they call their home.
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2008
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8/6
London, England: no.w.here
http://no-w-here.org.uk
6.45pm, Camden Arts Centre, Arkwright Road, London NW3
REVERBERATIONS # 1: ROBERT FENZ
Reverberations is a new series of events and workshops where six
international moving image artists trace lines of influential thought
through their practice. In the first event in the series, American
artist Robert Fenz will focus on the enduring importance of
improvisation in his work. Fenz's films are neither purely non-fiction,
nor abstract; but instead occupy a personal and lyrical space relative
to both. His starting point is often a particular person or place, and
from there he works intuitively to 'reflect a deeper understanding of
the human condition' using the formal aspects of film. The event is
presented in dialogue with Camden Arts Centre's Chantal Akerman
exhibition, an artist with whom Fenz has worked as cinematographer.
Improvisation is of utmost importance to the way Fenz works,
particularly in relation to the context of jazz music, where players
practice and study extensively in order to be prepared to create 'in the
moment'. To illustrate these ideas he will be joined in dialogue with
one of his teachers, the acclaimed American composer and musician
Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith, who will also perform live improvised trumpet
to two of his films. Robert Fenz is one of the most original young
filmmakers working in and against the avant-garde tradition today. He is
currently completing an ambitious work that engages the cinematic legacy
of pioneering documentarian, Robert Gardner. Fenz was awarded a
Guggenheim Fellowship in 2004, and lived in Berlin in 2006 as part of
the DAAD Artist in Residence Program. His film "Crossings" is included
in the 2008 Whitney Biennial. Fenz studied filmmaking with Peter Hutton
and James Benning and music with Ishmael Wadada Leo Smith. Please note,
Camden Arts Centre has barbecues every Wednesday from 6.00-8.30pm, so
there will be an opportunity to get food and drink beforehand.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2008
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8/7
London, England: no.w.here
http://no-w-here.org.uk
10am5pm, no.w.here, 316318 Bethnal Green Road, London, E2 OAG
WORKSHOP IMPROVISING SOUND & IMAGE IN NON FICTION FILM: WITH ROBERT
FENZ AND ISHMAEL WADADA LEO SMITH
In this unique day-long workshop, US artist Robert Fenz with musician
Wadada Leo Smith will explore what it means to improvise in the field
and allow your subject and/or location to determine the content and
structure of your work. An inveterate traveller, Fenz has made films all
over the world including Brasil, Cuba, Mexico and India. His work is
often draws upon ideas of foreigness, politics and displacement. Wadada
Leo Smith is an acclaimed avant-garde composer, musician and teacher of
African American Improvisation at CalArts. As part of the day Fenz will
screen extracts of a work in progress portrait of acclaimed
anthropological filmmaker Robert Gardner, including material recently
recorded in Benares (India), West Papau and Ethiopia. Audio field
recordings by Fenz and from Robert Gardners archive will also be
listened to and discussed in the context of soundimage relationships.
Following an in-depth and discursive introductory session, participants
will undertake a collective study of Brick Lane by looking, listening,
making sound recordings and shooting 16mm film. At the heart of East
London Brick Lane is layered with historical, ethnological, industrial
and polical resonances that are exposed on a daily basis. The day will
also include discussion around the ethics of recording, methods of
working in the field and immersing oneself in the moment, excercises in
looking and listening and a brief introduction to the Bolex camera.
Towards the end of the day participant's films will be screened
accompanied by sound recordings. A practical knowledge of filmmaking is
not expected or required. Places are extremely limited, so book early to
avoid disappointment.
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FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2008
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8/8
Buffalo, New York: Hallwalls
http://www.hallwalls.org
8:00 PM, 341 Delaware Avenue
'78 RECORDS: ERIE CANAL TO LOVE CANAL 1978-2008
'78 RECORDS: ERIE CANAL TO LOVE CANAL 1978-2008 is live slide show that
commemorates the 30th anniversary of the Love Canal environmental
disaster and its relationship to contemporary environmental issues. This
project connects Erie Canal history, the Salt City of Syracuse, and
environmental projects in New York state including the planned Peace
Bridge expansion in Buffalo as well as Onondaga Lake and Onondaga Creek
in Syracuse. The performance will feature field recordings made during
artist Fereshteh Toosi's journey along the Erie Canal and interviews
with Buffalo and Syracuse activists. The Buffalo event will also feature
a screening of documentaries about Love Canal. Join us for an evening of
salty snacks and spinning wheels! Monday 08-04-08 at 7:00 PM SPARK
CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE http://sparkartspace.com Friday 08-08-08 at 8:00
PM HALLWALLS CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER
http://www.hallwalls.org/media-arts.html
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