Presented by the CCNY Conversations Series and UnionDocs.
Curated by Lindsey Castillo.
Saturday, January 28th at 7:30pm, $9 suggested donation.
Union Docs, 322 Union Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
This screening presents hand-processed Super 8 and 16mm films by contemporary artists and filmmakers, emphasizing experimentation, imperfections, nostalgia, and the immediacy of erasure.
FEATURING: Dagie Brundert, Kenneth Zoran Curwood, Bradley Eros & Jeanne Liotta, Sarah Halpern, Rachael Guma, Joshua Lewis, Shona Masarin, Phillip Solomon, Kelly Spivey.
The idea of the death of film is not new– over the past two decades, major manufacturers have severely halted their rate of production and processing of film and paper stocks. The Index of Maladjustment is celebrating this recently antiquated medium by showcasing film scratches, chemical traces, color shifts, and the inherent mysteries that are not possible with glossy digital processes. This championing of human slights, an antithetical concept within the present hyper-digital society, strives to find the beauty within what has been deemed an error, and subsequently altered. These maladjustments—evidence of mistakes, defects, and failures—are, in fact, something to be contemplated and revered. – Lindsey Castillo, Curator.
MILLENNIUM FILM MEMBERS SCREENING
OCT. 20, 2011, Bíó Paradís, Reykjavik, Iceland
An evening of films by Millennium Film Workshop members including Kenneth Zoran Curwood, Shona Masarin, Stephanie Wuertz, Lili White, Victoria Campbell, and Jay Hudson.
Curated by Kinosmiðja; a small film coop introducing d.i.y filmmaking and experimental film techniques to Reykjavik, Iceland. www.kinosmidja.is
Excerpts from a ballet-multimedia performance project I worked on earlier this year with Andrew Hurst, Julia K. Gleich, Jason Andrew + Norte Maar.
Video: Suite of Dances - final movement from “In the Use of Others for the Change” ballet performance at the Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn NY. 14, 15, 16 April, 2011. Enjoy!
Cinematic: Medi(t)ations upon a medium
An exhibition exploring some of the interrelations between cinema and other
artistic media, Cinematic is not an attempt at a comprehensive understanding of
the influence of cinema on other art forms, but, rather, an attempt to comprehend
a few of the mediations and meditations upon cinema enacted by artists today.
Curators: Osvaldo Romberg and K. Malcolm Richards
ARTISTS :
Jon Allen
Tim Allen
David Aponte
Kristin Apple
Mercedes Bou
Paul D’Agostino
Warren Holt
Andrew Hurst and
Shona Masarin
Kristina Martino
Carolina Maugeri
Thomas Micchelli
Dejan Nikt
David Romberg
Tina Zavitsanos
May 6 - May 8, 2011
Friday: 7pm - Midnight
Saturday: 11am - Midnight
Sunday: 11am - 6 pm
OSVALDO ROMBERG STUDIO
3232 Collins Street • Philadelphia • 19134
I had the pleasure of working with Intermedia pioneer, filmmaker, and choreographer Elaine Summers in preparation for her presentation of SUN MOON & STARS at Fundaçäo de Serralves/Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Portugal; For which I contributed some video footage to the gigantic projections. It was an experience to be introduced to this infectiously creative woman and her work. Wish I were around in NYC in the 1980’s to see her Intermedia works in the flesh at the Judson Memorial Church and the Guggenheim. Luckily, we have YouTube!
Iowa Blizzard ‘73 by Elaine Summers
Illuminated Workingman by Elaine Summers
Music video for Child Abuse, made by my friend Kenny Curwood. This guy’s got skills. No digital effects involved here, kids. Shot and edited on film, with bleach/color separation experiments, all optically printed and animated on a homemade set-up (Kenny’s somewhat of an inventor/tinkerer). I visited his studio last night and I saw the film in all its 16mm glory. So very rewarding and inspiring. I also met his super cute cat, Buddy who makes an appearance in one of his other films online.
what we do is secret
Open scan collage.
a song for insomniacs. for HG.
