From: Kevin McGarry (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Apr 27 2010 - 00:46:36 PDT
May 14â23, 2010
Anthology Film Archives, New York
Full Program Announced!
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Migrating Forms announces the complete program of its second annual
festival, running Friday, May 14th through Sunday, May 23rd at Anthology
Film Archives in New York. Expanding from five days to ten, the 2010 edition
of Migrating Forms will present a program of new works by 60 artists
representing a broad spectrum of contemporary film and video practices, and
nearly a dozen guest-curated and retrospective screenings. Migrating Forms
developed from the New York Underground Film Festival (NYUFF) (1994â2008)
and is directed by former programmers of the NYUFF, Nellie Killian and Kevin
McGarry.
2010 Closing Night
Migrating Forms announces the theatrical and New York premieres of three
recent videos by Los Angeles-based artist Stanya Kahn, Sandra (31 min.,
2009), Kathy (40 min., 2009) and Itâs Cool, Iâm Good (35 min., 2010), as the
closing night screening of the 2010 festival.
Working primarily in video, with a practice that includes performance,
writing, and photography, Stanya Kahnâs work inhabits a space between
fiction and document, and stems from an extensive background in live
performance. She has worked in a collaborative team with artist Harry Dodge
and her work has shown in numerous venues nationally and internationally
including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the Museum of
Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Sundance Film
Festival; ZKM, KarlsrĂźhe; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York; among
others.
Sandra features Kahnâs mother, initially speaking to the camera as witness
to document her burial wishes. With Kahn shooting, the conversation becomes
an âinterviewâ as Kahnâs mother recalls the ridiculous and the difficult in
her past as a shipyard worker, partner of a petty thief, and member of an
armed revolutionary organization.
In the video Kathy, the remembered and the spontaneous meet in footage Kahn
shot and edited over the course of two years of her closest friend.
Occasionally flashing back to video from more than ten years ago, Kahn
locates the friendship in time, but primarily in longstanding conversations
about motherhood, depression, and the role of language in surviving trauma.
In Itâs Cool, Iâm Good, Kahn resumes her familiar place in front of the
camera, this time bandaged and injured, a protagonist who is at once
selfless and narcissistic, verbose and elusive, vulnerable and manipulative.
Paralleling the ways in which jokes compress and expand meaning, Kahn
organizes the narratives along the lines of a psycho-emotional unpacking,
with less concern for linear time or plot arcs. (Kahn)
2010 Opening Night
Migrating Forms announces the United States premiere of Kevin Jerome
Eversonâs Erie (2010) as the opening night screening of the 2010 festival.
Erie is the Ohio-born, Virginia-based artistâs fourth feature-length
project, followingSpicebush (2005), Cinnamon (2006) and The Golden Age of
Fish (2008), all of which received their New York premieres at NYUFF.
Spicebush won the 2005 Jury Prize at NYUFF for Best Documentary.
Everson is also the proliďŹc maker of more than seventy short ďŹlms and videos
since the late 1990s. His work is regularly exhibited internationally, at
venues including the International Film Festival Rotterdam; Sundance Film
Festival; Images Festival, Toronto; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the
Pompidou Centre, Paris; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York;
REDCAT, Los Angeles; Whitechapel Gallery, London, among others.
"Erie consists of a series of single take shots in and around communities
near Lake Erie. The scenes relate to a Black migration in the USA,
contemporary conditions, folks concentrating on the task at hand, theater
and famous art objects.
"Iâm hanging out, coolinâ, on the frames that connect the necessity and the
coincidence. Formally, that is.With a sense of place and historical
research, my ďŹlms combine scripted and documentary elements with rich
elements of formalism. The subject matter is the gestures or tasks caused by
certain conditions in the lives of working class African Americans and other
people of African descent. The conditions are usually physical,
social-economic circumstances or weather. Instead of standard realism I
favor a strategy that abstracts everyday actions and statements into
theatrical gestures, in which archival footage is re-edited or re-staged,
real people perform ďŹctional scenarios based on their own lives and
historical observations intermesh with contemporary narratives. The ďŹlms
suggest the relentlessness of everyday life â along with its beauty â but
also present oblique metaphors for art-making.â (Everson)
2010 FESTIVAL OF NEW WORK
Across 22 programs, Migrating Forms will showcase films and videos by 62
artists living and working in 21 countries including Canada, China, Czech
Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Lithuania, Mexico, Nepal,
Norway, Palestine, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States in the festival of new
work:
Paul Abbott ⢠Peggy Ahwesh ⢠Kamal Aljafari ⢠KutluÄ Ataman ⢠Stephanie
Barber ⢠Eric Baudelaire ⢠Richard Bott ⢠Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz â˘
Gina Carducci & Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore ⢠Lucien Castaing-Taylor ⢠Patty
Chang ⢠Declan Clarke ⢠Phil Collins ⢠Moyra Davey ⢠Lav Diaz ⢠Barry DoupÊ
⢠Redmond Entwistle ⢠Bradley Eros & Tim Geraghty ⢠eteam ⢠Kevin Jerome
Everson ⢠Harun Farocki ⢠Luke Fowler ⢠Cyprien Gaillard ⢠David Gatten â˘
Benj Gerdes & Jennifer Hayashida ⢠John Gianvito ⢠Asher Hartman ⢠Liza
Johnson ⢠Stanya Kahn ⢠Kent Lambert ⢠Andrew Lampert ⢠Andrew Lampert &
Saul Levine ⢠Lars Laumann ⢠Dani Leventhal ⢠Zhao Liang ⢠Sharon Lockhart â˘
Ruth Maclennan ⢠Shana Moulton ⢠Deimantas NarkeviÄius ⢠Shahryar Nashat â˘
Jesper Nordahl ⢠Nira Pereg ⢠Ben Rivers ⢠Michael Robinson ⢠Lynne Sachs
Matthew Savitsky ⢠Nina Schwanse ⢠Alexandro Segade ⢠Amie Siegel â˘
Stephanie Spray ⢠Jean-Marie Straub ⢠Jean-Marie Straub & DaniĂŠle Huillet â˘
Corin Sworn ⢠Mark Ther ⢠Mungo Thomson ⢠Leslie Thornton ⢠Robert Todd
2010 SCHEDULE
Friday, May 14
8:30pm - Opening Night
Eire (81 min., USA 2010) dir. Kevin Jerome Everson
United States Premiere
Tickets: mferie.eventbrite.com
Saturday, May 15
2:00pm
Group Program 1
Soy Mi Madre (29 min., Ireland/Mexico 2009) dir. Phil Collins, Populus
Tremula (9 min., USA 2010) dir. Benj Gerdes & Jennifer Hayashida, Belfast
Trio (9 min., UK 2009) dir. Redmond Entwistle, In The Air (22 min., USA
2009) dir. Liza Johnson
Tickets: mfgroupprogram1.eventbrite.com
3:45pm
Group Program 2
Gathering (5 min., USA 2009) dir. Robert Todd, 54 Days This Winter 36 Days
This Spring for 18 Minutes (16 min., USA 2009) dir. Dani Leventhal, Golden
Hour (16 min., USA 2009) dir. Robert Todd, Into The Unknown (20 min.,
Lithuania/UK 2009) dir. Deimantas Narkevicius, If There Be Thorns (13 min.,
USA 2009) dir. Michael Robinson
Tickets: mfgroupprogram2.eventbrite.com
5:45pm
Three Recent Films by Jean-Marie Straub
Le Genou DâArtemide (26 min., France 2008), ItinĂŠriare De Jean Bricard (40
min., France 2008), Le Streghe, Femmes Entre Elles (21 min., France 2009)
United States Premiere
Tickets: mfstraub.eventbrite.com
7:45pm
Group Program 3
My Way 1 (10 min., USA 2009) Dir. Amie Siegel, My Way 2 (13 min., USA 2009)
Dir. Amie Siegel, Kari & Knut (11 min., Norway 2010) Dir. Lars Laumann,
After School Special (20 min., Canada/UK 2009) Dir. Corin Sworn, [sic] (15
min., France/Japan 2009) Dir. Eric Baudelaire
Tickets: mfgroupprogram3.eventbrite.com
9:45pm
Soziale Plastik I
programmed by Brian McCarthy
David Cronenbergâs Stereo (65 min.,Canada 1969) inaugurates this series, to
be continued at ISSUE Project Room in the fall, on Joseph Beuys and video
abstraction. Cronenbergâs film will be screened with work by Leslie
Thornton, Stom Sogo, and Ben Russell.
Tickets: mfsoziale.eventbrite.com
Sunday, May 16
2:30pm
Group Program 4
Wolfs Froth / Amongst Other Things (15 min., UK 2009) dir. Paul Abbott, The
Task of the Translator (10 min., USA 2010) dir. Lynne Sachs, to the horse
dream of arms (5 min., USA 2010) dir. Stephanie Barber, Prim Limit (32 min.,
USA 2009) dir. eteam, Trans Trans (Transformers Transformed) (12 min., USA
2009) dir. Bradley Eros & Tim Geraghy
Tickets: mfgroupprogram4.eventbrite.com
4:15pm
Journey to the Moon (79 min., Turkey 2009) dir. KutluÄ Ataman
United States Premiere
Tickets:mfataman.eventbrite.com
6:15pm
Petition (124 min., China 2009) dir. Zhao Liang
Tickets: mfliang.eventbrite.com
9:00pm
Group Program 5
Ape of Nature (22 min., USA 2010) dir. Peggy Ahwesh, Kept Alive (23 min.,
Israel 2010) dir. Nira Pereg, My Necropolis (32 min., France/USA 2009) dir.
Moyra Davey, Bethlehem (8 min., USA 2009) dir. Peggy Ahwesh
Tickets: mfgroupprogram5.eventbrite.com
Monday, May 17
7:00pm
Made in Hollywood (56 min., USA 1990) dir. Bruce & Norman Yonemoto
Presented by Electronic Arts Intermix (EAI), Introduced by Bruce Yonemoto
Tickets: mfyonemoto.eventbrite.com
9:15pm
The Golden Mean dir. Andrew Lampert and Saul Levine (61 min, USA 2009)
New York Premiere
Tickets: mflampert.eventbrite.co
Tuesday, May 18
6:30pm
Vapor Trail (Clark) (264 min., the Philippines/USA 2010) dir. John Gianvito
New York Premiere
Tickets: mfgianvito.eventbrite.com
Wednesday, May 19
6:30pm
In Comparison (61 min., Germany 2009) dir. Harun Farocki
Tickets: mffarocki.eventbrite.com
8:00pm
NDP Exchange Program
programmed by Matt Keegan & James Richards
Presented by North Drive Press
Tickets: mfndp.eventbrite.com
9:45pm
The t.A.T.u. Project (56 min., Russia/Sweden 2009) dir. Jesper Nordahl
Tickets: mfnordhal.eventbrite.com
Thursday, May 20
6:30pm
Butterflies Have No Memories (58 min., The Philippines 2010) dir. Lav Diaz
Tickets: mfdiaz.eventbrite.com
8:00pm
As Long As There's Breath (57 min. Nepal/USA 2009) dir. Stephanie Spray
New York Premiere
Tickets: mfspray.eventbrite.com
9:45pm
My Crasy Life (95 min., France/USA 1992) dir. Jean-Pierre Gorin
(retrospective: part 1 of 3)
Tickets: mfgorincrasy.eventbrite.com
Friday, May 21
7:00pm
Routine Pleasures (France/USA 1986) dir. Jean-Pierre Gorin (retrospective:
part 2 of 3)
Tickets: mfgorinroutine.eventbrite.com
9:00pm
Ed Ruscha: 16mm films
A rare East Coast presentation of the seminal American artist's only film
works, Premium (24 min., USA 1971) and Miracle (28 min., 1975).
Introduced by Linda Norden
Tickets: mfruscha.eventbrite.com
10:30pm
Tube Time!
Teams led by Triple Canopyâs Sam Frank, Rhizomeâs Ceci Moss and filmmaker
Jessie Stead present their most overboard online finds of the year, week or
moment for this annual, tournament-style screening.
Tickets: mftubetime.eventbrite.com
Saturday, May 22
2:00pm
Group Program 6
I Know Where Iâm Going! (29 min., USA 2009) dir. Ben Rivers, Minor (24 min.,
China/USA 2010) dir. Patty Chang
Tickets: mfgroupprogram6.eventbrite.com
3:30pm
Group Program 7
Whispering Pines #9 (10 min., USA 2009) dir. Shana Moulton, Hard Feelings (5
min., USA 2010) dir. Richard Bott, Kegel (10 min., Switzerland 2008) dir.
Shahryar Nashat, Whose Toes (33 min., Canada 2010) dir. Barry DoupĂŠ, Cities
of Gold and Mirrors (9 min., France 2009) dir. Cyprien Gaillard
Tickets: mfgroupprogram7.eventbrite.com
5:15pm
Retrospective: Kerry Tribe
This survey of the Los Angeles/Berlin-based artist Kerry Tribeâs moving
image works created over the past fifteen years tracks her continued
exploration of the limits, failures and crises of cognition. Tribe will
present and discuss her projects made for screening and those made for
installation.
Tickets: mftribe.eventbrite.com
7:45pm
Poto and Cabengo (77 min., France/USA 1976) dir. Jean-Pierre Gorin
Tickets: mfgorinpoto.eventbrite.com
9:45pm
Group Program 8
I hateâŚwhat? (16 min., Czech Republic 2009) dir. Mark Ther, Gay Acting Class
(9 min., USA 2009) dir. Alexandro Segade, For Sale, Cougar (14 min., USA
2009) dir. Asher Hartman, Homegrown (1 min., USA 2009) dir. Nina Schwanse &
Matthew Savitsky, All That Sheltering Emptiness (7 min., USA 2009) dir. Gina
Carducci & Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Fantasy Suite (7 min., USA 2009)
dir. Kent Lambert, Puppy (2 min., USA 2009) dir. Matthew Savitsky, Charming
for the Revolution (11 min., USA 2009) dir. Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz,
k-a-t-e-(s) (11 min., USA 2010) dir. Nina Schwanse
Tickets: mfgroupprogram8.eventbrite.com
Sunday, May 23
2:00pm
Group Program 9
ThalĂŠ (5 min., Canada 2009) dir. Barry DoupĂŠ, Journals and Remarks (15 min.,
USA 2009) dir. David Gatten, ((((( ))))) (8 min., USA 2010) dir. Leslie
Thornton, The High Trail (7 min., USA 2010) dir. Lucien Castaing-Taylor,
Three Short Films on Hawks and Men (14 min., UK 2009) dir. Ruth MacLennan,
Film For Invisible Ink, case no.142: Abbreviation for the Dead of Winter
[diminished by 1,794] (13 min., USA 2008) dir. David Gatten, The Varieties
of Experience (8 min., USA 2009) dir. Mungo Thomson
Tickets: mfgroupprogram9.eventbrite.com
3:45pm
Group Program 10
PodwĂłrka (30 min., Poland/USA 2009) dir. Sharon Lockhart, Loneliness in West
Germany (16min., Ireland, 2009) dir. Declan Clarke, Monuments (30 min.,
UK/USA 2009) dir. Redmond Entwistle
Tickets: mfgroupprogram10.eventbrite.com
5:30pm
Port of Memory (63 min., Palestine 2009) dir. Kamal Aljafari
New York Premiere
Port of Memory follows the family of the ďŹlmmaker after they receive an
order to evacuate their home in Ajami, Jaffaâs once-prosperous sea-front
neighborhood. Their lives and those of other residents are thrown into
disarray as they lack the means to ďŹght back. Radically poetic, Port of
Memory is a reďŹection on the absurdity of being at once absent and present
as a Palestinian living within Israel today. (Barbican)
Tickets: mfaljafari.eventbrite.com
7:15pm
A Grammar for Listening (Parts 1-3) (56 min., UK 2009) dir. Luke Fowler
New York Premiere
"How to create a meaningful dialogue between looking and listening? Luke
Fowlerâs ďŹlm cycle A Grammar for Listening (parts 1-3) attempts to address
this question through the possibilities afforded by 16mm ďŹlm and digital
sound recording devices." (LUX)
Tickets: mffowler.eventbrite.com
8:30pm - (Closing Night)
New Videos by Stanya Kahn
New York Premiere
Three recent videos, Sandra (31 min., USA 2009), Kathy (40 min., USA 2009)
and It's Cool, I'm Good (35 min., USA 2010), by the Los Angeles-based artist
Stanya Kahn.
Tickets: mfkahn.eventbrite.com
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