From: andrew lampert (email suppressed)
Date: Sat Jul 18 2009 - 08:49:38 PDT
CONGRATULATIONS on your festival and for making all these films available in Arkansas. It's great that you are exhibiting all these classic and contemporary works, keep it up! I'm sure that it will inspire all those who have not yet experienced this realm of the moving image. Right on!
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From: Arkansas Underground Film Festival <email suppressed>
To: email suppressed
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 9:32:53 PM
Subject: Arkansas Underground Film Fest debuts tommorrow
Here's a sampling of what will be playing at the Arkansas Underground Film Festival this weekend. It is designed to provide a historical context for viewing avant-garde and underground film, while exposing audiences to contemporary work as well. It's the first event of it's kind to be held in the state of Arkansas.
Full schedule and program notes at: www.arkuff.com
Arkansas Underground Film Festival
July 17-19, 2009
Malco Theater
819 Central Avenue
Hot Springs Natʼl Park, AR
Friday, July 17
“Focus on Surrealism”
5:00opening reception
rare and unusual small-gauge projection exhibit,
curated by David Nelson, Shreveport, LA
On installation:
Light 3m
by Lee Bishop, Carrboro, NC
(Just beyond the screen) the universe - as we know it - is ending 3m30s
by Christine Lucy Latimer, Toronto, ON, CANADA
6:00 George Melies program
George Melies (1861-1938) was a magician by trade, and is credited as the first to fully
use film to explore its trick properties. .
film include:
The Conjurer 1m, 1899
A Trip to the Moon 11m, 1902
The Palace of the Arabian Nights 19m, 1905
The Doctor Secret 9m, 1910
The Conquest of the Pole 7m, 1912
7:00Surrealist Classics
Un Chien Andalou 16m, 1929
by Salvador Dali/Luis Bunuel, France
A Page of Madness 60m, 1926
by Kinugasa Teinosuke, Japan
Screened with live electronic musical accompaniment by Shane English.
9:00Surrealist Short Film Program
Infiltration 4.5m
by Charles Chadwick, Los Gatos, CA
The Salariat in Parts 11m
by Zachary Epcar, San Francisco, CA
The Land Beyond Explanation 13m30s
by Madam X, Los Angeles, CA
Ichthyopolis 9m22s
by Andre Silva, Wilmington, NC
Donkey Harvest 11m
by Allan Brown, Montreal, QC, CANADA
Un cadavre Exquis 10m
by Volatile Works collective, Montreal, QC, CANADA
The Presentation Theme 14m
by Jim Trainor Chicago, IL
Running Sushi 30m
by Mara Mattuschka & Chris Haring, AUSTRIA
Saturday, July 18
“Pop Culture and Outsider Film”
1:00opening reception
16mm installation by Projexorcism of Hickory, North Carolina.
On installation:
Video Art 5m
by Jon Clark, Los Angeles, CA
Lake 4m
by Jake Barningham, Chicago, IL
2:00The Films of Andy Warhol
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol 87m
by Chuck Workman, 1990
Outer and Inner Space 33m, double projection
by Andy Warhol
Haircut (no.1) 24m,
by Andy Warhol
5:15“FluxFilm Program” 40m
Often called the ʻanti-art,ʼ Fluxus artists focused on minimalism to highlight the
perceived connection between art and everyday objects.
works include:
George Brecht -- 'Entry-Exit'
Anonymous -- 'Eyeblink'
George Maciumas -- 'Artype'
Eric Andersen -- 'Opus 74, version 2'
Chieko Shiomi -- 'Disappearing Music for Face'
George Maciunas -- '10 Feet'
Robert Watts -- 'Trace'
Albert Fine -- 'Readymade'
Paul Sharits -- 'Sears Catalogue 1-3', 'Dots 1 & 3', 'Wrist Trick', 'Unrolling Event'
Yoko Ono -- 'Number 4'
John Cale -- 'Police Car'
Joe Jones -- 'Smoke'
Paul Sharits -- 'Word Movie'
6:15William S. Burroughs Program (35 minutes)
The the films of writer William S. Burroughs were never widely shown, but were recently
rediscovered by Psychic TV in a private collection.
Films include:
“Towers Open Fire” 10m
“The Cut Ups” 20m
“Bill and Tony” 5m
7:00Projexorcism from Hickory, NC, live multi-projection film performance.
8:00Freezer Fright
Freezer Fright 56m
by Nancy Silver, Bonnerdale, AR
9:00“Catfish With Falcon Wings”
films by Jason Laray Keener and Jeremiah Ledbetter, Anniston, AL
Athazagoraphobia 3m
I Donʼt Love Anyone Anymore 2m
Hail Cracking Cobra Eggs 5m
Hallelujah! Gorilla Revival 5m
Hollow Porcelain Fish Chamber 4.5m
9:30 Outsider Short Film Program
These films represent the vast underbelly of North American film culture. Screening
made possible by the Bearded Child Film Festival, Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
La Gallina Matadora 4m
Matthew Silver & Manuel Pimentel, Bergenfield, NJ
Everything You Need 3m
by Luke Holden, Bemidji, MN
Unless Youʼve Tried It, You Have No Idea How Hard It Is to Bury a Horse 3m
by Luke Holden, Bemidji, MN
Flesh Orgy of the Zombie Totem 14m
by James W. Harris, Rydal, GA
Time for Bed 10m
by Montgomery Klinefelter, Rauch, MN
The Spanky Monkey Movie -, 20m
by Micki Tschur, Colorado Springs, CO
Miss Edmonton Teen Burger 1983 in: Itʼs Party Time! 20m
by Amy Lockhart, CANADA
Royalty and Catass 20m
by The Vititoe Brothers, Louisville, KY
(!)The Milkman 8m
by Ken Takahashi, CANADA
Sunday, July 19
“Experimental Cinema”
12:30Doors Open
On installation:
Bold Stories 15m30s
by Gennaro De Pasquale, Montreal, QC, CANADA
Window 1m
by Jeremy Newman, Mt. Laurel, NJ
1:00 Stan Brakhage Retrospective
Stan Brakhage completed over 400 films during a 50 year period, and is widely
regarded as the godfather of experimental film.
Documentaries about Stan Brakhage include:
Brakhage 22m excerpt, 1999, by Jim Shedden
Stan Brakhage 15m, 2003, by Pip Chodorov
Garden Path 8m, 2001, by Mary Beth Reed
Brakhage shorts include:
Interim 25.5, 1952
Mothlight 4m,1963
The Stars are Beautiful 19m, 1974
The Dante Quartet 8m, 1987
I... Dreaming 8m,1988
Lovesong 7m,2001
Chinese Series 2m, 2003
The Jesus Trilogy and Coda 2001, 20m
4:30Avant-Garde Classics
*Oscar Fischinger “Radio Dynamics” 4m, 1942
*Len Lye Retrospective 13.5m
films include: Color Cry (1952), Particles in Space (1979), Tal Farlow (1980), Rhythm
(1957), Free Radicals (1958)
*Joseph Cornell Retrospective 25m
films include: Cotillion (1940), The Midnight Party (1940), Childrenʼs Party (1940)
*Maya Deren “Meshes in the Afternoon” 14m, 1942
*Norman McLaren “Neighbors” 8m, 1952
*George Kuchar “Wild Night in El Reno” 6m, 1977
*George Kuchar “The Mongreloid” 10m, 1978
*Jim Henson "Time Piece" 9m, 1966
6:30Experimental Short Film Program
Shade 2m
by David Warren, Florida
Arterial Disposition of Thought and Being 6m20s
by Mason Shefa, Studio City, CA (15-year-old filmmaker)
What I Saw on October 32,1988 8m
by Neil Ira Needleman, Katonah, NY
Isabell 6m
by Kathleen Rugh, Ithaca, NY
Spaces 4m
by Josh Romphf, London, ON, CANADA
All the House 6m
by Caroline Koebel, Brooklyn, NY
Destination Finale 9m15s
by Philip Widmann, Berlin, GERMANY
Themes and Variations for the Naked Eye 11m
by Caitlin Horsmon, Kansas City, MO
Plastic Opera 6m
by Matthew Perino, Boulder, CO
One Last Shock 5m30s
by Adam Paradis, Boston, MA
Emergence 4m
by Marcin Blajecki, Poland
In the Pink 3m30s
by R.C. Johnson, Duluth, MN
short break
Troll Eyes 30m
by Trevor Adams, Minneapolis, MN
Fraunmuskel 6m
by Frank Biesendorfer, Colorado Springs, CO
Lezzieflick 6m
by Nana Swiczinsky, AUSTRIA
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For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.
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For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.