This week [March 19 - 26, 2000] in avant garde cinema
Scott Stark
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SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 2000
3/19
Ann Arbor, Michigan: Ann Arbor Film Festival
http://aafilmfest.org/
FINAL DAY
Awards will be announced Sunday, March 19. A selection of awarded films
will be shown at three separate shows on Sunday, March 19 at 5, 7 and 9pm.
These screenings will be held in the Michigan Theater, 603 East Liberty,
Ann Arbor, Michigan. For more information, e-mail Festival organizer Vicki
Honeyman at vi...@honeyman.org.
3/19
Berkeley, California: Pacific Film Archive
http://www.uampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa/
DOCUMENTARIES FROM THE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM
5:30pm: Artists in person; curated by Amy Corbin and Laura Merians. These
three thesis documentaries from the UCB Graduate School of Journalism
exhibit a combination of innovative personal perspectives and solid
journalistic research. Edward Wong's COMRADES explores the lives of two men
involved in revolutionary movements, struggling to apply political ideology
to societal realities. Structurally the documentary parallels their
experiences across time and place, from Maoist China to the Red Guard youth
movement in San Francisco's Chinatown. In HIGHWAY OF DREAMS, Nandi Pointer
investigates the impact of freeway construction and suburban flight on a
community in West Oakland. Focusing on her family's experiences, while
drawing on a wide range of historical sources, Pointer paints an eloquent
picture of the freeway as a modern railroad, dividing communities and
increasing socioeconomic stratification. DANNY AND THE SCATMAN by Peter
Nicks provides another story of parallel lives, young and old. This time,
it is a boy who aspires to be a filmmaker, and an accomplished jazz
musician, both with speech impediments. Their creative passions,
lighthearted approaches to life, and force of will allow them to surpass
their impediments. The Pacific Film Archive is located at 2575 Bancroft
Way, Berkeley. For more information, call (510) 642-5249.
3/19
Boulder, Colorado: University of Colorado-Boulder
SUNDAY EVENING WITH BRAKHAGE
7:30pm: Each Sunday evening Stan Brakhage is host for a gathering of
friends and film buffs to view films and videotapes from his incredible
collection. Often viewers will see a world premiere of the latest Brakhage
film. Most evenings those in attendance stay after the showing to talk
about a wide variety of subjects with Stan. These gatherings are held in
room N141 of the Fine Arts building on the Boulder Campus of the University
of Colorado. All are encouraged to attend and the showings are free.
3/19
Buffalo, New York: Squeaky Wheel
http://www.squeaky.org/
CITYMORPH: DEMO OR DIE! FESTIVAL OF ELECTRONIC AND DIGITAL MEDIA: JURIED
VIDEO SHOW
7:30pm: Juried video show featuring the following works: Matthew Arnold's
LOW INTENSITY CONFLICT; Diane Bonder and Liss Platt's TONGUE IN CHIC;
Sandra Boero's SINGLE POINT; Joe Militus' ONE STEP VIDEO; Marc Moscato's
ALONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR AWAY; Lindsay Sampson's VIDEO DRAWING;
Gregory Scranton's STOK GEOMETRY; and Paul Tarrago's LAST NIGHT MEANT
NOTHING. This event will take place in Squeaky Wheel's Sandra Fisher Kitaj
Cinema 2000, 175 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York. For more information,
call (716) 884- 7172.
3/19
Florence, Massachusetts: Florence Community Center
THE MARCH
7:30pm: A screening of Abraham Ravett's THE MARCH (1999). This event will
take place at the Florence Community Center, 140 Pine Street, Florence,
Massachusetts.
3/19
Houston, Texas: Aurora Picture Show
http://www.aurorapictureshow.org
FOTOFEST 2000 / LOVERS FIGHTERS AND WILD BULL RIDERS: NEW PERCEPTIONS OF
THE OLD WEST
3pm: Programmed by Andrea Grover for FotoFest 2000. Contemporary film- and
videomakers recycle the oldest American film genre, the Western. "Lovers,
Fighters and Wild Bull Riders" showcases narrative, documentary, and
experimental makers who borrow and pervert common Western themes. Including
Vanalyne Greene's SADDLE SORES, Bjørn Melhus' SILVER CITY IST WEIT WEG
(SILVER CITY IS FAR AWAY), Jennifer Fieber's THE UPPER HAND, plus the
Nevada Test site, found footage roping tricks and much, much more. The
Aurora Picture Show is located at 800 Aurora Street, Houston, Texas 77009.
For more information, contact Andrea Grover at gro...@aurorapictureshow.org
or (713) 868-2101.
3/19
London, England: The Lux
http://www.lea.org.uk/home_frm.html
WALK
WALK, by Anthea Kennedy and Ian Wiblin, is a digital video installation
featuring Fleeting visions of a journey by foot between dusk and nightfall
along a London canal. A one hour take, there and back. This installation is
in the Lux Centre Foyer, 2-4 Hoxton Square, London N1 6NU, and will be on
display from March 1 to April 2. For more information, call the Lux Centre
for Film, Video and Digital Arts at 020 7684 0200.
3/19
Los Angeles, California: Filmforum
http://www.filmforum.org/
WORKS BY BETZY BROMBERG
7pm: Tonight Filmforum features works by Betzy Bromberg. Filmforum takes
place at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), 6522 Hollywood
Boulevard (at Wilcox), Hollywood. For more information, call (323)
526-2911.
3/19
Miami Beach, Florida: alliance cinema
http://www.alliance-cinema.org/
CINEMA VORTEX: CHELSEA GIRLS (1966)
12 noon: Here is a rare opportunity to view Andy Warhol's greatest film,
which is actually two films projected side-by-side, conversing and
competing with each other. Unforgettable Factory superstars, including
Nico, Pope Ondine, Gerard Malanga, Mario Montez and Hanoi Hannah (actress
Mary Woronov) populate the Chelsea Hotel, "the Waldorf of New York's
bohemia." Accompanied by the music of the Velvet Underground. The Alliance
Cinema is located at 927 Lincoln Road in Suite 119 of the Sterling
Building, between Michigan and Jefferson Avenues in Miami Beach. Call (305)
531-8504 for more information.
3/19
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
HAVANA FILM FESTIVAL: DAY TWO
At 2pm: Screenings of Octavio Cortazar's POR PRIMERA VEZ / FOR THE FIRST
TIME (1967), Humberto Solas' MANUELA (1966), Enrique Alvarez's SED / THIRST
(1966) and Juan Padrón, Mario Rivas and Tulio Raggi's FILMINUTO #22 (1990).
At 2:30pm: Santiago Alvarez's NOW (1965), Tomas Gutierrez Alea's EL ARTE
DEL TABACO / THE ART OF TOBACCO (1974), Orlando Roja's A VECES MIRO MI VIDA
/ SOMETIMES I LOOK AT MY LIFE (1981) and Juan Padrón, Mario Rivas and Tulio
Raggi's FILMINUTO #22 (1990). At 4pm: Rigoberto López's YO SOY DEL SON A LA
SALSA / I AM THE SON OF SALSA (1996) and Mario Rivas's FILMINUTO #24
(1991). At 4:30pm: Rigoberto López's PUERTO PRINCIPE MIO / MY PRINCIPLE
PORT (2000) and EL VIAJE MAS LARGO / THE LONGEST JOURNEY (1993) and Mario
Rivas' FILMINUTO #25 (1991). At 6pm: Juan Padrón's ELPIDIO VALDES (1979),
Manuel Marzel's A NORMAN MCLAREN / TO NORMAN MCLAREN (1990) and Mario
Rivas' FILMINUTO #26 (1991). At 6:30pm: Daniel Díaz Torres' QUIEREMES Y
VERAS / LOVE ME AND YOU WILL SEE (1995), Fernando Pérez's MADAGASCAR (1995)
and Mario Rivas' FILMINUTO #27 (1992). At 8pm: Santiago Alvarez's CICLÓN /
HURRICANE (1963), Sara Gomez's Y TENEMOS SABOR / AND WE HAVE SOUL (1967),
Miriam Talavera's UNO, DOS, ESO ES…/ ONE, TWO, THAT'S IT… (1986) and ACERCA
DE UN PERSONAJE QUE UNOS LLAMA SAN LÁZARO Y OTRO BABALÚ / CONCERNING A
PERSONALITY THAT SOME CALL SAINT LAZARUS AND OTHERS BABALÚ (1988) and Mario
García Montes' FILMINUTO #29 (1993). At 8:30pm: Oscar Valdés' VAQUEROS DEL
CAUTO / COWBOYS OF CAUTO (1965), Guillén Landriàn's COFFEA ARABIGÁ / RAW
COFFEE (1968), Marisol Trujillo's ORACIÓN / A PRAYER (1984), Miriam
Talavera's ESPIRAL / SPIRAL (1992) and YO SOY JUANA BACALLAO / I AM JUANA
BACALLAO (1989) and Tulio Raggi's FILMINUTO #30 (1994). Anthology is
located at 32 2nd Avenue, New York; for more information, call (212)
505-5181.
3/19
New York, New York: La Vista Downtown Cinema Club
http://www.nationalprojects.com/lavista/index.html
WEAVING
7:30pm: Three documentaries. INDUSTRIAL BRITAIN (1933): Path-breaking
British documentarian John Grierson records vanishing indigenous crafts of
the United Kingdom. A NAVAJO WEAVER (1966): From the series NAVAJOS FILM
THEMSELVES, which tried to resolve the bias of ethnographic film by
training Navajos to make their own short films. Susie K. Benally films her
mother, Alta Kahn, preparing to weave a rug, shearing sheep, preparing the
wool, and weaving. SECOND WEAVER (1966): Another from the series NAVAJOS
FILM THEMSELVES, in which Alta Kahn turns the camera on her daughter, Susie
Benally, completing the circuit opened by the previous film. La Vista is
located at 303 East 8th Street, New York City, and admission is free.
3/19
New York, New York: Exit Art
http://www.exitart.org/
CONSPIRACIES
7pm: Curated by Mark McElhatten and Bradley Eros. Expanded cinema program
featuring works in multiple screen projection format, and a chamber piece
for projectors by Bruce McClure, Rick Rodine, Eros / Liotta, plus recent
works from Europe and the U.S. $8 admission. Exit Art is located at 548
Broadway in New York. For more information, call (212) 966-7745.
3/19
Portland, Oregon: Cinema Next Door
CONTEMPORARY SILENT FILMS BY PETER HUTTON
5pm: Films to be screened include BUDAPEST PORTRAIT (MEMORIES OF A CITY)
(1984-1986) and LODZ SYMPHONY (1991-1993). Jon Jost: "It is perhaps
Hutton's central gift that he is able, without sentiment or false
nostalgia, to render the present as past, and to subtly provoke us into
stirring the undercurrents of our memory, thus conferring an intimate sense
of value on the passing shadow of life. It is easy, in the absence of
actors, of ‘spectacle,' of narrative, to say Hutton's films are but diaries
of daily life. But this misses the heart of his work. Hutton's images
hardly constitute a compendium of the ordinary, the daily, even if they are
distilled from that realm. And his ‘stills' are hardly still, even when the
camera remains static. Seen as frozen ‘stills,' these images lose exactly
those transient qualities for which Hutton consciously looks. Where the
photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson seizes on the significant moment, Hutton
looks for the passage of time. He says his films are all in progress: they
are never finished, only small and imperfect slices of an ongoing
continuum. Whether revealing the dignity in the hesitant awkwardness of a
person's face or finding beauty in the abstract dance of sun and shadow
playing across a wooden chair, Hutton–with a marvelous sense of
selectivity–extracts the heart of things and leaves the rest behind."
Cinema Next Door is located at 3520 SE Clinton Street, Portland; for more
information, call (503) 234-7765.
3/19
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Cinematheque
http://www.sfcinematheque.org
LAWRENCE JORDAN PROGRAM I
7:30pm: Lawrence Jordan retired from the Faculty of the San Francisco Art
Institute last May after thirty years of distinguished teaching. Jordan
inspired literally hundreds of aspiring filmmakers, and he has been a
pivotal figure in the blossoming of Bay Area personal or avant-garde cinema
since relocating here in 1955. The SF Cinematheque and Pacific Film Archive
celebrate the life work of this unique artist with four programs drawn from
his body of 40 films selected by himself, his long-time colleague George
Kuchar, and Cinematheque curator Steve Anker. Tonight George Kuchar selects
THE OLD HOUSE, PASSING (1967) and THE APPARITION (1976), two live-action
dramatic films. This event will take place at the San Francisco Art
Institute, 800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco. For more information, call
the Cinematheque at (415) 558-8129.
3/19
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
MEERA DEWAN'S PATENT PENDING
8:30pm: With insightful interviews and rare footage from India's
agricultural industry, this keenly observed film depicts Indian women's
struggles to use traditional farming practices instead of the
chemically-based agriculture aggressively pushed through the marketplace by
corporate agribusiness. Comparing the practices of women who consider seeds
sacred with multinational companies use of sterilized and genetically
modified hybrids, this evocative analysis celebrates the scientific basis
of women's native traditions in a provocative look at the evolving meanings
of healthy and sustainable land use. PATENT PENDING demonstrates how the
women celebrate the sanctity of the seed and the soil and their
relationship to both. This screening is at the Blinding Light, 36 Powell
Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada; for more information, call (604) 878-3366.
3/19
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York: Ocularis
http://www.billburg.com/ocularis/
STALKER GUILT SYNDROME AND AFTER HOURS
7 and 9:30pm: A screening of STALKER GUILT SYNDROME (Jonah Kaplan, 1999),
followed by AFTER HOURS (Martin Scorsese, 1998). Ocularis is at Galapagos
Art and Performance Space, 70 North 6th Street (between Wythe and Kent
Avenues) in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. For more information, call (718)
388-8713.
MONDAY, MARCH 20, 2000
3/20
Boulder, Colorado: First Person Cinema
http://www.colorado.edu/FilmStudies/ifs
LUTHER PRICE IN PERSON
Patrick Friel: "The super-8films of Luther Price are startling works, both
in their construction and their imagery. Various means of distressing and
manipulating the footage gives the already small gauge film an increased
sense of fragility. this imparts a particular beauty and power to Price's
images, which are alternately quiet and lyrical, graphic and shocking.
Price's found footage films in particular exemplify this duality between
the fragile nature of the film medium and its ability to create powerful
and disturbing meanings. his source materials are occasionally color faded,
scratched, or washed out. Price manipulates his footage further by
repeating shots, editing in images upside down, and including visible
splice marks and frame lines. The quick editing in several films wreaks
havoc with the soundtracks of the found materials, creating a staccato
jumble of barely discernible or indecipherable words and phrases. Add to
this the fact that a number of Price's films exist only as originals, with
their many splices seemingly wanting to break at any moment, and you have a
cinema perpetually on the brink of collapse, both metaphorically and
literally." Price: "I promised myself I wouldn't leave Boston until I made
my dent…That was 20 years ago…Time roles and unravels…I've always tried to
collaborate with the situation here and I continue to try and participate…"
Films to be shown include MEAT SITUATION 04 (1999), ERUPTION ERECTION
(1990), HOME (1999), YELLOW GOODBYE (1998), RUN (1994), JELLY FISH SANDWICH
(1994), CLOWN PART ONE (1992), I'LL CRY TOMORROW (1999), DEAD RINGER
(1999), RITUAL 692 (1999) and SODOM (1989). First Person Cinema takes place
at the Muenzinger Auditorium on the University of Colorado-Boulder campus.
For more information, contact hea...@colorado.edu.
3/20
Buffalo, New York: Squeaky Wheel
http://www.squeaky.org/
CITYMORPH: CIRCLE'S SHORT CIRCUIT
7:30pm: As part of Squeaky Wheel's CITYMORPH festival, a screening of
Caspar Stracke's CIRCLE'S SHORT CIRCUIT. Also: a preview of Leah Rekow's
HERE, THERE, ELSEWHERE. This event will take place in Squeaky Wheel's
Sandra Fisher Kitaj Cinema 2000, 175 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York. For
more information, call (716) 884- 7172.
3/20
New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University
THE BLACK MARIA FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL
6:30pm: Black Maria (launching its 19th year) has become the premiere
traveling showcase for independent film, especially experimental film and
video. Tonight's program, selected by John Columbus, will feature short
experimental films and videos. This event will take place at Rutgers
University, The Civic Building, Room 326, 33 Livingston Avenue, New
Brunswick, New Jersey. For more information, call (732) 932-2222, extention
791.
3/20
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
HAVANA FILM FESTIVAL: DAY THREE
At 7pm: Héctor Veitia, Mayra Segura, Mayra Vilasís, Mario Crespo and Ana
Rodri's MUJER TRANSPARENTE / TRANSPARENT WOMAN (1990), Estela Bravo's NIÑOS
DESAPARECIDOS / THE CHILDREN THAT DISAPPEARED (1985), Marisol Trujillo's
MUJER ANTE EL ESPEJO / WOMAN IN THE MIRROR (1983) and Jorge Valdés's
FILMINUTO #31 (1994). At 7:30pm: Gerardo Chijona's EL DESAYUNO MÀS CARO DEL
MUNDO / THE MOST EXPENSIVE BREAKFAST IN THE WORLD (1989), Juan Carlos
Tabio's DOLLY BACK (1986), Juan Carlos Cremata's OSCUROS RINOCERONTES /
DARK JAILED RHINOCEROS (1990), Manuel Marzel's EVIDENTEMENTE COMIERON
CHOCOLATES SUIZOS / EVIDENTLY THEY ATE SWISS CHOCOLATES (1990), Arturo
Sotto Diaz's TALCO PARA LOS NEGROS / TALCUM FOR THE BLACKS (1992) and Mario
Rivas's FILMINUTO #32 (1994). At 9pm: Jose Masip's HISTORIA DE UN BALLET /
HISTORY OF A BALLET (1979), Gerardo Chijona's KID CHOCOLATE (1982), Rebeca
Chaves's BUSCANDO CHANO POZO / LOOKING FOR CHANO POZO (1987), Mayra
Vilasís's YO SOY LA CANCION QUE CANTO / I AM THE SONG THAT I SING (1985)
and Tulio Raggi's FILMINUTO #33 (1994). At 9:30pm: Shorts from Escuela
Internacional de Cine y TV (EICTV) / International School of Film and
Television, San Antonio de los Baños. Anthology is located at 32 2nd
Avenue, New York; for more information, call (212) 505-5181.
3/20
New York, New York: Museum of Modern Art
http://www.sirius.com/%7Esstark/org/moma/moma.html
VIDEO VIEWPOINTS: RAPTURE
6pm: A screening of RAPTURE (1999), directed by Shirin Neshat. Video
installation artist and photographer Neshat now lives and works in New
York, but was born in Qazvin, Iran. She is known for her compelling, large,
black-and-white photographs and video projection installations that
dramatically reimagine Iranian culture. Neshat's TURBULENT (1998) won the
First International Prize in last year's Venice Biennale. This event will
take place at the Titus 2 Theater, the Museum of Modern Art, 11 West 53
Street, New York City. For more information, call (212) 708-9400.
3/20
Sydney, Australia : Side On Cafe
http://www.side-on.com.au
A MIXED BAG
8pm: A mixed bag of shorts covering a broad spectrum in style and theme.
All shot on 16mm and 35mm, including TULIP, a short film written and
directed by Academy Award Nominee Rachel Griffiths. Side On Cafe is located
at 83 Parramatta Road Annandale Sydney NSW. For more information, contact
Luke at 9519 0055.
3/20
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York: Ocularis
http://www.billburg.com/ocularis/
SILENTS PLEASE: FAUST
8:30pm: The expressionist masterpiece FAUST (1926) was the last of F.W.
Murnau's German super-productions. The film was shot in stunning
chiaroscuro black and white by the great Karl Freund, and starred Emil
Jannings as Mephistopheles and Gosta Ekman as the eponymous
scholar/pact-maker. Live accompaniment by DJ Kaz spinning electronic music
and avant-garde jazz. Ocularis is at Galapagos Art and Performance Space,
70 North 6th Street (between Wythe and Kent Avenues) in Williamsburg,
Brooklyn. For more information, call (718) 388-8713.
TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2000
3/21
Bennington, Vermont: Bennington College
THE BLACK MARIA FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL
7pm: Black Maria (launching its 19th year) has become the premiere
traveling showcase for independent film, especially experimental film and
video. Tonight's program, selected by John Columbus, will feature short
experimental films and videos. This event will take place at Tishman
Auditorium of Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont. For more
information, call (802) 440-4549.
3/21
Berkeley, California: Pacific Film Archive
http://www.uampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa/
LARRY JORDAN: A MOSAIC OF PERSONAL SELECTIONS
7:30pm: Larry Jordan in person. The short films presented tonight were
selected by Larry Jordan and Steve Anker, Director of San Francisco
Cinematheque, on the occasion of Jordan's retirement from the faculty of
the San Francisco Art Institute. The program is focused on Jordan's
complex, magical collage animations, which largely draw on Victorian
engravings to create dreamlike fantasies, film-poems, and allegories. They
have been compared to "a Joseph Cornell box come to life," and in fact
Jordan worked with collage-master Cornell in the sixties. Jordan has
remarked, "The basic act in my work is of freeing the objects from the
chains of convention and connotation. The whole thing is symbolic of the
surrealist philosophy, which, by definition, is inexplicable." Central to
the Bay Area film community since 1955, and one of the founding directors
of Canyon Cinema Cooperative, Jordan is a prolific artist whose unique work
also will be showcased in three programs at the San Francisco Cinematheque
on March 19, 23, and 26. Works to be screened tonight include DUO
CONCERTANTES (1964), OUR LADY OF THE SPHERES (1969), ORB (1973), ONCE UPON
A TIME (1974), MASQUERADE (1981) and THE VISIBLE COMPENDIUM (1991). The
Pacific Film Archive is located at 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. For more
information, call (510) 642-5249.
3/21
Long Beach, California: California State University at Long Beach
http://www.somaglow.com/madcat/
MADCAT FILM FESTIVAL
7pm: The MadCat Film festival presents INTERIOR WORLDS, a program of films
which take a humorous and sometimes shocking look at the human psyche.
Taiwnese filmmaker Charlene Shih's animated film WOMEN follows the journey
of a modern Chinese girl as she grows up. Barbara Albert's stunning first
narrative THE FRUIT OF THY WOMB takes an unflinching look at a world of
mainly catholic imaginations and symbols, "a world between frightening
bogey men and flying Christ childs." CARS WILL MAKE YOU FREE is a
hilariously deadpan take on America's favorite addiction. Kimi Takasue's
ROSEWATER explores one man's struggles to cultivate beauty in a desolate
urban world. Lonely and dislocated, he drifts in and out of a dream state
envisioning the promise of regeneration. CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP PARADE takes
a stop motion look at the sometimes horrific contents of one woman's
medicine cabinet. And Amy Harrison, the famed director of GUERRILLAS IN OUR
MIDST, presents her newest piece SAFETY IN NUMBERS. This event will take
place in the Graduate Center of California State University at Long Beach;
for more information, call (562) 985-4111 or e-mail Ariella Ben-Dov at
alio...@earthlink.net.
3/21
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
HAVANA FILM FESTIVAL: DAY FOUR
At 7pm: Rigoberto López's PUERTO PRINCIPE MIO / MY PRINCIPLE PORT (2000)
and EL VIAJE MAS LARGO / THE LONGEST JOURNEY (1993) and Mario Rivas'
FILMINUTO #25 (1991). At 7:30pm: Juan Padrón's VAMPIROS EN LA HABANA /
VAMPIRES IN HAVANA (1985), with various shorts by Padrón: FILMINUTO #1
(1980), FILMINUTO #2 (1980) and FILMINUTO #3 (1981). At 9pm: Oscar Valdés'
VAQUEROS DEL CAUTO / COWBOYS OF CAUTO (1965), Guillén Landriàn's COFFEA
ARABIGÁ / RAW COFFEE (1968), Marisol Trujillo's ORACIÓN / A PRAYER (1984),
Miriam Talavera's ESPIRAL / SPIRAL (1992) and YO SOY JUANA BACALLAO / I AM
JUANA BACALLAO (1989) and Tulio Raggi's FILMINUTO #30 (1994). At 9:30pm:
Octavio Cortazar's POR PRIMERA VEZ / FOR THE FIRST TIME (1967), Humberto
Solas' MANUELA (1966), Enrique Alvarez's SED / THIRST (1966) and Juan
Padrón, Mario Rivas and Tulio Raggi's FILMINUTO #22 (1990). Anthology is
located at 32 2nd Avenue, New York; for more information, call (212)
505-5181.
3/21
New York, New York: Robert Beck Memorial Cinema
http://www.crosswinds.net/~rbmc
MELINDA STONE'S TRAVELING SUPER-8 CIRCUS
9pm: Melinda Stone (San Francisco), 8mm impresario and amateur film scholar
comes to town to present a program of films culled from the Super-8
festival she organizes in San Francisco. Bound to be a whiz-bang selection
of great films, you sure don't want to miss this! Admission is $5. This
program will take place at Collective Unconscious 145 Ludlow Street, New
York City. For more information, contact Brian Frye at
frye...@redconnect.net or (718)622-5360.
3/21
Paris, France: Scratch Projections
http://www.sirius.com/~sstark/org/scratch/scr.html
CHROMATIC ARTICULATION: FILMS BY ARTHUR AND CORINNE CANTRILL
8pm: Australian filmmakers Arthur and Corinne Cantrill will introduce a
program including 3-colour separation films filmed on regular and hi-con
B&W negative and printed onto Eastmancolor stock, generating highly
saturated plays of out of gamut colour. They are CITY OF CHROMATIC
INTENSITY (will colour exist when there is no-one left to see it?), GARDEN
OF CHROMATIC DISTURBANCE (does colour exist where there is no light?), and
CITY OF CHROMATIC DISSOLUTION. Also AUTUMN STUDY: scenes in the house and
garden are filmed to suggest a tension between elegance and obsessive
repetition, underlined with repeated passages of music and garden sounds.
And two films shot on Super 8 and enlarged to 16mm: AIREY'S INLET: a
discontinuous frame-by-frame film of a coastal scene intercut with a
painting of the same landscape; JALAN RAYA, UBUD, which speaks of the
impact on traditional life in a Balinese village by tourism and traffic,
with repeated shots of the main street, single-frame impressions, and views
from a street-side café. This screening will take place at Scratch
Projections, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, 46, rue Quincampoix, 75004 Paris;
for more information, e-mail yann...@compuserve.com.
3/21
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
KING ANDERSON'S MORE ART THAN YOU EVER THOUGHT POSSIBLE!
8:30pm: King Anderson is Vancouver's premiere "art archivist," producing
smartly edited and thoughtful video records of art openings, gallery
exhibits and artists' works. This show is a testament to the incredible
amount of art being produced in Vancouver today and an overwhelming gesture
to the historicization of work that may be impossible to see in the future.
Included in tonight's show are ARTWALK, THE PAINTINGS OF PAUL HOWELLS, MY
FAVOURITE ARTIST: THE 1999 EAST SIDE CULTURE CRAWL and many more. Don't
miss this inspiring night of art and artists! This event is at the Blinding
Light, 36 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada; for more information, call
(604) 878-3366.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2000
3/22
Berkeley, California: Pacific Film Archive
http://www.uampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa/
DE WALKURE (THE VALKYRIE)
9:10pm: Steve Seid: "DE WALKURE (Frank and Koen Theys, 1989) is part two of
an irreverent and visually inventive adaptation of Wagner's DER RING DES
NIBELUNGEN. This arduous labor has been accomplished by Flemish artists
Frank and Koen Theys, whose earlier work, THE RHINEGOLD, angered some and
intrigued others among the keepers of the Ring. This sequel is no video
transposition of the classic opera, but a fully realized reinvention that
casts the action within pliable electronic space. Considering its reduction
to an 85-minute drama, Wagner's narrative has been left intact; we see the
raging Wotan, the vengeful Hunding, the star-crossed Sieglinde and
Siegmund, an obdurate Fricka, and the torn Brunnhilde. The Theys' interest
is not in Wagner, per se, but in their interpretation of Wagner.
Personalizing the themes of obedience and power, love and loss, they see
Wotan representing a fading culture; Sieglinde and Siegmund seek liberation
from this patriarchal force and at one point merge bodies, forming a being
with a woman's head and a man's voice. During their fearsome ride, the
Valkyrie are depicted as a troop of inflatable sex dolls, grotesquely
expressing their dual nature. In DE WALKURE, the Theys have employed
video's properties, fashioning a clever and audacious work that rings
true." The Pacific Film Archive is located at 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley.
For more information, call (510) 642-5249.
3/22
Berkeley, California: Pacific Film Archive
http://www.uampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa/
THROUGH THE REARVIEW MIRROR: FLEMISH FILM AND VIDEO ART, 1989-1998
7:30pm: Curator Paul Willemsen in person. Steve Seid: "There are no tulips,
Belgian chocolates, or lowlander windmills, no plays on cliches and nothing
provincial in these works by Flemish media artists. Rather, it is a worldly
lot, savvy about issues both EC and PC, and sustained by a
cross-disciplinary mix of visual arts, pop music, dance, opera, and film.
Tonight's richly varied program illustrates the rigor, originality, and
aesthetic shrewdness of Flemish experimental media arts. Whether it be the
Beirut-based plea for political change brilliantly mapped across the music
video form in Hänzel and Gretzel's BIBA NON BIBA (1994), or the strange
anthropological tale of an inebriated singer from Ecuador in Peter
Brosens's EL CAMINO DEL TIEMPO (1993); the spiraling symmetry of Ana
Torfs's dizzying CONDITION (1995), or the unruly story of everyday
surrealism in Karen Vanderborght's WHAT DOES SHE SEE WHEN SHE SHUTS HER
EYES (1995/96), these contemporary works have no problem arguing that
objects [of art] are always bigger than they appear in the rearview
mirror." Other works on the program include: J'ESPÈRE QUE VOUS ALLEZ BIEN
by Boris Van der Avoort (1998); KOBARWENG, OR WHERE IS YOUR HELICOPTER? by
Johan Grimonprez (1992); ENTARTEMENT BILL GATES by Noël Godin (1998); and
RUE DE L'AVENIR by Philippe Van Damme (1993). The Pacific Film Archive is
located at 2575 Bancroft Way, Berkeley. For more information, call (510)
642-5249.
3/22
Chicago, Illinois: Eye and Ear Clinic
BROKEN MUSIC
4:30pm: BROKEN MUSIC, programmed by Astria Suparak, Film Program Director
at Pratt Institute of Art and Design, deals with altering technology and
musical instruments for the use of sound art or music. Works by Christian
Marclay, Barry Schwartz, Sonic Youth, Steina Vasulka, and Voice Crack. This
event will be held at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Screening
Room 1311, 13th Floor, 112 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago. For more
information, contact Kenny Eisenstein at (312) 345-3588.
3/22
Houston, Texas: Aurora Picture Show
http://www.aurorapictureshow.org
FOTOFEST 2000 / LOVERS FIGHTERS AND WILD BULL RIDERS: NEW PERCEPTIONS OF
THE OLD WEST
7pm: Watch as narrative, documentary, and experimental film and video
makers borrow and pervert common Western themes. For more information, see
March 19.
3/22
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
HAVANA FILM FESTIVAL: DAY FIVE
At 7pm: Juan Padrón's ELPIDIO VALDES (1979), Manuel Marzel's A NORMAN
MCLAREN / TO NORMAN MCLAREN (1990) and Mario Rivas' FILMINUTO #26 (1991).
At 7:30pm: Héctor Veitia, Mayra Segura, Mayra Vilasís, Mario Crespo and Ana
Rodri's MUJER TRANSPARENTE / TRANSPARENT WOMAN (1990), Estela Bravo's NIÑOS
DESAPARECIDOS / THE CHILDREN THAT DISAPPEARED (1985), Marisol Trujillo's
MUJER ANTE EL ESPEJO / WOMAN IN THE MIRROR (1983) and Jorge Valdés's
FILMINUTO #31 (1994). At 9pm: Jose Masip's HISTORIA DE UN BALLET / HISTORY
OF A BALLET (1979), Gerardo Chijona's KID CHOCOLATE (1982), Rebeca Chaves's
BUSCANDO CHANO POZO / LOOKING FOR CHANO POZO (1987), Mayra Vilasís's YO SOY
LA CANCION QUE CANTO / I AM THE SONG THAT I SING (1985) and Tulio Raggi's
FILMINUTO #33 (1994). At 9:30pm: Gerardo Chijona's EL DESAYUNO MÀS CARO DEL
MUNDO / THE MOST EXPENSIVE BREAKFAST IN THE WORLD (1989), Juan Carlos
Tabio's DOLLY BACK (1986), Juan Carlos Cremata's OSCUROS RINOCERONTES /
DARK JAILED RHINOCEROS (1990), Manuel Marzel's EVIDENTEMENTE COMIERON
CHOCOLATES SUIZOS / EVIDENTLY THEY ATE SWISS CHOCOLATES (1990), Arturo
Sotto Diaz's TALCO PARA LOS NEGROS / TALCUM FOR THE BLACKS (1992) and Mario
Rivas's FILMINUTO #32 (1994). Anthology is located at 32 2nd Avenue, New
York; for more information, call (212) 505-5181.
3/22
New York, New York: Guggenheim Museum
http://www.guggenheim.org
PAIK AND THE WORLDS OF FILM AND VIDEO, 1965-1974: PROGRAM 5
6pm: In conjunction with the exhibition THE WORLDS OF NAM JUNE PAIK
(February 11-April 26), the Film and Media Arts Program at the Guggenheim
Museum will present PAIK AND THE WORLDS OF FILM AND VIDEO, 1965-1974, from
March 8 through March 25, 2000. The six-part film and video series
highlights the artist's single-channel videotapes and films within the
context of the cinematic avant-garde. Tonight's program will include ARNULF
RAINER (Peter Kubelka, 1960), BUTTON HAPPENING (Paik, ca. 1965), CATFOOD
(Joyce Wieland, 1968), HISTORY (Ernie Gehr, 1970) and ZEN FOR FILM (Paik,
1964). All films are shown in the Peter B. Lewis Theater at The Sackler
Center for Arts Education at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth
Avenue (at 89th street), New York City. For more information, please call
(212) 360-4321.
3/22
New York, New York: Experimental Intermedia
NOMADS AND RESIDENTS: TACTICAL NARRATIVE
7pm: Nomads and Residents is a forum for visitors in the arts: making
connections, supporting networks, setting up meetings. TACTICAL NARRATIVE
brings together Florian Wuest, Shelly Silver and Ashley Hunt for a
conversation on strategies of narrative in film and video work. Wuest will
show and talk about his recent experimental film OH MOTHER EARTH, DEAR
FATHERLAND (1999) addressing the iconography of remembrance in Germany.
Silver will talk about the permutating equation: camera + cameraperson +
subject=? She will present a group of three videos: MEET THE PEOPLE (1986),
37 STORIES ABOUT LEAVING HOME (1996) and WANT (2000). Ashley Hunt is
currently developing a body of work about Prison Privatization, tracing its
history and influence on public imagination as one of a number of forces
that desires a growing prison population. Among other material he will
present a trailer for the resulting video work. Nomads and residents will
take place at Experimental Intermedia, 224 Centre Street (between Canal and
Grand Street), 3rd floor, New York City. For more information or
suggestions for the program, e-mail nomadsr...@hotmail.com.
3/22
Ottawa, Canada: Available Light
STUCK ON STRUCTURALISM
8pm: An unremittingly rigorous program of new and rediscovered films and
videos. These works reflect upon the structure of their media as they move
from analog to digital: the camera lens, celluloid, magnetization, editing
on a flatbed, editing on AVID. Latent content includes dreams, death,
highways, pornography and forgetting. Curated by Laura Marks for Available
Light. Works will include FUTURE PERFECT (Grahame Weinbren and Roberta
Friedman, 1980), GENTLY DOWN THE STREAM (Su Friedrich, 1983), NOEMA (Scott
Stark, 1997), DÉCONSTRUCTION (Remi Lacoste, 1997), THE ALIEN SEAMAN (Gary
Kibbins, 1998), the 400 SERIES by Leslie Peters (401:01 [1998], DVP:01
[1998] and DRIFT [1999]) and LOCKED GROOVE (Caspar Stracke, 1999). This
event will take place at Club SAW, 47 Nicholas Street, Ottawa, Canada.
3/22
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: University Of The Arts College Of Art and
Design
THE BLACK MARIA FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL
8pm: Black Maria (launching its 19th year) has become the premiere
traveling showcase for independent film, especially experimental film and
video. Tonight's program, selected by John Columbus, will feature short
experimental films and videos. This event will take place at the CBS
Auditorium of the University Of The Arts College Of Art and Design at Broad
and Pine Streets in Philadelphia. For more information, call (215)
717-6307.
3/22
Rochester, New York : George Eastman House
http://www.eastman.org
LAND WITHOUT BREAD AND SIMON OF THE DESERT
8pm: Screenings of two Luis Buñuel films. LAND WITHOUT BREAD (LAS
HURDES:TIERRA SIN PAN, 1932): As with any Buñuel film, LAS HURDES is a
pleasurably baffling experience. Reportedly financed by a friend's lottery
winnings, this "documentary" tells the brutal story of the poorest of
Spain's people. The aloof voice-over magnifies the tragedy while taking a
stiff jab at academia. Plus, SIMON OF THE DESERT (SIMON DEL DESIERTO,
1965): This mini-masterpiece is the story of a fifth-century saint who, in
an attempt to get closer to God, stands atop a pillar in the middle of the
desert...for 37 years. This is classic Buñuel, and what an ending! This
screening will take place at the Dryden Theater at the George Eastman
House, 900 East Avenue Rochester, NY. For more information, call (716)
271-4090.
3/22
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
BYO8
8:30pm: Did you notice that this isn't a Thursday night? We thought we'd
break with tradition for a change and maybe all you folks who work Thursday
nights can finally make it to Bring Your Own Film Night, a chance to show
off the good, bad and ugly of local film and video works as well as those
old home movies, found movies and favourite clips. Let's keep it under ten
minutes a piece, folks (excerpts are accepted). Give us your VHS, Super 8
and 16mm and let it loose on the big screen ($3 to get in if you're
carrying)! This event is at the Blinding Light, 36 Powell Street,
Vancouver, BC, Canada; for more information, call (604) 878-3366.
3/22
West Hartford, Connecticut: Hartford Art School, University Of Hartford
THE BLACK MARIA FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL
7:30pm: Black Maria (launching its 19th year) has become the premiere
traveling showcase for independent film, especially experimental film and
video. Tonight's program, selected by John Columbus, will feature short
experimental films and videos. This event will take place at the University
Of Hartford's Wilde Auditorium, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford,
Connecticut. For more information, call (203) 243-4393.
THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2000
3/23
Buffalo, New York: Squeaky Wheel
http://www.squeaky.org/
CITYMORPH: SUPER-8 WORLD TOUR
8pm: Melinda Stone's Super Super-8 World Tour screened at Cornershop. This
event will take place in Squeaky Wheel's Sandra Fisher Kitaj Cinema 2000,
175 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York. For more information, call (716)
884- 7172.
3/23
Chicago, Illinois: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
http://www1.artic.edu/saic/art/filmcntr/
WOMEN IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR: EARTH KAZOO: NEW ANIMATION
8pm: An eclectic program of entertaining and out of the ordinary animated
shorts by cutting edge animators from Illinois, Europe, Canada, and South
America. Meredith Hoch's INCH BY INCH is a biting satire on New York mayor
Rudy Guiliani's tough police tactics while Lesley McCubbin's MEN WITH TIES
takes a quirky and amusing look at yuppie materialism. MOBY RICHARD by
Emily Breer is an unconventional revisionist view of Melville's literary
classic and German animator Maya Nagel's THE FIRST TIME takes a fascinating
approach to the subject of evolution. Other films include THE NEIGHBORHOOD
CAT by Sarah Jane Lapp, SURVIVORS by Shelia Sofian, ROOST by Amy Kravitz,
IN BETWEEN by Anna Minkkinen, FETUS KAZOO by local filmmaker Janice
Inskeep, PAULINA Y EL CONDOR by Bolivian Marisol Barragan, and a pair of
Canadian films, CANDY KISSES by Allyson Mitchel and WHEN THE DAY BREAKS by
Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis. This screening will take place at the Film
Center for The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbus Drive at
Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL. For more information, call (312) 345-3588.
3/23
Kingston, Rhode Island: University of Rhode Island
http://www.uri.edu/personal/vwi1087u/index.html
EXPERIENCED THROUGH TIME: SYNESTHESIA IN FILM AND VIDEO
7pm: As part of their SYNESTHESIA IN FILM AND VIDEO program, screenings of
PHOTOHELIOGRAPH (Jim Flannery, 1995), #3 (Joost Rekveld, 1994), THE SOUND
OF HIS FACE (Scott Stark), CHROMESTHETIC RESPONSE (Stark), EYE MUSIC (Joel
Schlemowitz, 1997), ÜBEL (Schlemowitz, 1992), INVITATION TO A VOYAGE
(Schlemowitz, 1997), 5 MOVEMENTS (Konrad Steiner), and NOCTURNE NOS. 1 AND
2 (Sheri Wills, 1999). Also a video installation from March 23-26,
featuring 49 WALTZES FOR THE FIVE BOROUGHS FOR PERFORMER(S) OR LISTENER(S)
OR RECORD MAKER(S) (Roberta Friedman, Don Gillespie, Gene Caprioglio,
1997), STRETTO (Ron Hutt, 2000), BERLIN: SYMPHONY OF A GREAT CITY (Walter
Ruttmann,1927), OPUS I (Ruttmann, 1923) and films by Oskar Fischinger on
laserdisk. This event will take place at the University of Rhode Island's
Fine Arts Center Galleries, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, Rhode Island.
For more information contact Sheri Wills at sheri...@uri.edu or (401)
874-4823.
3/23
Madison, Wisconsin: Starlight Cinema
http://rso.union.wisc.edu/wud/web/film/starlight.html
SEXUALITY MANFUNCTIONED
9pm: Guest curator Astria Suparak in attendance. (Performance) Anxiety,
ambivalence, anticipation. Some works use found footage and pornography.
Includes work by Peggy Ahwesh, Miranda July, Jennifer Reeves, Stephanie
Barber, Laura Barnes, and Karen Yasinsky. This program will take place at
the Fredric March Play Circle, the second floor of the Memorial Union,
University of Wisconsin at Madison, 800 Langdon Street, Madison. Admission
is free. For more information, call (608) 262-6333.
3/23
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Walker Art Center
http://www.walkerart.org/jsindex.html
NEW MEDIA WORKSHOP
6pm: In conjunction with the Women with Vision festival of film and video,
join Walker New Media designer Trudy Lane for a workshop focusing on
digital media works by women artists. Walker events coordinator-digital
video editor Eleanor Savage will talk about the compression of audio and
video when streaming media for the Web. This event will take place at the
Walker Art Center, at the corner of Vineland Place and Lyndale Avenue
South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. For more information, call (612) 375-7615.
3/23
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
HAVANA FILM FESTIVAL: DAY SIX
At 7pm: Santiago Alvarez's CICLÓN / HURRICANE (1963), Sara Gomez's Y
TENEMOS SABOR / AND WE HAVE SOUL (1967), Miriam Talavera's UNO, DOS, ESO
ES…/ ONE, TWO, THAT'S IT… (1986) and ACERCA DE UN PERSONAJE QUE UNOS LLAMA
SAN LÁZARO Y OTRO BABALÚ / CONCERNING A PERSONALITY THAT SOME CALL SAINT
LAZARUS AND OTHERS BABALÚ (1988) and Mario García Montes' FILMINUTO #29
(1993). At 7:30pm: Santiago Alvarez's NOW (1965), Tomas Gutierrez Alea's EL
ARTE DEL TABACO / THE ART OF TOBACCO (1974), Orlando Roja's A VECES MIRO MI
VIDA / SOMETIMES I LOOK AT MY LIFE (1981) and Juan Padrón, Mario Rivas and
Tulio Raggi's FILMINUTO #22 (1990), At 9pm: Daniel Díaz Torres' QUIEREMES Y
VERAS / LOVE ME AND YOU WILL SEE (1995), Fernando Pérez's MADAGASCAR (1995)
and Mario Rivas' FILMINUTO #27 (1992). At 9:30pm: Rigoberto López's YO SOY
DEL SON A LA SALSA / I AM THE SON OF SALSA (1996) and Mario Rivas's
FILMINUTO #24 (1991). Anthology is located at 32 2nd Avenue, New York; for
more information, call (212) 505-5181.
3/23
New York, New York: The Kitchen
http://www.thekitchen.org
DIGITAL H@PPY HOUR
5:30pm: Rhizome.org curates a series of Kitchen-hosted events where
Internet artists show and talk about their online artwork. The setting for
Digital H@ppy Hour is The Kitchen's second floor theater, transformed into
a wired lounge environment with refreshments and libations. The Kitchen is
located at 512 West 19th Street, New York City. For more information, call
(212) 255-5793.
3/23
New York, New York: Whitney Museum Film and Video Department
http://www.sirius.com/%7Esstark/org/whitney
WHITNEY BIENNIAL FILM PROGRAM: THURSDAY
At 2pm: AMERICAN LIFE, including: Nic Nicosia's MIDDLETOWN (1997), an
extended, single-shot digital video in which the camera repeatedly loops
around Nicosia's suburban Dallas neighborhood, taking in events both
mundane and slightly bizarre; Robin Bernat's EFFORTLESS: THREE PRELUDES BY
CHOPIN (1998), a beautiful portrait of an oscillating lawn sprinkler that
through manipulation of form and image takes on a heightened significance;
Chris Sullivan's CONSUMING SPIRITS: PART ONE (1997-2000), an exploration
into the artist's roots, which shifts between aural and visual vignettes to
create an overwhelming atmosphere of loss and inevitability; and Yvonne
Welbon's LIVING WITH PRIDE: RUTH ELLIS @ 100 (1999), a biography of Ruth
Ellis, a centenarian African-American lesbian, covering a time span from
World War I through the Civil Rights movement to the women's and gay and
lesbian liberation movements. At 6:10pm: Harmony Korine's GUMMO (1998):
Shot in Tennessee, where Korine grew up, and using mostly family, friends
and local residents, GUMMO presents a series of dispassionate vignettes
that explore the historical identity and daily concerns and desires of its
working- class characters. For full details and program schedule, or
further information, contact the Film and Video Department at the Whitney
Museum of American Art at (212) 570-3617 or (212) 570-7754.
3/23
Paris, France: Centre Pompidou Cinéma du musée
NEW ACQUISITIONS: FILMS BY ARTHUR AND CORINNE CANTRILL
8pm: Australian filmmakers Arthur and Corinne Cantrill will introduce their
films: CORPOREAL, (2-screen) a study in body/breath/camera movements. The
camera used as an extension of the body, moving to the rhythms of the
breath. STUDIES IN IMAGE (DE)GENERATION, 1901 Australian ethnographic
footage optically printed to suggest the fragility of human cultures and
the fragility of film and film history (2-screen) and HEAT SHIMMER, a
3-colour separation shot in Central Australia in which shimmering caused by
rising hot air variably refracts the light reflecting from the landscape.
Other films in the program are MYSELF WHEN FOURTEEN a rotoscope/optical
printer analysis of movement in footage shot 20 years previously, which is
also an investigation of the ways the human face is read and recognised.
ARTICULATED IMAGE, a discontinuous frame-by-frame film of a banana palm lit
by a decorative lead-light window, IVOR PAINTS ARF ARF, a 3-colour
separation film shot on hi-con B&W negative and printed onto Eastmancolor
stock, generating highly saturated plays of out of gamut colour, and
ILLUMINATIONS OF THE MUNDANE: brief, ambiguous details of obliquely lit
objects and patches of textured light, with wind-blown shadows, in the
house and garden. This event will take place at the Centre Pompidou Cinéma
du musée in Paris; for more information, e-mail
jean-miche...@cnac-gp.fr.
3/23
Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts
THE BLACK MARIA FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL
8pm: Black Maria (launching its 19th year) has become the premiere
traveling showcase for independent film, especially experimental film and
video. Tonight's program, selected by John Columbus, will feature short
experimental films and videos. This event will take place at the Virginia
Museum Of Fine Arts Auditorium at Boulevard And Grove in Richmond,
Virginia. For more information, call (804) 367-0817.
3/23
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Cinematheque
http://www.sfcinematheque.org
LAWRENCE JORDAN PROGRAM 3
7:30pm: Cinematheque's Steve Anker selects SOPHIE'S PLACE (1986) and
VISIONS OF A CITY (1957/78). Jordan: "A culmination of five years' work.
Full hand-painted cut-out animation. Totally unplanned, unrehearsed
development of scenes under the camera, yet with more ‘continuity' than any
of my previous animations, while meditating on some phase of my life. I
call it an ‘alchemical autobiography.'" This event will take place at the
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, 701 Mission Street, San Francisco. For
more information, call the Cinematheque at (415) 558-8129.
3/23
San Jose, California: Cine16
http://www.cine16.com/
THREE WHO DARED: BURKE, WILLS, AND AMUNDSEN
7pm: The BBC and Westdeutscher Rundfunk co-funded producer Michael Latham's
series TEN WHO DARED (1976), consisting of ten dramatized adventures of
various explorers dating from Columbus to Amundsen, each approximately 50
minutes in duration. Characterized by outstanding location cinematography
using hand-held cameras, ethnographic elements, and narration based on
actual diaries, the series consisted of a chronicle of travels in
difficult-to-film areas on several continents. The series is far better, in
both cognitive and affective senses, than many other historical ed films of
the period. A year ago, almost to the date, we showed David McCallum's
CHARLES DOUGHTY and ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT, directed by Fred Burnley, who
died from a lung disorder caused by exposure to bat guano in an enclosed
cave while making the film. Tonight's film were made, again, under trying
circumstances. BURKE AND WELLS: 1860 (Tony Snowdon, 1976): Erstwhile stills
photographer Tony Armstrong-Jones, and lately husband of Princess Margaret
was also a filmmaker, and here, teamed with master cinematographer Gary
Hansen, he captures the fanciful and awful story of these two legendary
Australian explorers on their ill-fated expedition from Cooper's Creek to
northern ocean, filmed in the glorious outback. Also ROALD AMUNDSEN: 1911
(David Cobham, 1978): Damn cold, and striking. Cine 16 is held at the
Agenda Restaurant and Lounge, 399 South First Street, San Jose, California,
and admission is free.
3/23
Seattle, Washington: 911 Media Arts Center
http://www.911media.org/
WE SPEAK FOR THE TREES
8pm: Forests are sacred places worth defending! Tonight's collection of
documentaries depict the mighty grace and power of our ancient wilderness
and detail the struggles of strong-minded individuals who put their bodies
at risk to save the earth. ANCIENT FORESTS: THE POWER OF PLACE: With
stunning footage of the few remaining ancient forests and compelling
testimony from an historian, conservationists, Native Americans, community
leaders and others, this program explores the values of these forests.
Leading the viewer through landmark decisions in the history of our
National Forests, ANCIENT FORESTS is an urgent call to action to protect
the public forests which remain at risk of destruction. FIRE IN THE EYES:
It's just an ordinary day at the offices of Pacific Lumber. Until a band of
non-violent young environmentalists drag a giant stump into the lobby and
chain themselves to it. The protest turns ugly when police officers first
recourse is to swab pepper spray directly into the protester's eyes. The
police call it "pain compliance," the protesters call it torture. LUNA: THE
STAFFORD GIANT TREE SIT: For two years, Julia "Butterfly" had an unusual
housing situation. Living in the Headland Forest's Stafford Giant tree,
dubbed Luna by her friends, Julia garnered worldwide media attention about
the logging industry in this Northern California Forest. Julia survived
severe windstorms, helicopters, surly loggers and oceans of sap to make the
trees heard over the buzz of chain saws. This event will be held at 911
Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave N., Seattle; for more information, call
(206) 682-6552.
3/23
Seattle, Washington: The Northwest Film Forum / Little Theatre
http://www.somaglow.com/madcat/
MADCAT FILM FESTIVAL
The The MadCat Film festival presents two programs, LOST IN TRANSLATION and
INTERIOR WORLDS, during a four-day run at the Little Theatre in Seattle.
For more information, contact Ariella Ben-Dov at alio...@earthlink.net.
3/23
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
MIKE SCHERTZER'S EVIDENCE
8:30pm: Cannibal hearts, punishment trees, exhausted angels...this is all
part of EVIDENCE, a clandestine manuscript by Vancouver poet and visual
artist Mike Schertzer. Known for his ability to deposit an audience into
another world, whether they want to go or not, Schertzer uses visual
collages assembled from found-slides, film trailers, and other sources
edited into a fluid visual counterpoint to the text by Vancouver video
artist Joel Snowden, effectively creating a post-narrative world that is
both frightening and seductive. This will be the only Vancouver performance
so don't miss it! Mike Schertzer is probably best know for setting the
record for the longest reading of original work in Canadian history (10
hours). His published books of poetry include SHORT FILMS FROM THE 14TH
CENTURY, and A PERSONAL DICTIONARY. His collection of negated (overpainted)
books (the Negatextual Resource Center) and examples of his unique collage
on glass technique (sublimage) have been exhibited in Vancouver and
Toronto. This event is at the Blinding Light, 36 Powell Street, Vancouver,
BC, Canada; for more information, call (604) 878-3366.
3/23
West Hartford, Connecticut: Hartford Art School, University Of Hartford
THE BLACK MARIA FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL
7:30pm: Black Maria comes to West Hartford, Connecticut. For more
information, see March 22.
FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2000
3/24
Amherst, Massachusetts: Amherst College
THE BLACK MARIA FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL
7:30pm: Black Maria (launching its 19th year) has become the premiere
traveling showcase for independent film, especially experimental film and
video. Tonight's program, selected by John Columbus, will feature short
experimental films and videos. This event will take place at Amherst
College's Stirn Auditorium in Amherst, Massachusetts. For more information,
call (413) 542-2422.
3/24
Buffalo, New York: Squeaky Wheel
http://www.squeaky.org/
CITYMORPH: DEMO-SALON
8pm: A DEMO-SALON at Squeaky Wheel, featuring the following performances:
The Critical Art Ensemble performs CULT OF THE NEW EVE; Barbara Lattanzi
performs WILDERNESS PUPPETS; Caroline Koebel performs ALIEN AUDIO SYSTEMS;
and Ryan Schoelerman performs RADIO ANTENNAE MUSIC. Also, screenings of
Laura McGough's web journal NOMADS, Leah Rekow's A TRIP TO THE EDGE OF
NOWHERE and Squeaky Wheel's WEB MUSEUM. This event will take place in
Squeaky Wheel's Sandra Fisher Kitaj Cinema 2000, 175 Elmwood Avenue,
Buffalo, New York. For more information, call (716) 884- 7172.
3/24
Buffalo, New York: Squeaky Wheel
http://www.squeaky.org/
CITYMORPH: LEAH GILLIAM AND MARY FLANAGAN
5:30pm: The opening of works by Leah Gilliam and Mary Flanagan at CEPA
Gallery, including Gilliam's APESHIT V3 and Flanagan's PHAGE: A CREATIVE
VIRUS. This event will take place at CEPA Gallery, 617 Main Street, Suite
201, Buffalo, New York. For more information, call Squeaky Wheel at (716)
884- 7172.
3/24
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Film Archive
http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org/
CINÉMA VÉRITÉ: DEFINING THE MOMENT (1999)
9pm: Director Peter Wintonick in person. This unique feature documentary
investigates the history and contemporary legacy of the revolution in
nonfiction filmmaking known as cinéma vérité. Covering the period between
1958 and 1968, when documentary film was throwing off its heavy technical
ballast and discovering its subjective freedom, Wintonick's film follows
the geographic development of the genre, from the Cinéma Direct movement in
Quebec and Cinéma Vérité in France to Candid Eye in Canada and Free Cinema
in the United Kingdom. Through interviews with the prime practitioners of
this movement (Perrault, Brault, Leacock, Pennebaker, Wiseman, Koenig, et
al.) and their heirs (Barbara Kopple, Roman Kroiter, Gillian Caldwell), as
well as numerous extracts from their films, CINÉMA VÉRITÉ questions this
revolutionary movement and examines the impact it continues to exert today.
This screening will take place at the Archive, the Carpenter Center for the
Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street, Cambridge. For more information, call the
Archive at (617) 495-4700.
3/24
Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Filmmakers
http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/
MEMORY WORKS: FILM AND VIDEO BY MATTHIAS MÜLLER
7pm: Matthias Müller in Person! We are pleased to welcome German filmmaker
Matthias Müller to present three recent stunning films along with his new
video collaboration, a deconstruction and reconstruction of the films of
Alfred Hitchcock. Müller is an award-winning filmmaker whose work is marked
by a visual lushness and vibrancy which is uniquely suited to his constant
themes of memory, time, and place. "The wonder of Matthias Müller's
experimental film work comes from letting you into this most private of all
private worlds, the diary where memory and desire are layered one on top of
the other. Non-linear but intensely dramatic, visually complicated but
emotionally direct, this remarkable cycle of work opens itself up to you
like a secret diary being read for the very first time" (Peter Goddard).
Program includes: ALPSEE (1995), PENSÃO GLOBO (1997), VACANCY (1998), and
PHOENIX TAPES (1999), made in collaboration with Christoph Girardet. This
event will be held in the Claudia Cassidy Theater of the Chicago Cultural
Center, 78 East Washington Street, Chicago. Admission is free. For more
information, call Chicago Filmmakers at (773) 293-1447.
3/24
Chicago, Illinois: School of the Art Institute of Chicago
http://www1.artic.edu/saic/art/filmcntr/
WOMEN IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR: FILM SHORTS: UNDER SURVEILLANCE
6pm: Ranging from suspense to documentary, these short subjects by women
filmmakers from the U.S. and Europe are a diverse and unique collection.
Local filmmaker Amie Siegel's THE SLEEPERS is an unsettling documentary
dealing with the subtly disturbing subject of voyeurism; the director uses
an objective camera to focus on the habits and rituals of unaware apartment
dwellers. Miranda July's suspense thriller THE AMATEURIST deals with
paranoia and the loss of personal identity. KAMAL/ABIGAIL, Laurie King's
moving account of two lost children, a feral girl in India, and a North
Carolina girl who disappeared in the woods, is a study of how social,
cultural, and physical factors determined their survival in extreme
circumstances. Other films include BARRED AND GAGGED by Carol Jacobsen,
REMOVED by Naomi Uman, and Dorothee Van den Berghe's BXL MINUIT. This
screening will take place at the Film Center for The School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, Columbus Drive at Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, IL. For
more information, call (312) 345-3588.
3/24
Madison, Wisconsin: Starlight Cinema
http://rso.union.wisc.edu/wud/web/film/starlight.html
SEXUALITY MANFUNCTIONED
9pm: Guest curator Astria Suparak in attendance. (Performance) Anxiety,
ambivalence, anticipation. For more details, see March 23, but be advised:
tonight's line-up will be different.
3/24
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
HAVANA FILM FESTIVAL: DAY SEVEN
At 7pm: Shorts from Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV (EICTV) /
International School of Film and Television, San Antonio de los Baños. At
7:30pm: Rigoberto López's PUERTO PRINCIPE MIO / MY PRINCIPLE PORT (2000)
and EL VIAJE MAS LARGO / THE LONGEST JOURNEY (1993) and Mario Rivas'
FILMINUTO #25 (1991). At 9pm: Juan Padrón's ELPIDIO VALDES (1979), Manuel
Marzel's A NORMAN MCLAREN / TO NORMAN MCLAREN (1990) and Mario Rivas'
FILMINUTO #26 (1991). At 9:30pm: Octavio Cortazar's POR PRIMERA VEZ / FOR
THE FIRST TIME (1967), Humberto Solas' MANUELA (1966), Enrique Alvarez's
SED / THIRST (1966) and Juan Padrón, Mario Rivas and Tulio Raggi's
FILMINUTO #22 (1990). Anthology is located at 32 2nd Avenue, New York; for
more information, call (212) 505-5181.
3/24
New York, New York: Guggenheim Museum
http://www.guggenheim.org
PAIK AND THE WORLDS OF FILM AND VIDEO, 1965-1974: PROGRAM 6
7pm: Tonight's program will include VARIATIONS ON JOHNNY CARSON VS.
CHARLOTTE MOORMAN (Paik, 1966), DIPLOTERATOLOGY (George Landow, 1967),
ARTIFICIAL LIGHT (Hollis Frampton, 1969), the FLUXFILM PROGRAM (various
artists, 1966-70) and WAITING FOR COMMERCIALS (Paik with Jud Yalkut, 1972).
All films are shown in the Peter B. Lewis Theater at The Sackler Center for
Arts Education at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue (at
89th street), New York City. For more information, please call (212)
360-4321.
3/24
New York, New York: The Kitchen
http://www.thekitchen.org
TV DINNER: SELECTED WORKS BY CHARLES ATLAS
6pm: TV DINNER is a series that invites groundbreaking video and digital
artists to show their work and share their thoughts in an informal setting
in the Kitchen's second-floor theater. The audience meets artists over
video screenings and a vegetarian buffet provided by a neighborhood
restaurant. Tonight, Film/video artist Charles Atlas returns to The Kitchen
for a showing of recent video works. Celebrated for his provocative vision
of the avant-garde dance and performance scene, Atlas investigates issues
of identity, gender, masquerade, and the passage of time in videos that
involve complex technical manipulation of the medium and multiple-channel
installations. Complimenting a gallery installation of newly restored
archival work, this event acknowledges The Kitchen's history of memorable
live art performances and its commitment to artists working in the newest
technologies. Reservations required. The Kitchen is located at 512 West
19th Street, New York City. For more information, call (212) 255-5793.
3/24
New York, New York: Whitney Museum Film and Video Department
http://www.sirius.com/%7Esstark/org/whitney
WHITNEY BIENNIAL FILM PROGRAM: FRIDAY
At noon: RE-THINKING DOCUMENTARY, including: Ruth Leitman's ALMA (1998), a
film essay about disavowal and discovery through the portrait of an
idiosyncratic Southern woman, Alma Thorpe, her daughter, and their learning
of dark family secrets. At 3pm: Elisabeth Subrin's SHULIE (1997), a precise
shot-for-shot, line-for-line re-creation of a little-known 1967 documentary
on Shulamith Firestone, a pivotal feminist writer; and Anne Makepeace's
BABY, IT'S YOU (1998), a document of an emotionally and physically painful
year in which Makepeace and her husband try to have a baby. For full
details and program schedule, or further information, contact the Film and
Video Department at the Whitney Museum of American Art at (212) 570-3617 or
(212) 570-7754.
3/24
Seattle, Washington: The Northwest Film Forum / Little Theatre
http://www.somaglow.com/madcat/
MADCAT FILM FESTIVAL
The The MadCat Film festival presents two programs, LOST IN TRANSLATION and
INTERIOR WORLDS, during a four-day run at the Little Theatre in Seattle.
For more information, contact Ariella Ben-Dov at alio...@earthlink.net.
3/24
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
BETTER DEAD THAN RED: PARANOID PROPAGANDA CLASSICS
8:30pm: Beware the Red Menace! As you all know, loose lips sink ships, but
we have to tell you about this one: another fabulous collection from San
Francisco collector Karl Cohen of rare shorts produced by the government
and Hollywood to instill fear and hatred of the enemies during the WWII and
the Cold War, as well as to promote "family values" on TV during the ‘50s,
‘60s and ‘70s. See the vicious cartoons (Superman, Bugs Bunny and more),
bizarre documentaries like HITLER LIVES and ATOMIC SURVIVAL and ancient
PSAs used to brainwash America! This event is at the Blinding Light, 36
Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada; for more information, call (604)
878-3366.
SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 2000
3/25
Buffalo, New York: Squeaky Wheel
http://www.squeaky.org/
CITYMORPH: MECHANICAL MEDIUM
8pm: Zoe Beloff and Ken Montgomery perform MECHANICAL MEDIUM. Co-sponsored
by Hallwalls. Also funded by the Experimental Television Center. This event
will take place in Squeaky Wheel's Sandra Fisher Kitaj Cinema 2000, 175
Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, New York. For more information, call (716) 884-
7172.
3/25
Buffalo, New York: Squeaky Wheel
http://www.squeaky.org/
CITYMORPH: PANEL DISCUSSION
2pm: A panel discussion on the future of moving images; panelists include
Barbara Lattanzi, Chris Hill, Caroline Koebel, Patrick Lichty, Laura
McGough, Ryan Schoelerman, Paul Vanouse and Faith Wilding. This event will
take place in Squeaky Wheel's Sandra Fisher Kitaj Cinema 2000, 175 Elmwood
Avenue, Buffalo, New York. For more information, call (716) 884- 7172.
3/25
Houston, Texas: Aurora Picture Show
http://www.aurorapictureshow.org
THE TARGET SHOOTS FIRST
7 and 9pm: Programmed by filmmaker Jenny Stark. Director and programmer
will be in attendance! In 1993, Christopher Wilcha, a recent college
graduate, took a job as a marketing assistant at Columbia House, the
grandaddy of record clubs. Apparently, his qualifications for the job
consisted of being a fan of the alternative rock group Nirvana, which was
in the process of changing the face of the music industry. Somehow, he
managed to videotape his entire tenure there, and the result is a personal
video journal that puts a whole new spin on corporate America. Hired for an
entry level position, circumstances conspire to create a short climb up the
corporate ladder for our hero/videomaker. Soon, Chris’ usefulness to the
mail-order giant becomes apparent; he finds himself in the hub of the
creation of the grunge catalog. Clueless bosses, feuds between the “suits”
and the "talent"...Wilcha molds his 9-to-5 job into a hip, riveting and
unlikely soap opera. The Aurora Picture Show is located at 800 Aurora
Street, Houston, Texas 77009. For more information, contact Andrea Grover
at gro...@aurorapictureshow.org or (713) 868-2101.
3/25
London, England: Exploding Cinema
http://www.backspace.org/exponet
FILMS, VIDEOS, PERFORMANCES, ETC.
8pm: The Exploding Cinema, London's premier eyegarden for low/no budget
work, will hold a show featuring films, videos, performances and all the
usual shenanigans. The Exploding Cinema is a wilfully unfunded collective
of film and video makers who've been running open access shows over the
past eight years. Each one incorporates 15-20 short films, videos and
related performances (gathered together through open submission), unrelated
competitions and prizes, an MC, a plethora of slides and loops projected
hither and thither, and refreshments aplenty. Tonight's fun will be held at
1001's, No. 1 Dray Walk, The Old Truman Brewery, 91 Brick Lane, London E1
6QN. For more information, e-mail Paul Tarragó at
mistral...@hotmail.com.
3/25
Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Cinematheque
http://www.wisc.edu/commarts/cinema.htm
ASIAN-AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL: SHORT FILMS
7:30pm: See the highlights from the Asian-American film festival circuit.
Titles to include LETTER BACK HOME, BRIGHTER MOON, EATING MANGO, and SKY
DYKING. This event will take place at the University of Wisconsin
Cinematheque, 4070 Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin.
For more information, call (608) 262-2277.
3/25
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
HAVANA FILM FESTIVAL: DAY EIGHT
At 2pm: Rigoberto López's YO SOY DEL SON A LA SALSA / I AM THE SON OF SALSA
(1996) and Mario Rivas's FILMINUTO #24 (1991). At 2:30pm: A dialogue with
Cuban Directors: an opportunity to speak with the filmmakers about their
technique and filmmaking in Cuba. At 4pm: Gerardo Chijona's EL DESAYUNO MÀS
CARO DEL MUNDO / THE MOST EXPENSIVE BREAKFAST IN THE WORLD (1989), Juan
Carlos Tabio's DOLLY BACK (1986), Juan Carlos Cremata's OSCUROS
RINOCERONTES / DARK JAILED RHINOCEROS (1990), Manuel Marzel's EVIDENTEMENTE
COMIERON CHOCOLATES SUIZOS / EVIDENTLY THEY ATE SWISS CHOCOLATES (1990),
Arturo Sotto Diaz's TALCO PARA LOS NEGROS / TALCUM FOR THE BLACKS (1992)
and Mario Rivas's FILMINUTO #32 (1994). At 4:30pm: A dialogue with Cuban
Directors: an opportunity to speak with the filmmakers about their
technique and filmmaking in Cuba. At 6pm: Oscar Valdés' VAQUEROS DEL CAUTO
/ COWBOYS OF CAUTO (1965), Guillén Landriàn's COFFEA ARABIGÁ / RAW COFFEE
(1968), Marisol Trujillo's ORACIÓN / A PRAYER (1984), Miriam Talavera's
ESPIRAL / SPIRAL (1992) and YO SOY JUANA BACALLAO / I AM JUANA BACALLAO
(1989) and Tulio Raggi's FILMINUTO #30 (1994). At 6:30pm: Santiago
Alvarez's CICLÓN / HURRICANE (1963), Sara Gomez's Y TENEMOS SABOR / AND WE
HAVE SOUL (1967), Miriam Talavera's UNO, DOS, ESO ES…/ ONE, TWO, THAT'S IT…
(1986) and ACERCA DE UN PERSONAJE QUE UNOS LLAMA SAN LÁZARO Y OTRO BABALÚ /
CONCERNING A PERSONALITY THAT SOME CALL SAINT LAZARUS AND OTHERS BABALÚ
(1988) and Mario García Montes' FILMINUTO #29 (1993). At 8pm: Juan Padrón's
VAMPIROS EN LA HABANA / VAMPIRES IN HAVANA (1985), with various shorts by
Padrón: FILMINUTO #1 (1980), FILMINUTO #2 (1980) and FILMINUTO #3 (1981).
At 8:30pm: Héctor Veitia, Mayra Segura, Mayra Vilasís, Mario Crespo and Ana
Rodri's MUJER TRANSPARENTE / TRANSPARENT WOMAN (1990), Estela Bravo's NIÑOS
DESAPARECIDOS / THE CHILDREN THAT DISAPPEARED (1985), Marisol Trujillo's
MUJER ANTE EL ESPEJO / WOMAN IN THE MIRROR (1983) and Jorge Valdés's
FILMINUTO #31 (1994). Anthology is located at 32 2nd Avenue, New York; for
more information, call (212) 505-5181.
3/25
New York, New York: Guggenheim Museum
http://www.guggenheim.org
PAIK AND THE WORLDS OF FILM AND VIDEO, 1965-1974: PROGRAM 5
7pm: Program 5 of the PAIK AND THE WORLDS OF FILM AND VIDEO program. For
more details, see March 22.
3/25
New York, New York: Guggenheim Museum
http://www.guggenheim.org
PAIK AND THE WORLDS OF FILM AND VIDEO, 1965-1974: PROGRAM 6
3pm: Program 6 of the PAIK AND THE WORLDS OF FILM AND VIDEO program. For
more details, see March 24.
3/25
New York, New York: Millennium Film Workshop
http://www.millenniumfilm.org/
THE VIDEO AND CD-ROMS OF TAKA IIMURA
8pm: Taka Iimura, who has worked in film and video since the1960s, will
present his most recent works in multimedia, including: A I U E O NN SIX
FEATURES (1993), INTERACTIVE A I U E O NN SIX FEATURES CD-ROM (1998-99),
OBSERVER / OBSERVED (1975-98), and OBSERVER / OBSERVED, AND OTHER WORKS OF
VIDEO SEMIOLOGY CD-ROM (1999) Millennium is located at 66 East 4th Street,
New York City. For more information, call (212) 673-0090.
3/25
New York, New York: The Kitchen
http://www.thekitchen.org
TV DINNER: SELECTED WORKS BY CHARLES ATLAS
6pm: Tonight, Film/video artist Charles Atlas returns to The Kitchen for a
showing of recent video works. For more details, see March 24.
3/25
New York, New York: Whitney Museum Film and Video Department
http://www.sirius.com/%7Esstark/org/whitney
WHITNEY BIENNIAL FILM PROGRAM: SATURDAY
At noon: RE-THINKING DOCUMENTARY, including: Jill Godmilow's WHAT FAROCKI
TAUGHT (1998), a re-enactment, in color and English, Harun Farocki's
original 1969 black-and-white, German-language documentary,
INEXTINGUISHABLE FIRE, about Dow Chemical's development of napalm B during
the Vietnam war; and Craig Baldwin's SPECTRES OF THE SPECTRUM (1999), the
story of the Hacker family and their role in the underground rebellion
against the New Electromagnetic Order. At 3pm: Jem Cohen and Fugazi's
INSTRUMENT (1999), a portrait of the politically progressive punk band
Fugazi, a group that relentlessly refuses to work within the mainstream of
the music industry. For full details and program schedule, or further
information, contact the Film and Video Department at the Whitney Museum of
American Art at (212) 570-3617 or (212) 570-7754.
3/25
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Filmmakers
http://www.pghfilmmakers.org/
VISITING ARTIST JERRY ORR
In 1975, Jerry Orr co-founded Berks Filmmakers, Inc., a nonprofit media
arts center in Reading, Pennsylvania. In 1977, he became the administrative
director. He has worked in Super 8 and 16mm film since the 70s, and has
more recently added video and digital media to his art. He has exhibited
his films throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Europe.
Mr. Orr will be present to show a collection of his work. Mike Kuchar:
"Jerry Orr is an audio-visual alchemist. He does with the two-dimensional
image of film and video what Einstein has done to the three dimensions of
space and time..." This screening will be held in the Melwood Screening
Room, 477 Melwood Avenue, North Oakland, Pennsylvania. For more
information, call (412) 682-4111.
3/25
San Francisco, California: Other Cinema
http://www.othercinema.com/
DONOVAN'S HAUNT 451 + STOELTJE'S BEAUTY
8:30pm: In honor of International Women's Month, here's the 16mm premiere
of Susana Donovan's exquisite HAUNT 451, an elliptical meditation on the
body, censorship, and the vastness of the universe. Also: her earlier BOY
FRANKENSTEIN. Plus: Gretchen Stoeltje's BIONIC BEAUTY SALON, on standards
of female beauty, and Dulcie Clarkson's MIRACLE OF MASTURBATION, Busby
Berkeley, et cetera. Admission is $5. This screening will take place at
Artists' Television Access, 992 Valencia, San Francisco; for more
information, call (415) 824-3890.
3/25
Seattle, Washington: The Northwest Film Forum / Little Theatre
http://www.somaglow.com/madcat/
MADCAT FILM FESTIVAL
The The MadCat Film festival presents two programs, LOST IN TRANSLATION and
INTERIOR WORLDS, during a four-day run at the Little Theatre in Seattle.
For more information, contact Ariella Ben-Dov at alio...@earthlink.net.
3/25
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
BETTER DEAD THAN RED: PARANOID PROPAGANDA CLASSICS
8:30pm: A fabulous collection from San Francisco collector Karl Cohen of
rare shorts produced by the government and Hollywood to instill fear and
hatred of the enemies during the WWII and the Cold War. For more details,
see March 24.
SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2000
3/26
Berkeley, California: Pacific Film Archive
http://www.uampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa/
ETUDES SUR PARIS (1928)
7:10pm: Charles Goldstein on piano. André Sauvage's beautiful photographic
study of Paris is an insider's tour for sure: only un vrai Parisian would
devote so much time to the canals and locks, the barges and workers of what
the locals know (or knew) to be a maritime city. Sauvage's camera also
knows well the odd sign painted on a building, the corner cafe, the
evocative empty street, the neighborhoods explored one by one because each
is unique. Paris is perhaps rivaled only by New York as a city whose every
avenue and park is familiar in a very literal sense, family, and in the way
that both reveres and takes the loved one for granted. For the little dog
we see running down an embankment and jumping into the Canal St.-Martin,
for the cop who walks slowly through the Jardin du Luxembourg, for everyone
else caught unawares on camera, Sauvage films this city because it is
Paris, and it is home. The Pacific Film Archive is located at 2575 Bancroft
Way, Berkeley. For more information, call (510) 642-5249.
3/26
Boulder, Colorado: University of Colorado-Boulder
SUNDAY EVENING WITH BRAKHAGE
7:30pm: Each Sunday evening Stan Brakhage is host for a gathering of
friends and film buffs to view films and videotapes from his incredible
collection. For more information, see March 19.
3/26
Houston, Texas: Aurora Picture Show
http://www.aurorapictureshow.org
THE TARGET SHOOTS FIRST
3pm: A screening of THE TARGET SHOOTS FIRST, a documentary by Christopher
Wilcha. For more details, see March 25.
3/26
New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/
HAVANA FILM FESTIVAL: FINAL DAY
At 2pm: Jose Masip's HISTORIA DE UN BALLET / HISTORY OF A BALLET (1979),
Gerardo Chijona's KID CHOCOLATE (1982), Rebeca Chaves's BUSCANDO CHANO POZO
/ LOOKING FOR CHANO POZO (1987), Mayra Vilasís's YO SOY LA CANCION QUE
CANTO / I AM THE SONG THAT I SING (1985) and Tulio Raggi's FILMINUTO #33
(1994). At 2:30pm: A dialogue with Cuban Directors: an opportunity to speak
with the filmmakers about their technique and filmmaking in Cuba. At 4pm:
Shorts from Escuela Internacional de Cine y TV (EICTV) / International
School of Film and Television, San Antonio de los Baños. At 4:30pm:
Santiago Alvarez's NOW (1965), Tomas Gutierrez Alea's EL ARTE DEL TABACO /
THE ART OF TOBACCO (1974), Orlando Roja's A VECES MIRO MI VIDA / SOMETIMES
I LOOK AT MY LIFE (1981) and Juan Padrón, Mario Rivas and Tulio Raggi's
FILMINUTO #22 (1990). At 6pm: Closing Night Film; special screening to be
announced. At 6:30pm: Daniel Díaz Torres' QUIEREMES Y VERAS / LOVE ME AND
YOU WILL SEE (1995), Fernando Pérez's MADAGASCAR (1995) and Mario Rivas'
FILMINUTO #27 (1992). At 8:30pm: Closing Night Reception; location to be
announced. Anthology is located at 32 2nd Avenue, New York; for more
information, call (212) 505-5181.
3/26
New York, New York: Exit Art
http://www.exitart.org/
OPIUM DEN: DESIRES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS
7pm: Curated by Jeanne Liotta and Bradley Eros. Exit Art will present an
evening celebrating the former Downtown New York cinema club Opium Den.
(The Opium Den salon, with cut-throat aesthetics and an addiction to light,
is a place where filmmakers meet and mingle their matters. A show-and-tell
environment with magic lanterns, stereoptic cards, glass slides, and
stroboscopic disks.) Originally held at Exit Art in 1993, the program
offers a retrospective view of this cinema collective and will include
films by core members Peggy Ahwesh, Zoe Beloff, Bradley Eros, Jeanne
Liotta, Eve Heller, Louis Klahr, Keith Sanborn and others. Exit Art is
located at 548 Broadway in New York. For more information, call (212)
966-7745.
3/26
New York, New York: Whitney Museum Film and Video Department
http://www.sirius.com/%7Esstark/org/whitney
WHITNEY BIENNIAL FILM PROGRAM: SUNDAY
At noon: Sharon Lockhart's TEATRO AMAZONAS (1999): Lockhart filled the
seats of a 19th-century opera house in Manaus, Brazil, and from a
stationary camera position photographed the reactions of the audience to a
choral mass. At 3pm: Errol Morris's FAST, CHEAP AND OUT OF CONTROL (1997):
Morris and his Oscar-winning cinematographer, Robert Richardson, use
diverse film formats as well as stock footage and clips from old films to
create this multinarrative work of subtly related common themes, with
characters who include a lion tamer, a topiary expert, and robotics
specialist. For full details and program schedule, or further information,
contact the Film and Video Department at the Whitney Museum of American Art
at (212) 570-3617 or (212) 570-7754.
3/26
San Francisco, California: San Francisco Cinematheque
http://www.sfcinematheque.org
LAWRENCE JORDAN PROGRAM 4: THE H.D. TRILOGY FILM
7:30pm: Tonight's selections (1990 - 1993) includes THE BLACK OUD, THE
GROVE and STAR OF DAY, "..a wonderful, rich film that combines the
filmmaker's images of the woman he loves with Hilda Doolittle's long poem
Hermetic Definitions (1960). The combination of images, Joanna McClure's
reading of the poem, and the traditional music of the Mediterranean result
in a captivating film experience," says Karl Cohen. This event will take
place at the San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut Street, San
Francisco. For more information, call the Cinematheque at (415) 558-8129.
3/26
Seattle, Washington: The Northwest Film Forum / Little Theatre
http://www.somaglow.com/madcat/
MADCAT FILM FESTIVAL
The The MadCat Film festival presents two programs, LOST IN TRANSLATION and
INTERIOR WORLDS, during a four-day run at the Little Theatre in Seattle.
For more information, contact Ariella Ben-Dov at alio...@earthlink.net.
3/26
Vancouver, British Columbia: The Blinding Light
http://www.blindinglight.com/
HAND-PROCESSING: THE METHODS AND THE MADNESS
12 noon: We are pleases to have hand-processing guru extraordinaire Ken
Paul Rosenthal in person to present this intensive and indispensable
workshop. In this comprehensive and briskly paced afternoon, you'll gain a
practical and theoretical understanding of hand-processing motion picture
film with an emphasis on experimentation. Basic light and color theory, the
material structure of film, and the photochemical process that leads to an
image are covered, as well as various 8mm and 16mm tank methods. You'll
also be exposed to the effects of time, temperature, agitation,
pushing/pulling, and alternative developing techniques such as solarization
and cross-processing. Your guide on this journey is Ken Paul Rosenthal.
Rosenthal studied film at the San Francisco Art Institute, and received his
MA in Interdisciplinary Arts from San Francisco State University. His film
SPRING FLAVOR won the award for Experimental Process at the Ann Arbor Film
Festival. (Workshop fee is a mere $35.00. Advanced payment and registration
is required. Note: Very limited space! No refunds! Register today!) This
event is at the Blinding Light, 36 Powell Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada;
for more information, call (604) 878-3366.
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