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Deadline: October 31, 2011) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1340.ann MONO NO AWARE V (Brooklyn, NY USA; Deadline: November 09, 2011) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1357.ann The Journal of Short Film Volume 25 (Columbus, Ohio USA; Deadline: October 28, 2011) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1362.ann Fermynwoods Contemporary Art (UK; Deadline: October 24, 2011) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1364.ann EcoFocus Film Festival (Athens, GA USA; Deadline: October 22, 2011) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1365.ann Indie Fest (La Jolla, Ca USA; Deadline: October 28, 2011) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1368.ann Enter your event announcements by going to the Flicker Weekly Listing Form at http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/thisweek.pl Also available online at Flicker: http://www.hi-beam.net THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY): ============================== * Views From the Avant Garde: Studies For the Decay of the West [October 8, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: Cabinet of Curiosities [October 8, New York, New York] * Harun Farocki Program 3: Images of the World and the Inscription of War [October 8, New York, New York] * Harun Farocki Program 1 [October 8, New York, New York] * Harun Farocki Program 6: How To Live In the Federal Republic of Germany [October 8, New York, New York] * In Comparison [October 8, New York, New York] * Harun Farocki Program 9 [October 8, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: Looking Through A Glass Onion [October 8, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: Jean-Marie Straub [October 8, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: Voluptuous Sleep [October 8, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: Daniel Eisenberg: the Unstable Object [October 8, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: Kevin Jerome Everson [October 8, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: Jerome Hiler & Nathaniel Dorsky [October 8, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: John Zorn: A Film In 15 Scenes [October 8, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: George Kuchar [October 8, New York, New York] * Webmasters/Webslaves [October 8, San Francisco, California] * Dream States: the Avant-Garde of the 1940s and 1950s [October 9, Los Angeles, California] * Harun Farocki Program 6: How To Live In the Federal Republic of Germany [October 9, New York, New York] * Creators of the Shopping Worlds [October 9, New York, New York] * Harun Farocki Program 11 [October 9, New York, New York] * Harun Farocki Program 12 [October 9, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: the Soul and the Stem [October 9, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: virgin Springs [October 9, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: Jerome Hiler & Nathaniel Dorsky [October 9, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: the Pettifogger [October 9, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: Ladders and Tracks [October 9, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: John Zorn: A Film In 15 Scenes [October 9, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: the Red and the Black [October 9, New York, New York] * Animation of the Unconsciousness: Calarts and the Teachings of Jules Engel [October 10, Los Angeles, California] * Views From the Avant Garde: Cabinet of Curiosities [October 10, New York, New York] * Harun Farocki Program 7 [October 10, New York, New York] * In Comparison [October 10, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: Aurand/MuÑOz/Sami [October 10, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: Jean-Marie Straub [October 10, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: Looking Through A Glass Onion [October 10, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: the Pettifogger [October 10, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: virgin Springs [October 10, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: Paul Clipson Super 8 Performance [October 10, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: Two Years At Sea [October 10, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: Bitches Brew [October 10, New York, New York] * Views From the Avant Garde: Twenty Cigarettes [October 10, New York, New York] * Fixc Program 1 [October 11, New York, New York] * Fixc Program 2 [October 11, New York, New York] * Vampyr [October 11, Reading, Pennsylvania] * Paul Sharits: An Open Cinema [October 12, Berkeley, California] * Fixc Program 3 [October 12, New York, New York] * Fixc Program 4 [October 12, New York, New York] * Paul Sharits: An Open Cinema [October 13, Berkeley, California] * Steina! [October 13, Chicago, Illinois] * Santiago Sierra and Takeshi Murata Doublebill and Uk Premieres [October 13, London, England] * Materia Obscura [October 13, Montreal, Quebec, Canada] * Audio-Visual Performance: 49 Flies [October 13, Montreal, Quebec, Canada] * Essential Cinema: Nanook of the North [October 13, New York, New York] * This Side of Paradise [October 13, New York, New York] * Essential Cinema: Man of Aran [October 13, New York, New York] * Yanqui Walker and the Optical Revolution [October 14, Boston, Massachusetts] * Werner Schroeter/Elfi Mikesch: A Voice That Lingers [October 14, Los Angeles, California] * Rinse, Repeat, Restore - Conferences of Mark Toscano and Gustav Deutch On Film Archive [October 14, Montreal, Quebec, Canada] * New and Unseen Super-8 Films By Boston Filmmakers [October 15, Boston, Massachusetts] * Werner Schroeter/Elfi Mikesch: A Voice That Lingers [October 15, Los Angeles, California] * Essential Cinema: Jordan/Levitt/Maas Program [October 15, New York, New York] * Lo-Tech Hi-Jinx [October 15, San Francisco, California] * Patrick Keiller's Robinson In Ruins [October 15, Toronto, Ontario, Canada] * My Favorite Color Is Blue [October 16, Boston, Massachusetts] * Por La Noche Volvió Delirando "Todo Es Agua [October 16, Montreal, Quebec, Canada] * Essential Cinema: Hollis Frampton Program [October 16, New York, New York] * Misalt Screening Series Presents: Glitch Vs Scratch [October 16, San Francisco, California] * American Originals Now: Lynne Sachs [October 16, Washington, DC] Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE. ------------------------- SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2011 ------------------------- 10/8 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 1:15pm, Walter Reade Theate VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: STUDIES FOR THE DECAY OF THE WEST Klaus Wyborny, Germany, 2010, 80m Filmmaker in person! 10/8 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 11:15am, Francesca Beale Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES Between Gold: Jonathan Schwartz, U.S., 2011, 10m 42s; Tin Pressed: Dani Leventhal, U.S., 2011, 6m 23s; Fifteen an Hour: Kevin Jerome Everson, U.S., 2011, 6m; Tableaux Vivants: Vincent Grenier, U.S., 2011, 10m 20s; Curious Light: Charlotte Pryce, U.S., 2011, 4m 12s; Forms Are Not Self-Subsistent Substances: Samantha Rebello, U.K., 2010, 22m; The Matter Propounded, of its Possibility or Impossibility, treated in four Parts: David Gatten, U.S., 2011, 13m; from Jhana and the Rats of James Olds: Miniatures : Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 2m; Degas: Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 58s; The Eclipse: Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 33s; ransom notes: Kelly Egan, Canada, 2011, 4m; Conjuror's Box : Kerry Laitala, U.S., 2011, 4m. 10/8 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 3:15 pm, 32 2nd Avenue HARUN FAROCKI PROGRAM 3: IMAGES OF THE WORLD AND THE INSCRIPTION OF WAR See notes for October 5, 9:00 pm. 10/8 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 5:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue HARUN FAROCKI PROGRAM 1 See notes for October 4, 7:30 pm. 10/8 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 7:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue HARUN FAROCKI PROGRAM 6: HOW TO LIVE IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY HOW TO LIVE IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY / LEBEN BRD 1990, 83 minutes, 16mm. "A mordantly comic montage of short scenes taken from 32 instructional classes, as well as therapy and test sessions. The film alternates between two kinds of activity: simulations and exercises carried out by human beings (learning about everything from child care to striptease to war to sales techniques to auto safety) and products being tested without visible human intervention. The thin line separating socialization from indoctrination is repeatedly traversed and the implication is that while diverse appliances are being tested for human use, humans are being trained and tested so they can aspire to the performance level of appliances." Jonathan Rosenbaum, CHICAGO READER 10/8 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 7:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue IN COMPARISON IN COMPARISON / ZUM VERGLEICH 2009, 61 minutes, 16mm. For his most recent film, Farocki observes the process of manufacturing bricks, in various cultures, and across different modes and scales of production. "For IN COMPARISON, I wanted to make a film about concomitance, and about contemporary production on a range of different technical levels. So I looked for an object that had not changed too much in the past few thousand years. This could have been a shoe or a knife, but a brick becomes part of a building and therefore part of our environment. So the brick appears as something of a poetic object. I follow its mode of creation and use in Africa, India, and Europe." H.F. 10/8 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 9:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue HARUN FAROCKI PROGRAM 9 THE APPEARANCE / DER AUFTRITT 1996, 40 minutes, video. "Farocki once again takes us into the world of advertising. An advertising agency has to pitch a marketing concept to an optician's consortium, represented by the manager who is the first to see the campaign. The logo submitted, 'Eyedentity', is examined from every angle: it must simultaneously express both the company's dynamism and its reliability! A fascinating, dispassionate glimpse behind closed doors, where every detail is dramatized to win that lucrative contract." Jörg Becker & THE INTERVIEW / DIE BEWERBUNG 1997, 58 minutes, video. "In the summer of 1996, we filmed application training courses in which one learns how to apply for a job. School drop-outs, university graduates, people who have been retrained, the long-term unemployed, recovered drug addicts, and mid-level managers all of them are supposed to learn how to market and sell themselves, a skill to which the term 'self management' is applied. The self is perhaps nothing more than a metaphysical hook from which to hang a social identity." H.F. 10/8 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 1:45pm, Francesca Beale Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: LOOKING THROUGH A GLASS ONION Passage Upon the Plume: Fern Silva, U.S., 2011, 6m 46s; Shayne's Rectangle : Dani Leventhal, U.S., 2011, 5m 4s; Line Describing Your Mom: Michael Robinson, U.S., 2011, 5m 50s; Gossip: Bobby Abate, U.S., 2011, 8m 19s; from Jhana and the Rats of James Olds: Tatum's Ghost: Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 3m 45s The Death of the Gorilla: Peter Mays, U.S., 1966, 16m (new restoration by the Academy Film Archive); By foot-candle light: Mary Helena Clark, U.S., 2011, 9m; A Lax Riddle Unit: Laida Lertxundi, Spain, 2011, 6m; Sounding Glass: Sylvia Schedelbauer, Germany, 2011, 7m; The Evil Eyes: Bobby Abate, U.S., 2010, 18m. 10/8 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 11am, Walter Reade Theate VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: JEAN-MARIE STRAUB Lothringen! co-directed with Danièle Huillet France, 1994, 20m Un héritier France/South Korea, 2011, 20m L'Inconsolable France, 2011, 15m Schakale und Araber Switzerland, 2011, 11m 10/8 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 4:15pm, Francesca Beale Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: VOLUPTUOUS SLEEP Betzy Bromberg, U.S., 2011, 95m FIlmmaker in person! 10/8 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 4pm, Walter Reade Theate VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: DANIEL EISENBERG: THE UNSTABLE OBJECT Less and Less / Toujours moins Luc Moullet, France, 2010, 14m The Unstable Object U.S./Germany/Turkey, 2011, 69m Daniel Eisenberg in person! 10/8 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 6:45pm, Walter Reade Theate VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: KEVIN JEROME EVERSON Quality Control U.S., 2011, 70m 42s The Prichard U.S., 2011, 11m 18s 10/8 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 7:15pm, Francesca Beale Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: JEROME HILER & NATHANIEL DORSKY Words of Mercury: Jerome Hiler, U.S., 2011, 25m; The Return: Nathaniel Dorsky, U.S., 2011, 27m. Both filmmakers in person! 10/8 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 9:30pm, Francesca Beale Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: JOHN ZORN: A FILM IN 15 SCENES 15 scenes: 254 shots Gobolux, U.S., 2011, 15m Well Then There Now Lewis Klahr, U.S., 2011, 19m 30s Bare Room Joey Izzo, U.S., 2011, 31m 33s arcana Henry Hills, U.S./Austria, 2011, 33m John Zorn and all filmmakers in person at October 8 screening! 10/8 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 9:45pm, Walter Reade Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: GEORGE KUCHAR Lingo of the Lost: U.S., 2010, 37m 45s. Empire of Evil: U.S., 2011, 50m 10/8 San Francisco, California: Other Cinema http://www.othercinema.com/ 8:30, ATA, 992 Valencia Street WEBMASTERS/WEBSLAVES RIP IN PIECES AMERICA + DEAR BILL + DEAR STEVE + ANONYMOUS + A program on the politics of social media: Dominic Gagnon's Rip in Pieces is a riveting compilation of "extremist" videos removed from YouTube (for ideological, not sexual content). ALSO: Still making headlines, Steve Jobs is the addressee in Herman Asselberghs' Dear Steve, a trenchant analysis of the "new hegemony" of new media, whilst we witness the disassembly of one of Jobs' laptops! AND Sarah Christman's Dear Bill, emailed toyou guessed itBill Gates, taken to task for his less-than-accessible archival empire. PLUS Greg Berger's inspirational interview with a Cairo blogger/activist, Egypt: How We Did It; Julian Assange in a WikiLeaks infomercial; and an open letter from the hactivist group, Anonymous. Come early for cheap spiked coffee and Andrew Wilson's Global Countdown. ----------------------- SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2011 ----------------------- 10/9 Los Angeles, California: Filmforum http://www.lafilmforum.org/ 7:30pm, The Spielberg Theater at the Egyptian, 6712 Hollywood Blvd (at Las Palmas) DREAM STATES: THE AVANT-GARDE OF THE 1940S AND 1950S This program launches LA Filmforum's screening series Alternative Projections: Experimental Film in Los Angeles, 1945-1980. The series will feature over 24 shows between now and May 2012. Alternative Projections is Filmforum's exploration of the community of filmmakers, artists, curators and programmers who contributed to the creation and presentation of experimental film and video in Southern California in the postwar era. This program includes Meshes of the Afternoon by Maya Deren (1943), Juliet by Man Ray (ca.1940), Salvador Dali sequence from Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945), Fireworks by Kenneth Anger (1947), On the Edge by Curtis Harrington (1949/2003), Psyche (Du sang, de la volupté et de la mort, part 1) by Gregory Markopoulos (1947), House of Cards by Joseph Vogel (1947), and What is a Man? By Sara Kathryn Arledge (1958). 10/9 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 2:45 pm, 32 2nd Avenue HARUN FAROCKI PROGRAM 6: HOW TO LIVE IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY See notes for October 7, 7 pm. 10/9 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 4:45 pm, 32 2nd Avenue CREATORS OF THE SHOPPING WORLDS THE CREATORS OF THE SHOPPING WORLDS / DIE SCHÖPFER DER EINKAUFSWELTEN 2001, 72 minutes, video. "Everyone is familiar with this experience [of shopping] and knows what a mall looks like. This self-evident phenomenon is, however, the result of a highly complex process. The designing of shopping malls is overseen by an army of planners, managers and scientists. Farocki shows how mall producers look at malls when they want to find out, for example, how passers-by move, where they stop and where they reach for an article. He adds these images to the everyday ones and gives them a magical charge." Antje Ehmann 10/9 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 6:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue HARUN FAROCKI PROGRAM 11 WHAT'S UP? / WAS IST LOS? 1991, 60 minutes, 16mm. "How a look can be turned toward its goal by grasping and measuring its covetousness is shown in an exemplary fashion in WHAT'S UP? in a motif depicting a postcard of a painting by Titian in an eye-mark recorder. Elsewhere topographical test images of the human brain record stimulus-response patterns during visual trials by measuring brainwaves (calibration curves). Research on the effectiveness of advertising investigates the question of what advertisements affect what regions of the brain, what scenes 'work' images for an 'inward' colonization of the human body, at once a commodity and a market." Jörg Becker & RESPITE / AUFSCHUB 2007, 40 minutes, video, silent. Resurrects footage shot by Rudolf Breslauer, an inmate of a Dutch transit camp for Jews during WWII. The images we see of incoming and outgoing trains, prisoners being processed, and daily camp life are set to Farocki's silent intertitle commentary. 10/9 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 8:45 pm, 32 2nd Avenue HARUN FAROCKI PROGRAM 12 PRISON IMAGES / GEFÄNGNISBILDER 2000, 60 minutes, video. "A film composed of images from prisons. Quotes from fiction films and documentaries as well as footage from surveillance cameras. A look at the new control technologies, at personal identification devices, electronic ankle bracelets, electronic tracking devices. The cinema has always been attracted to prisons." H.F. & NOTHING VENTURED / NICHT OHNE RISIKO 2004, 50 minutes, video. The film follows the negotiations between a mid-sized company and a venture capital firm as the company looks for capital to start production on its invention. Farocki limits himself to observing events without comment. It's a microscopic look at one cell of today's economy, an ethnographic portrait of a commonplace business dealing. 10/9 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 12pm, Francesca Beale Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: THE SOUL AND THE STEM Señora con Flores / Woman with Flowers: Chick Strand; Jan Villa: Natasha Mendonca; The Sole of the Foot: Robert Fenz; Correspondence: Robert Fenz 10/9 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 1pm, Walter Reade Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: VIRGIN SPRINGS Baptismal Sticks and Stones: April Simmons, U.S., 2011, 6m 50s; Devil's Gate: Laura Kraning, U.S., 2011, 20m; Twice Removed: Leslie Thornton, U.S., 2011, 9m ; Ricky: Janie Geiser, U.S., 2011, 11m; Silent Springs : Erin Espelie, U.S., 2011, 12m 57s; Gazette: Eléonore de Montesquiou, Russia/Estonia, 2009, 4m 12s; Kudzu Vine: Josh Gibson, U.S., 2011, 19.52m. 10/9 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 2:45pm, Francesca Beale Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: JEROME HILER & NATHANIEL DORSKY Words of Mercury: Jerome Hiler, U.S., 2011, 25m; The Return: Nathaniel Dorsky, U.S., 2011, 27m. Both filmmakers in person! 10/9 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 3:30pm, Walter Reade Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: THE PETTIFOGGER Lewis Klahr, U.S., 2011, 65m Filmmaker in person October 9 screening! 10/9 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 5:30pm, Francesca Beale Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: LADDERS AND TRACKS Berlin Tracks 18h00-20h00 Shiloh Cinquemani, U.S./Germany, 2011, 2m 7s (k)now (t)here HeyYeun Jang, U.S., 2011, 8m 50s Subway: Angela Ferraiolo, U.S., 2011, 7m 40s; Village, silenced: Deborah Stratman, U.S., 2011, 4m 56s; Snakes and Ladders: Katherin McInnis, U.S., 2011, 3m; Longhorn Tremolo: Scott Stark, U.S., 2010, 16m; Landfill 16: Jennifer Reeves, U.S., 2011, 8m 52s; Barren: Katherin McInnis, U.S., 2010, 2m; Back View: Vincent Grenier, U.S., 2011, 17m; The Toy Sun: Ken Kobland, U.S., 2011, 33m 10/9 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 6pm, Francesca Beale Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: JOHN ZORN: A FILM IN 15 SCENES 15 scenes: 254 shots Gobolux, U.S., 2011, 15m Well Then There Now Lewis Klahr, U.S., 2011, 19m 30s Bare Room Joey Izzo, U.S., 2011, 31m 33s arcana Henry Hills, U.S./Austria, 2011, 33m 10/9 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 8:15pm, Francesca Beale Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: THE RED AND THE BLACK River Rites: Ben Russell, U.S./Suriname, 2011, 11m 30s; Shadow, Seed, Spagyric : David Baker, U.S., 2011, 5m 12s; Peril of the Antilles : Fern Silva, U.S., 2011, 5.51m; A Preface to Red: Jonathan Schwartz, U.S./Turkey, 2010, 6m; Protocol: Lina Rodriguez, Canada/Colombia, 2011, 1m 15s; Imperceptihole: Lori Felker & Robert Todd, U.S., 2011, 14m 37s; LIGHT LICKS: BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON: I WANT TO PAINT IT BLACK: Saul Levine, U.S., 2011, 12m; Third Law: N Kedzie Blvd.: Mike Gibisser, U.S., 2011, 7m 10s; Slow Burn: Jesse Cain, U.S., 2011, 19m 46s. ------------------------ MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2011 ------------------------ 10/10 Los Angeles, California: Redcat http://www.redcat.org/ 8:30pm, 631 West 2nd St. ANIMATION OF THE UNCONSCIOUSNESS: CALARTS AND THE TEACHINGS OF JULES ENGEL Jack H. Skirball Series $10 [students $8, CalArts $5] Presented as part of Pacific Standard Time and co-presented with Los Angeles Filmforum.Founded and directed by Jules Engel (19092003), the CalArts Film Graphics Program (later called "Experimental Animation") sought to push the boundaries of animation. Through his teaching, and the example of his own work, Engel fostered the emergence of a new form of animationfreewheeling, transgressive, and imaginative. What happens when an animator follows a line, a patch of color, or a shape into the unconscious? What wild images would emerge; how could one image lead to another? What can we learn about art and the human condition from these brave forays into the unknown depths of the mind? Such were the questions posed by Engel's own filmsShapes and Gestures (1976), Wet Paint (1977), Hors d'oeuvre (1978)and by the students carrying his legacy: Kathy Rose (Mirror People, 1974), Adam Beckett (Flesh Flows, 1974), Dennis Pies/Sky David (Aura-Corona, 1974), Henry Selick (Phases, 1978), Lisze Bechtold (Moon Breath Beat, 1980), and others. In person: Christine Panushka, Dennis Pies, Lisze Bechtold Curated by Christine Panushka. Part of the series Alternative Projections: Experimental Film in Los Angeles, 1945-1980, organized by Los Angeles Filmforum. Presented as part of Pacific Standard Time. This unprecedented collaboration, initiated by the Getty, brings together more than 60 cultural institutions from across Southern California for six months beginning October 2011 to tell the story of the birth of the L.A. art scene. Pacific Standard Time is an initiative of the Getty. The presenting sponsor is Bank of America. "Jules Engel's work speaks for itself. Direct and lucid, it requires no paraphrase. The language, which is universal comes from the center of his being." Lucretia Cole 10/10 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 11am, Francesca Beale Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: CABINET OF CURIOSITIES Between Gold: Jonathan Schwartz, U.S., 2011, 10m 42s; Tin Pressed: Dani Leventhal, U.S., 2011, 6m 23s; Fifteen an Hour: Kevin Jerome Everson, U.S., 2011, 6m; Tableaux Vivants: Vincent Grenier, U.S., 2011, 10m 20s; Curious Light: Charlotte Pryce, U.S., 2011, 4m 12s; Forms Are Not Self-Subsistent Substances: Samantha Rebello, U.K., 2010, 22m; The Matter Propounded, of its Possibility or Impossibility, treated in four Parts: David Gatten, U.S., 2011, 13m; from Jhana and the Rats of James Olds: Miniatures : Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 2m; Degas: Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 58s; The Eclipse: Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 33s; ransom notes: Kelly Egan, Canada, 2011, 4m; Conjuror's Box : Kerry Laitala, U.S., 2011, 4m. 10/10 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 7:15 pm, 32 2nd Avenue HARUN FAROCKI PROGRAM 7 See notes for October 7, 9 pm. 10/10 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 9:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue IN COMPARISON See notes for October 8, 7:30 pm. 10/10 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 1:30pm, Walter Reade Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: AURAND/MUÑOZ/SAMI Villatalla Jeannette Muñoz, Switzerland/Chile/Italy, 2011, 21m 59s A Year / Ein Jahr Renate Sami, Germany, 2011, 12m Young Pines / Junge Kiefern Ute Aurand, Germany/Japan, 2011, 43m 10/10 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 11:30am, Walter Reade Theate VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: JEAN-MARIE STRAUB Lothringen! co-directed with Danièle Huillet France, 1994, 20m Un héritier France/South Korea, 2011, 20m L'Inconsolable France, 2011, 15m Schakale und Araber Switzerland, 2011, 11m 10/10 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 3:45pm, Francesca Beale Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: LOOKING THROUGH A GLASS ONION Passage Upon the Plume: Fern Silva, U.S., 2011, 6m 46s; Shayne's Rectangle : Dani Leventhal, U.S., 2011, 5m 4s; Line Describing Your Mom: Michael Robinson, U.S., 2011, 5m 50s; Gossip: Bobby Abate, U.S., 2011, 8m 19s; from Jhana and the Rats of James Olds: Tatum's Ghost: Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 3m 45s The Death of the Gorilla: Peter Mays, U.S., 1966, 16m (new restoration by the Academy Film Archive); By foot-candle light: Mary Helena Clark, U.S., 2011, 9m; A Lax Riddle Unit: Laida Lertxundi, Spain, 2011, 6m; Sounding Glass: Sylvia Schedelbauer, Germany, 2011, 7m; The Evil Eyes: Bobby Abate, U.S., 2010, 18m. 10/10 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 3pm, Walter Reade Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: THE PETTIFOGGER Lewis Klahr, U.S., 2011, 65m Filmmaker in person October 9 screening! 10/10 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 5pm, Walter Reade Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: VIRGIN SPRINGS Baptismal Sticks and Stones: April Simmons, U.S., 2011, 6m 50s; Devil's Gate: Laura Kraning, U.S., 2011, 20m; Twice Removed: Leslie Thornton, U.S., 2011, 9m ; Ricky: Janie Geiser, U.S., 2011, 11m; Silent Springs : Erin Espelie, U.S., 2011, 12m 57s; Gazette: Eléonore de Montesquiou, Russia/Estonia, 2009, 4m 12s; Kudzu Vine: Josh Gibson, U.S., 2011, 19.52m. 10/10 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 6:30pm, Francesca Beale Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: PAUL CLIPSON SUPER 8 PERFORMANCE Chorus U.S., 2009/2011, 8 min (featuring live musical performance) Compound Eyes Nos. 1-5 U.S., 2011, 27min (soundtrack by Jefre Cantu-Ledemsa) Light from the Mesa U.S., 2010, 7m (soundtrack by Barn Owl) Chorus U.S., 2009/2011, 8m (16mm version with soundtrack by Gregg Kowalsky) Morphologies U.S., 2011, 20m (featuring live musical performance) Filmmaker in person! 10/10 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 7:30pm, Walter Reade Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: TWO YEARS AT SEA Ben Rivers, U.K., 2011, 86m Filmmaker in person! 10/10 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 8:45pm, Francesca Beale Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: BITCHES BREW Posthaste Perennial Pattern: Jodie Mack, U.S., 2010, 3m 38s; Babobilicons: Daina Krumins, U.S., 1982, 16m (35mm preservation by the Academy Film Archive); You Are Now Running On Reserve Battery Power: Jessie Stead, U.S., 2011, 11m; Hull: Tara Merenda Nelson, U.S., 2011, 7m 32s; from Jhana and the Rats of James Olds: The Phone Call : Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 1m; Billy and the Magician: Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 3m 18s; Little Kitten: Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 42s; Level of Zero Buoyancy: Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 4m 53s; Romance Novels: Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 1m 4s; A Party Record Packed with Sex and Sadness: Bobby Abate, U.S., 2011, 10m 11s; Praxis 8 12 Scenes: Dietmar Brehm, Austria, 2010, 25m; Taste Test: Andrew Lampert, U.S., 2011, 2m 30s; Bitch-Beauty: MM Serra, U.S., 2011, 7m 10/10 New York, New York: New York Film Festival http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/nyff.htm 9pm, Walter Reade Theater VIEWS FROM THE AVANT GARDE: TWENTY CIGARETTES James Benning, U.S., 2011, 99m Filmmaker in person! ------------------------- TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2011 ------------------------- 10/11 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 7:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue FIXC PROGRAM 1 nthology hosts the Helsinki-based cooperative FixC for several programs of experimental films and videos. In psychology 'fixation' means the state wherein the individual develops obsessions in relation to somebody or something. It can also mean gestures like maintaining one's gaze in a constant direction, repetition, and/or rituals. The "Fixation" screening is a brief journey through the diverse worlds of the moving image. FixC is an independent artist cooperative, which was launched to generate, distribute, and promote video art, media art, and experimental cinema, and to produce curated touring exhibitions and screenings. For more info, please visit: www.fixc.fi Unless otherwise noted, all works were made and will be presented on video. PROGRAM 1: Juha van Ingen FLUTTER (2006, 3.5 minutes) Seppo Renvall EXOTIQUE (2009, 9 minutes) Maria Duncker THE HOLY ROAD (2009, 2.5 minutes) Maria Duncker GO-GO (2002, 3 minutes) Kari Yli-Annala A LIFE OF ONE'S OWN (2008, 9 minutes) Maria Duncker BLOOM (2006, 4 minutes) Jarkko Räsänen IN GIRUM IMUS NOCTE ET CONSUMIMUR IGNI (2011, 5 minutes) Jarkko Räsänen FOLDING (2007-08, 6.5 minutes, silent) Erkka Nissinen VANTAA (2008, 12 minutes) Total running time: ca. 60 minutes. 10/11 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 9:15 pm, 32 2nd Avenue FIXC PROGRAM 2 PROGRAM 2: Seppo Renvall EESTAAS 2008, 53 minutes, 16mm-to-video. 'Eestaas' means back-and-forth in Finnish. Shot on 16mm, the film is intended to be projected forwards and then backwards. This work combines experimental film with electro-acoustic music. Together, they form a comprehensive experience which adds up to more than the sum of its parts. The music is produced by Samuli 'Teho' Majamäki, and the other musicians appearing alongside him are Ilpo Väisänen (Pan sonic), Tapani Rinne, and Verneri Lumi (Rinneradio). 10/11 Reading, Pennsylvania: Berks Filmmakers, Inc http://www.berksfilmmakers.org 7:30 pm, Albright College Center for the Arts VAMPYR CARL THEODOR DREYER This amazing, enigmatic film nightmare is one of the greatest films by Denmark's incomparable master of silent and early sound cinema. --------------------------- WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2011 --------------------------- 10/12 Berkeley, California: Pacific Film Archive http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/ 7:30 pm, 2575 Bancroft Way PAUL SHARITS: AN OPEN CINEMA Wednesday, October 12, 2011 7:30 p.m. Paul Sharits: Midcareer Work Paul Sharits (U.S., 197376). Introduced by Jennifer Pranolo. Sharits's midcareer films were meant to push perceptual limits, "so that one cannot tell whether or not what one is experiencing is in the work or in oneself." Includes Analytical Studies III, Shutter Interface, and Tails. (50 mins) 10/12 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 7:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue FIXC PROGRAM 3 PROGRAM 3: Maria Duncker ALUMINIUM (2003, 4.5 minutes) Maria Duncker HOMECOMING (2005, 4 minutes) Seppo Renvall BACK TO THE HUMANITY (2007, 4 minutes) Jarkko Räsänen UNFOLDING (2011, 6.5 minutes, silent) Juha van Ingen WEB SAFE (2008, 7 minutes, silent) Kari Yli-Annala GUARDIAN CREATURES (2005, 3 minutes) Erkka Nissinen NIGHT SCHOOL (2007, 13 minutes) Erkka Nissinen RIGID REGIME (2009, 17 minutes) Maria Duncker PORN (2003, 2 minutes) Maria Duncker FOAM HEAD (2009, 1 minute) Juha van Ingen TOP-DOWN (2011, 4.5 minutes, silent) Juha van Ingen (DIS)INTEGRATOR (1992, 4 minutes) Total running time: ca. 75 minutes. 10/12 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 9:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue FIXC PROGRAM 4 Seppo Renvall, Juha van Ingen & Jarkko Räsänen LENKKI 2011, 20 minutes, Super-8mm loops with live soundtrack. Found ethnological footage of life in Finland projected and tweaked by Seppo Renvall and Juha van Ingen. The live soundtrack, composed by Jarkko Räsänen, combines original sounds from the film footage and field recordings of audio elements suggested by the images. -------------------------- THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2011 -------------------------- 10/13 Berkeley, California: Pacific Film Archive http://www.bampfa.berkeley.edu/ 7:30 pm, 2575 Bancroft Way PAUL SHARITS: AN OPEN CINEMA Thursday, October 13, 2011 7:30 p.m. Paul Sharits: Late Work Paul Sharits (U.S., 197582). Introduced by Branden W. Joseph. Towards the end of his career, Sharits turned to visceral icons of pathology and decay, juxtaposing the disintegration of the body and the decomposition of the filmic material. Includes Epileptic Seizure Comparison, Apparent Motion, and 3rd Degree. (71 mins) 10/13 Chicago, Illinois: Conversations at the Edge http://www.saic.edu/cateblog 6pm, Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State Street STEINA! Steina Vasulka in person! Live performance! A major figure in the histories of video and electronic art, Steina Vasulka has continually expanded the possibilities of multimedia with her groundbreaking innovations. Trained as a classical violinist in Iceland, Steina turned to video after moving to New York City in the mid-1960s. Her distinctly musical experiments with the electronic signal, including her real-time performances and development of early video synthesizers, reverberate throughout historical and contemporary art practice. Steina's recent projects continue this pioneering approach, as her dynamic environments of digitally manipulated visual and acoustic landscapes have been installed around the world. This evening, Steina presents a collection of both classic early pieces and newer works, discusses her interest in electronic media, and performs a stirring, not-to-be-missed interpretation of her seminal performance piece, Violin Power (1974-78/1992 present). Steina Vasulka, 1970-2011, USA, multiple formats, ca. 75 min + discussion. 10/13 London, England: Artprojx Cinema http://www.artprojx.com/cinema 8.15pm, Prince Charles Cinema, 7 Leicester Place, WC2H 7BY SANTIAGO SIERRA AND TAKESHI MURATA DOUBLEBILL AND UK PREMIERES Artprojx Cinema presents - Santiago Sierra & Takeshi Murata An Artist Film & Video Double Bill. UK Premiere Screenings Thursday 13 October 2011 from 8.15pm 11.30pm. Artprojx at Prince Charles Cinema, 7 Leicester Place, London WC2. >>>> Team Gallery, Lisson Gallery, prometeogallery di Ida Pisani & Galeria Helga de Alvear present the UK premiere of 'NO, Global Tour' by Santiago Sierra (8.15pm runs 120 mins). >>>> & Salon 94 presents the UK premiere of 'I, Popeye' by Takeshi Murata, screened along with early works by the artist (10.30pm runs 60 mins). >>>> Tickets to both screenings £10. £6.50 for a single screening (includes BEER or POPCORN) http://www.princecharlescinema.com >>>> Contact artprojxcin...@gmail.com for any concessions, press or large group bookings. http://www.artprojx.com 10/13 Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Festival Du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal http://www.beyond2000.co.uk/umbrella/ 8:30pm , the Agora du Coeur des Sciences de l'UQÀM. (174 ave. President Kennedy, Montreal). All performances are FREE MATERIA OBSCURA JÜRGEN REBLE & THOMAS KÖNER (DEU) - Materia Obscura Our universe is made up in large part of invisible dark matter. This performance featuring Jürgen Reble's 25,000 high-resolution scans of 16mm "chemograms" is a gateway into that world. www.filmalchemist.de - http://www.koener.de/ and 10/13 Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Festival Du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal http://www.beyond2000.co.uk/umbrella/ 8:30pm, the Agora du Coeur des Sciences de l'UQÀM. (174 ave. President Kennedy, Montreal). All performances are FREE AUDIO-VISUAL PERFORMANCE: 49 FLIES PIERRE HÉBERT & LORI FREEDMAN (CA) - 49 Flies A live animation performance by Pierre Hébert based on recordings of trapped flies. The flies prompt an ensemble of five virtual instruments with which clarinettist Lori Freedman will improvise. 10/13 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 7:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue ESSENTIAL CINEMA: NANOOK OF THE NORTH by Robert Flaherty 1922, 83 minutes, 35mm The most enduring of all Flaherty's films for its simplicity of purpose, structure, and design. It ennobles its subjects rather than exploiting them. Sharp and uncluttered, the film relies on a few well-developed sequences which remain in the memory of the viewer. "NANOOK is one of the most vital, dramatic and human films that has ever flashed across the screen." Rex Ingram 10/13 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 7:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue THIS SIDE OF PARADISE Jonas Mekas THIS SIDE OF PARADISE 1999, 35 minutes, 16mm. "For a period of several years [in the] late 60s and early 70s, I had the fortune to spend some time, mostly during the summers, with Jackie Kennedy's and her sister Lee Radziwill's families and children. Cinema was an integral, inseparable, as a matter of fact, a key part of our friendship. The time was still very close to the untimely, tragic death of John F. Kennedy. Jackie wanted to give something to her children to do, to help to ease the transition, life without a father. One of her thoughts was that a movie camera would be fun for children. Peter Beard, who was at that time tutoring John Jr. and Caroline in art history, suggested to Jackie that I was the man to introduce the children to cinema. Jackie said yes. And that's how it all began. "The images in this film, with a few exceptions, all come from the summers Caroline and John Jr. spent in Montauk, with their cousins Anthony and Tina Radziwill, in an old house Lee had rented from Andy Warhol, for a few summers. Andy himself spent many of his weekends there, in one of the cottages, as did Peter Beard, whom the children had adopted almost like their older brother or a father they missed. These were summers of happiness, joy and continuous celebrations of life and friendships. These were days of Little Fragments of Paradise." J.M. Plus: Jonas Mekas SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF ANDY WARHOL 1963-90, 35 minutes, 16mm. This extraordinary diary film chronicles Warhol's everyday life and work, and the social and cultural milieu that swirled around him, with appearances from a host of figures including THIS SIDE OF PARADISE participants Caroline Kennedy, Peter Beard, and Tina Radziwill. Total running time: ca. 75 minutes. 10/13 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 9:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue ESSENTIAL CINEMA: MAN OF ARAN by Robert Flaherty 1934, 76 minutes, 35mm Flaherty's third major film portrays the lives of a family of fisher folk on the Aran Islands off the coast of Galway, Ireland. Flaherty selected this location and subjects because of their isolation as the westernmost outpost of European civilization. In addition, the daily struggle between the islanders and the sea perfectly suited his interests and concerns. The scenes at sea are breathtaking. "His passionate devotion to the portrayal of human gesture and of a man's fight for his family makes the film an incomparable account of human dignity. Better than anyone, Flaherty knew how to show the true face of Man." Georges Sadoul (continued in next email)
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