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*This Week [July 16 - 24, 2022] in Avant Garde Cinema* To receive the weekly listing directly via email rather than through Frameworks, just hit Subscribe <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=091193278b&e=857b71a9cb> . *DEADLINES APPROACHING* **** Enter upcoming calls for entry here <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=8c0529a83a&e=857b71a9cb> **** ___________________________________________________________________________________ *sorted by submission deadline* Ongoing Films for Ukrainian Border Crossings <[email protected]?subdir=calls&filename=2.ann&accepts=yes%0a?subdir=calls&filename=2.ann&accepts=yes%20?subdir=calls&filename=2.ann&accepts=yes> (No Dialogue + PG) 07.21.2022 Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=b37efb7c6f&e=857b71a9cb> (Extended Deadline) 07.22.2022 Coney Island Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=79903a5473&e=857b71a9cb> (Extended Deadline) 07.22.2022 Celluloid Now <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=79c002e7dc&e=857b71a9cb> 07.28.2022 Ritual Unions <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=e8886bfd83&e=857b71a9cb> 07.28.2022 Analog Cookbook Submissions <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=2b359bd291&e=857b71a9cb> 07.31.2022 San Diego Underground Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=6eff936131&e=857b71a9cb> (Regular Deadline) 07.31.2022 Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=2951f62c78&e=857b71a9cb> (rough cuts + without premiere) 07.31.2022 Inhabiting Rivers, Unfinishing Circles <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=16f02859f6&e=857b71a9cb> 08.01.2022 The Violence Project <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=c115fda50b&e=857b71a9cb> 08.10.2022 Fisura, International Festival of Experimental Film and Video <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=7ae8d1ec20&e=857b71a9cb> (Regular Deadline) 08.12.2022 Kinoskop Analog Experimental Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=c1a332d837&e=857b71a9cb> 08.14.2022 Harkat 16mm Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=21a36e3228&e=857b71a9cb> (Early Deadline) 08.15.2022 LIFT: Transformations: A Cross Generational Commissioning Project <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=74abca46eb&e=857b71a9cb> 08.15.2022 Imagine Science Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=5622d4bb62&e=857b71a9cb> (Late Deadline) 08.15.2022 Thomas Edison Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=14b90cf0fb&e=857b71a9cb> (Early Deadline) 08.21.2022 VAM’s Creative Residency <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=f404546b7a&e=857b71a9cb> 09.01.2022 Catapult Film Fund Development Grant <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=f45b5b0a91&e=857b71a9cb> 09.01.2022 Swedenborg Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=74846f6bd8&e=857b71a9cb> 09.04.2022 PRISME #5 <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=b9702b17ce&e=857b71a9cb> 09.20.2022 Punto de Vista Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=35d4d02831&e=857b71a9cb> 09.23.2022 accordi @ DISACCORDI - International Short Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=842f7540d8&e=857b71a9cb> 10.01.2022 MONO NO AWARE XVI <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=ca0e33edce&e=857b71a9cb> 03.01.2023 Fracto Experimental Film Encounter <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=3f37a38529&e=857b71a9cb> *EVENTS* **** Enter your event announcements here <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=a2b69d71d6&e=857b71a9cb> **** ___________________________________________________________________________________ *complicated sorting but a true attempt, enjoy!* This week's programs (summary): - Jonas Mekas 100! <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=df90b1995b&e=857b71a9cb> [November 1, 2021-January 25, *2023*, worldwide] - Refresh <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=9aa73f24bc&e=857b71a9cb> [March 2022 - Fall 2022, Denver, CO] - The New England Triennial <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=a0a39e2b6a&e=857b71a9cb> [April 8-September 11, Lincoln + Harvard, MA] - I Am Here: Home Movies and Everyday Masterpieces <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=8053424517&e=857b71a9cb> [April 13-August 14, Toronto, Canada] - Imageless Films, Part 4 <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=9b9bddc6eb&e=857b71a9cb> [July 10-27, New York, NY] - Soft Fiction By Chick Strand <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=c6990c1914&e=857b71a9cb> [July 16, New York, NY] - Cinenova Presents: the Work We Shar <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=199687cfbc&e=857b71a9cb> e <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=7c75ebc808&e=857b71a9cb> [July 16, New York, NY] - If I Were Any Further Away I’d Be Closer To Home: Films By Rajee Samarasinghe <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=0e06fdab93&e=857b71a9cb> [July 17, Los Angeles] - Gearwax: Old vinyl, Repurposed <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=a2e4051c47&e=857b71a9cb> [July 17, online] - Soft Fiction by Chick Strand <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=1e10f19624&e=857b71a9cb> [July 21, New York, NY] - Packard's Wild Weekend! <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=791c4e0cc1&e=857b71a9cb> [July 22-23, Santa Fe, NM] - EC: Stan Brakhage Pgm + the Text of Light <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=3ffb1ef223&e=857b71a9cb> [July 23, New York, NY] - EC: The Pittsburgh Trilogy By Stan Brakhage <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=aa9d61070d&e=857b71a9cb> [July 24, New York, NY] - Uranium Hex: the Nuclear Films of Sandra Lahire <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=f7b53c910a&e=857b71a9cb> [July 24, Los Angeles, CA] - The Long Conversation <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=6aa1f8ada9&e=857b71a9cb> [ongoing, online] - 6x6 Project: Artists' Moving Image Works <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=a0b43820a1&e=857b71a9cb> [ongoing, online] - Ecstatic Static Screenings <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=7969470a3e&e=857b71a9cb> [ongoing, online] *STARTING BEFORE JULY 16, 2022* *November 1 - January 25, 2023* Venue type: *Both physical and online* Jonas Mekas 100! <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=1dce5a7e00&e=857b71a9cb> times and locations vary, see below Event URL: https://jonasmekas100.com/ <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=6cbdda7992&e=857b71a9cb> *Jonas Mekas 100!* In 2022, the world and Lithuania celebrate the life and work of Jonas Mekas, one of the country’s most prominent cultural figures of the 20th and 21st centuries and a global cultural phenomenon in his own right, considered by many to be the “godfather of avant-garde cinema”. Throughout his life, Mekas always emphasized and cherished his Lithuanian roots. After fleeing the foreign occupation of his native land, he arrived in New York City, in his own words “at exactly the right moment”, joining thousands of others escaping the devastation wrought by destructive ideologies and tyrannical regimes in Europe. One might say that Mekas left one village, his native Semeniškiai in northern Lithuania, and immersed himself in the life of another – the Village thriving in and around lower Manhattan, and in its landmark publication, the Village Voice, helping to shape American and global culture so profoundly in the latter half of the 20th century. This centennial celebration, Jonas Mekas 100!, seeks to expand global recognition of his work and encourage a deeper exploration of Mekas’ prolific contributions to cinema, film criticism, cultural organization, and, in particular, his body of poems and prose, now published in Lithuanian, French, German, English, Japanese, Hebrew, and many other languages. The centennial program features over 50 events in an expanding list of countries, including: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, South Korea, Sweden, Taiwan, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The vast scope of Mekas’ contribution to global cultural is examined through film screenings and retrospectives, exhibitions, readings, workshops, new publications and translations of Mekas’ writings, and concerts celebrating the spirit of his work, among other events. The centennial program is a joint international collaboration between leading art and cinema organisations, curators, publishers, the global network of Lithuanian cultural attachés, the Estate of Jonas Mekas, and the Lithuanian Culture Institute. *___________________________________________________________________* *March 2022 - Fall 2022* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Denver Museum of Nature & Science <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=82a3e6ea9c&e=857b71a9cb> open during Museum hours, The Summit Stage and Expedition Health, Denver Museum of Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO *REFRESH: *CYANOBACTERIA OFFER PERSPECTIVE ON OURSELVES This art-science collaboration looks at the microscopic ways cyanobacteria move, on an individual level and in colonies. If we study these organisms and their varied forms, we might discover ways to improve our future. On display at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science in the Summit Stage and Expedition Health, March 2022 - Fall 2022 The cells in your body take in oxygen and sweep out waste products like carbon dioxide (CO2). Microscopic cyanobacteria use photosynthesis to work in reverse, breathing in CO2 and pumping out oxygen. Three billion years ago, cyanobacteria created Earth’s oxygenfilled atmosphere, supporting the evolution of creatures like us. Today, they provide one-quarter of the planet’s oxygen, and cyanobacteria like spirulina provide us with food. Researchers believe that cyanobacteria —which need only sunlight, CO2, and water to thrive— could offer solutions to our changing climate. They might help reduce CO2 on a grand scale, contribute to biofuel production, and support long-term space travel. This diverse group of organisms offers a symbolic warning as well: when colonies of cyanobacteria become too dense or stressed, they can run out of nutrients or be destroyed by their own air pollution. Made with the collaborative efforts of filmmaker Erin Espelie and the Jeffrey Cameron Laboratory at the University of Colorado Boulder, which created a customized microscope system specifically tailored for long-term growth and quantitative imaging of cyanobacterial cells; with special thanks to microbiologist and cinematographer Evan Johnson and artists Nima Bahrehmand, Travis Austin, Will Alstetter, as well as NEST Studio for the Arts. *___________________________________________________________________* *April 8 - September 11* Venue type: *Live, physical event* The New England Triennial <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=403462cf92&e=857b71a9cb> see below for hours, deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum, Lincoln, MA + Fruitlands Museum, Harvard, MA *The New England Triennial* The New England Triennial 2022 recognizes the vitality of contemporary art across the Northeast amid the recent years of upheaval and transformation. Spanning two museum venues—deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum and Fruitlands Museum—this year’s iteration features artwork by twenty-five artists from Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Prioritizing change over stability, many of the artists’ practices involve processes of unmaking and remaking—patching things together, dissecting, and rebuilding forms using discarded parts. Their collective artistry reveals interconnected tendencies: a focus on kinship and ancestral lineages; a search for one’s place in the world; the visualization of data; themes of ruin and decay, and processes of alchemical transmutation. Artists in this exhibition grapple with difficult and unjust moments of history and contemporary life. Some employ generations-old creative traditions in poetic, passionate, and informed ways. Altogether, their work unearths hidden energies and stories surfacing at a time defined by change and resilience. Since 1989, the New England Triennial (formerly known as the deCordova New England Biennial) has been a mainstay of deCordova’s programming and mission, exemplifying the museum’s commitment to contemporary art of the Northeast region. For the first time, this upcoming cycle will span two museum venues, deCordova and Fruitlands, expanding the platform for this highly-anticipated survey of art making in New England. We hope you will visit both locations to appreciate the exhibition’s full scope. deCordova Artists Elizabeth Atterbury, Ann Craven, Jeremy Frey, Merik Goma, Kate Greene, Meena Hasan, Baxter Koziol, Jodie Mack, Anina Major, Marla McLeod, Elle Pérez, Estefania Puerta, Allison Maria Rodriguez, Em Rooney, Michelle Segre, Nafis M. White Fruitlands Artists Sascha Braunig, Edwige Charlot, Ann Craven, David Antonio Cruz, Furen Dai, Brenda Garand, Shaina Gates, Harry Gould Harvey IV, Jarrett Key, Heather Lyon *___________________________________________________________________* *April 13 - August 14* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Art Gallery of Toronto <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=9e93eb1e26&e=857b71a9cb> during gallery hours, 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario *I AM HERE: HOME MOVIES AND EVERYDAY MASTERPIECES* >From the earliest cave paintings to TikTok, humans have found creative ways to document their day-to-day lives. *I AM HERE: Home Movies and Everyday Masterpieces*, a major new AGO exhibition opening in April of 2022, is a revealing look at our universal need to capture, share and cherish the everyday. Featuring lost-and-found home movies from the Prelinger Archives, alongside celebrated artworks by the likes of David Hockney, Patti Smith, Claes Oldenburg, Annie Pootoogook, Arthur Jafa and Mary Pratt, as well as snapshots, photo albums, letters, television, grocery lists, and social media, *I AM HERE* brings together a broad range of personal records from different time periods and locales to explore the shared human impulse to document life as it happens. Co-curated by Jim Shedden, the AGO’s Manager of Publishing, and Alexa Greist, AGO Associate Curator and R. Fraser Elliott Chair, Prints & Drawings, in collaboration with archivist, scholar and writer Rick Prelinger, the exhibition is a celebration of daily life and human creativity, replete with music and creative prompts. Among the artworks on display will be a digital collage of the more than 3000 submissions received from around the world as part of the AGO’s 2021 Portraits of Resilience exhibition. The exhibition will be accompanied by a catalogue co-published by the AGO and DelMonico Books/D.A.P *___________________________________________________________________* *July 10 - 27* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Anthology Film Archives <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=a1b8274db4&e=857b71a9cb> times vary, see below, 32 Second Avenue, New York *IMAGELESS FILMS, PART 4* If there’s one central element that would seem to be intrinsic and indispensable to any reasonable definition of the cinema it would be the presence of imagery, whether photographed, animated, or generated through more experimental methods such as hand-painting, scratching, collaging, and so on. Nevertheless, throughout the history of the medium, artists have challenged even this seemingly core tenet of the art form by producing works that subvert or entirely dispense with the image, by expanding the definition of the kinds of experience that can be shared within the space of the cinema, or by provocatively defining as “cinema” performances that might seem a thing apart. These subversions of the idea of a medium of “moving images” have taken many forms: works that emphasize spoken dialogue or sound collages; films whose visual tracks consist primarily of written text; projector performances that showcase or manipulate light and darkness; flicker films; pure color studies; films that punctuate long stretches of darkness with near-subliminal bursts of imagery; and so on and so forth. This ongoing series represents an extended, in-depth, and multi-chapter exploration of the various ways that filmmakers and artists have experimented with the possibilities of an “imageless” cinema (or have played with the idea of “emptiness” or visual subtraction in a more general sense). The series began in April, and continues throughout the summer: Part 4 features a rare presentation of artist Louise Lawler’s *A MOVIE WILL BE SHOWN WITHOUT THE PICTURE*; programs devoted to “audioscapes” and “scratch films”; and two programs focusing on films that limit their visual tracks to the printed word. In addition, Microscope Gallery will participate by presenting a number of expanded cinema works or pieces that are specially designed for a gallery space; for more info visit: https://microscopegallery.com/ Programmed by Jed Rapfogel, in collaboration with Bradley Eros and John Klacsmann. Special thanks to Elle Burchill & Andrea Monti (Microscope Gallery); Rebecca Cleman, Tyler Maxin, and Karl McCool (Electronic Arts Intermix); Gabriel Coxhead; Olivier De Vos (Auguste Orts); Martha Fleming-Ives (Greene Naftali Gallery); Tim Haines; John Knight; Louise Lawler; Malcolm Le Grice; Charmaine Lee; Andreas Leventis (Lisson Gallery); Seth Mitter (Canyon Cinema); Ryan Muller (Sprüth Magers); Kenneth Pietrobono; Charlotte Procter (LUX); Peter Rose; Keith Sanborn; Michael Snow; Katie Trainor (MoMA); and Mark Webber. Upcoming Screenings Louise Lawler A MOVIE WILL BE SHOWN WITHOUT THE PICTURE <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=d8b6ce71d2&e=857b71a9cb> July 10 at 7:00 PM July 11 at 7:00 PM WORD FILMS: “SO IS THIS” AND ITS ANTECEDENTS <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=ca733e28f0&e=857b71a9cb> July 13 at 7:30 PM IMAGELESS FILMS: AUDIOSCAPES <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=5e9d292ebb&e=857b71a9cb> July 18 at 7:00 PM July 26 at 7:00 PM WORD FILMS: MEDIA + LANGUAGE <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=8f46774f43&e=857b71a9cb> July 24 at 7:30 PM July 27 at 7:30 PM IMAGELESS FILMS: SCRATCH FILMS <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=9e0d9ceb13&e=857b71a9cb> July 25 at 7:30 PM *SATURDAY, JULY 16, 2022* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Anthology Film Archives <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=bb252b3e41&e=857b71a9cb> 6:45pm ET, 32 Second Avenue, New York *SOFT FICTION by Chick Strand* Restored in 2015 by the Academy Film Archive. Restoration funding provided by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and The Film Foundation. *SOFT FICTION* by Chick Strand, 1979, 54 min, 16mm “...a personal documentary that brilliantly portrays the survival power of female sensuality. It combines the documentary approach with a sensuous lyrical expressionism. Strand focuses her camera on people talking about their own experience, capturing subtle nuances in facial expressions and gestures that are rarely seen in cinema. The title *SOFT FICTION* works on several levels. It evokes the soft line between truth and fiction that characterizes Strand’s own approach to documentary, and suggests the idea of softcore fiction, which is appropriate to the film’s erotic content and style. It’s rare to find an erotic film with a female perspective dominating both the narrative discourse and the visual and audio rhythms with which the film is structured.” –Marsha Kinder, FILM QUARTERLY *___________________________________________________________________* *July 16 - 20* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Anthology Film Archives <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=4e7016dc91&e=857b71a9cb> times vary, see below, 32 Second Avenue, New York *CINENOVA PRESENTS: THE WORK WE SHARE* UK feminist film and video distributor Cinenova presents “The Work We Share”: a series of newly digitized films from the Cinenova collection addressing representations of gender, race, sexuality, health, and community. The series comprises four programs of films produced between 1973 and 1994 by filmmakers from the UK, the U.S., Jamaica, Australia, and Italy, exploring feminist perspectives on political struggles and daily life through a range of formal techniques and critical approaches. “The Work We Share” gathers a number of films which previously existed in precarious conditions – in some cases, with negatives having been lost or distribution prints representing the only existing copies. The series intends to acknowledge our interdependency: from organization to filmmakers, cultural workers, communities, and individuals. How can we acknowledge our interdependent relationships? How can we recognize our place in a network of communications, relationships and resources, particularly as an un-funded volunteer organization? What different strains of labor does our work rely on? How do we sustain this work mutually? This series is part of a larger project which includes collaborations with organizations in the UK and response commissions by artists and writers, encouraging a dialogue between the films and exploring contemporary resonances. More information can be found here: www.cinenova.org/2022/02/23/the-work-we-share Cinenova is a volunteer-run charity preserving and distributing the work of feminist film and video makers. Cinenova was founded in 1991 following the merger of two feminist film and video distributors, Circles and Cinema of Women, each formed in 1979. Cinenova currently distributes over 300 titles that include artists’ moving image, experimental film, narrative feature films, documentary and educational videos made from the 1910s to the early 2000s. Selected screenings will be introduced by a member of the Cinenova Working Group! All films (with the exception of *A SONG OF CEYLON* and *A PRAYER BEFORE BIRTH*) will be presented with captions created by worker collective Collective Text. Upcoming Screenings THE WORK WE SHARE, PROG. 1 <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=83ed7a2e25&e=857b71a9cb> July 16 at 5:45 PM July 18 at 8:45 PM THE WORK WE SHARE, PROG. 2 <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=6b179fb565&e=857b71a9cb> July 16 at 8:00 PM July 20 at 7:30 PM THE WORK WE SHARE, PROG. 3 <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=24ebcb1699&e=857b71a9cb> July 17 at 6:00 PM July 19 at 8:45 PM THE WORK WE SHARE, PROG. 4 <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=6189699403&e=857b71a9cb> July 17 at 8:00 PM July 19 at 7:00 PM *SUNDAY, JULY 17, 2022* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Los Angeles Filmforum <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=d7bfcd33c6&e=857b71a9cb> 7:30 PM PST, 2220 Arts + Archives, 2220 W. Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles CA *If I Were Any Further Away I’d Be Closer to Home: A collection of films by Rajee Samarasinghe* Sunday, July 17, 2022, Doors open at 6:30, showtime at 7:30pm, followed by a reception after Rajee Samarasinghe in person! We are thrilled to present the first solo show of films by Rajee Samarasinghe in Los Angeles. Between the spaces and places of Sri Lanka and Los Angeles, Samarasinghe’s body of films stunningly unfold the liminal space between the mystery of filmmaking and the magic of being while at the same time, in his words, “often navigate the terrain of memory, migration, and impermanence.” Join us after the films for a conversation between Samarasinghe and fellow filmmaker Mike Stoltz. The screening will be followed by a reception on the outdoor patio with Sri Lankan snacks and Tarot card readings by Delini Malka Samarasinghe, who appears in the films and, is the filmmaker's sister. Rajee Samarasinghe was born and raised amidst the decades-long civil war in Sri Lanka. He later left for the United States where he is now based. He received his BFA from the University of California San Diego and his MFA from the California Institute of the Arts. Much of his work examines sociopolitical conditions in Sri Lanka through the scope of deconstructing ethnographic practices and the colonial gaze in contemporary media. *Gimhanaye Netra / ගිම්හානයේ යනත්ර / The Eyes of Summer* / (2020 / HD / 15:00 / 2.39:1 Anamorphic / 5.1 Surround Sound / Sinhala / Sri Lanka) *Show Me Other Places* / (2021 / Super 16mm, 16mm, 4K, & HD / 11:24 / 16:9 / Stereo / Sri Lanka & United States) *The Spectre Watches Over Her */ 2016 / 16mm to HD / TRT 13:53 / AR 4:3 / Silent / Sri Lanka & United States *The Exile / පිටුවහලයා / Piṭuvahalayā* / (2010-2018 / HD / 7:49 / 2.66:1 Anamorphic / Silence & Stereo Sound / Sri Lanka & United States) *Agantukayan / ආගන්තුකයන්ත / Strangers* / (2022 / HD / TRT 10:53 / 2.39:1 Anamorphic / Stereo Sound / Sri Lanka & United States) *everyday star */ (2018 / HD / 9:09 / 2.39:1 Anamorphic / Silent / Sri Lanka, United States, & China *If I Were Any Further Away I’d Be Closer to Home */ 2010-2016 / HD / TRT 14:30 / AR 2.66:1 Anamorphic / Silent / Sri Lanka & United States *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Virtual, online event* *GearWax* https://www.gearwax.org/ <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=edad3dda7a&e=857b71a9cb> 6pm-8pm PT, *GEARWAX: OLD VINYL, REPURPOSED* A bi-weekly online radio program featuring old LPs, 45rpm and 78rpm records. Hosted by Kathleen and Scott from San Francisco. Every other Sunday, 6-8pm PT! *SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2022* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Anthology Film Archives <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=f37ef1532b&e=857b71a9cb> 9pm ET, 32 Second Avenue, New York *SOFT FICTION by Chick Strand* 1979, 54 min, 16mm Restored in 2015 by the Academy Film Archive. Restoration funding provided by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) and The Film Foundation. “*SOFT FICTION* is a personal documentary that brilliantly portrays the survival power of female sensuality. It combines the documentary approach with a sensuous lyrical expressionism. Strand focuses her camera on people talking about their own experience, capturing subtle nuances in facial expressions and gestures that are rarely seen in cinema. The title *SOFT FICTION* works on several levels. It evokes the soft line between truth and fiction that characterizes Strand’s own approach to documentary, and suggests the idea of softcore fiction, which is appropriate to the film’s erotic content and style. It’s rare to find an erotic film with a female perspective dominating both the narrative discourse and the visual and audio rhythms with which the film is structured.” –Marsha Kinder, FILM QUARTERLY *FRIDAY, JULY 22, 2022* *July 22 - 23* Venue type: *Live, physical event* No Name Cinema <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=ffdc580691&e=857b71a9cb> 6:30pm MT, No Name Cinema, 2013 Pinon Street, Santa Fe *PACKARD's WILD WEEKEND!* Two days & two different programs celebrating the work of underground filmmaker Damon Packard! --- Fri July 22nd - doors: 6:30, films: 7pm --- *REFLECTIONS OF EVIL* - This screening marks the 20th Anniversary of Packard's 2002 magnum opus; a bizarre, difficult and visionary treatise on American life, paranoia and the delusions of Hollywood. "*REFLECTIONS OF EVIL* is like seeing an astral projection of someone’s mental breakdown through the prism of low-budget horror aesthetics. Produced and self-distributed by filmmaker Damon Packard thanks to an unexpected inheritance, this is a highly personal psychedelic collage that utilizes 16mm film, video, and found footage to tell the story of a wandering creature named Bobby (Packard) as he searches for his missing sister . . . who may have fallen in with a supernatural drug cult. Packard’s schizoid style is built on visual manipulations, breakneck editing, renegade plagiarism, mismatched audio effects, and the juxtaposition of tones. This is true genre anarchy: a rage-filled, 137-minute outsider manifesto that toes the line between artsy triumph and genre pastiche. Imagine a stream-of-consciousness collaboration between Sam Raimi and Charles Manson and you’re halfway there. After being caught while filming *REFLECTIONS OF EVIL* inside Universal Studios, Packard was banned for life from the theme park. He made the right choice." --- The night will begin with a 20 min behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Reflections, and an advert for Packard's Masterclass in filmmaking! --- Sat July 23rd - doors: 6:30, films: 7pm --- SHORT FILMS 1988-2022 - A retrospective spanning 34 years of filmmaking that showcases Packard's humor, talent and singular vision in underground film. An overview of Packard's short and mid-length works including *Dawn of an Evil Millennium* (his first film shot on Super-8), the infamous *Untitled Star Wars Mockumentary*, 2015's transmission from beyond the grave titled *John Carpenter's Ghost*, and the digital effects laden explosion of 2022's *Howl of the Unvaccinated*. NOT TO BE MISSED!!! *SATURDAY, JULY 23, 2022* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Anthology Film Archives <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=a1d3bc571d&e=857b71a9cb> 5:45pm + 8pm ET, 32 Second Avenue, New York *EC: STAN BRAKHAGE PGM + THE TEXT OF LIGHT* -- 5:45pm --- *THE ANIMALS OF EDEN AND AFTER*, 1970, 35 min, 16mm *SEXUAL MEDITATION: ROOM WITH A VIEW*, 1971, 4 min, 16mm, b&w. Preserved by Anthology Film Archives. *THE SHORES OF PHOS: A FABLE*, 1972, 10 min, 16mm *THE WOLD-SHADOW*, 1972, 3 min, 16mm *THE RIDDLE OF LUMEN*, 1972, 14 min, 16mm *SINCERITY: REEL NO. 1*, 1973, 27 min, 16mm Total running time: ca. 95 min. --- 8pm --- *THE TEXT OF LIGHT*, by Stan Brakhage, 1974, 67 min, 16mm, silent Preserved by Anthology Film Archives. “All that is, is light.” –Johannes Scotus Erigena “[Brakhage shot] *THE TEXT OF LIGHT* in (through) a large crystal ashtray. This magnificent film – a slow montage of iridescent splays of light and shifting landscapes of sheer color, which acknowledges debts to Turner and American Romantic landscape painters as well as to James Davis, the pioneer film-maker of light projections – is the culmination of Brakhage’s exploration of anamorphosis.” –P. Adams Sitney, VISIONARY FILM *SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2022* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Anthology Film Archives <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=b58682bd59&e=857b71a9cb> 5pm ET, 32 Second Avenue, New York *EC: THE PITTSBURGH TRILOGY by Stan Brakhage* Preserved by Anthology Film Archives. *EYES* (1970, 36 min, 16mm, silent) “After wishing for years to be given the opportunity of filming some of the more ‘mystical’ occupations of our Times – some of the more obscure Public Figures which the average imagination turns into ‘bogeymen’... viz.: Policemen, Doctors, Soldiers, Politicians, etc.: – I was at last permitted to ride in a Pittsburgh police car, camera in hand, the final several days of September 1970.” –Stan Brakhage *DEUS EX* (1971, 34 min, 16mm, silent) “I have been many times very ill in hospitals; and I drew on all that experience while making DEUS EX in West Penn. Hospital of Pittsburgh; but I was especially inspired by the memory of one incident in an emergency room of San Francisco’s Mission District: while waiting for medical help, I had held myself together by reading an April-May 1965 issue of ‘Poetry Magazine’: and the following lines from Charles Olson’s ‘Cole’s Island’ had especially centered the experience, ‘touchstone’ of DEUS EX, for me: Charles begins the poem with the statement ‘I met Death –’ And then: ‘He didn’t bother me, or say anything. Which is / not surprising, a person might not, in the circumstances; / or at most a nod or something. Or they would. But they wouldn’t, / or you wouldn’t think to either, / it was Death. And / He certainly was, the moment I saw him.’” –Stan Brakhage *THE ACT OF SEEING WITH ONE’S OWN EYES* (1971, 32 min, 16mm, silent) “Brakhage, entering, with his camera, one of the forbidden, terrific locations of our culture, the autopsy room. It is a place wherein, inversely, life is cherished, for it exists to affirm that no one of us may die without our knowing exactly why. All of us, in the person of the coroner, must see that, for ourselves, with our own eyes.” –Hollis Frampton Total running time: ca. 105 min. *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Los Angeles Filmforum <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=1f2e6fdcee&e=857b71a9cb> Doors open at 12:30 pm, showtime at 1:00 pm, 2220 Arts + Archives, 2220 W. Beverly Blvd., Los Angeles CA *Uranium Hex: The Nuclear Films of Sandra Lahire* Presented for the first time in Los Angeles, *URANIUM HEX: THE NUCLEAR FILMS OF SANDRA LAHIRE* introduces four important works by the British experimental feminist filmmaker exploring the anti-nuclear, anti-war movement of the 1980s alongside deeply personal narratives of sickness, contamination and corporeal vulnerability of both the self and land. *Terminals*, 1986, 20 min, 16mm-to-digital *Plutonium Blonde*, 1987, 16 min, 16mm-to-digital. *Uranium Hex*, 1987, 12 min, 16mm-to-digital *Serpent River*, 1989, 32 min, 16mm-to-digital The program will be introduced by archivist and programmer Charlotte Procter (London, UK) with artist P. Staff (Los Angeles, USA). Sandra Lahire (1950-2001) was a central figure in the experimental feminist filmmaking community that emerged in the UK in the 1980s. She studied Philosophy at the University of Newcastle-on-Tyne, Fine Art Film at St Martins School of Art (1984), and Film & Environmental Media at the Royal College of Art (1986). She was a dedicated member of the London Film-Makers’ Co-op (now LUX) and feminist film and video distributor Circles (now Cinenova), and her collaborations with other artists were integral to her filmic practice and feminist politics. She utilized the optical printer at the co-op to make stunning 16mm films that explored illness, lesbian identity, the work of Sylvia Plath, environmental concerns, and the anti-nuclear movement. Integral to all her work is the relationship between the body and the materiality of film, registers of violence and proximity to harm. Her films merge documentary, performance, animation, superimposition – both in-camera and via the optical printer.Lahire died in 2001, aged 50, after a prolonged struggle with anorexia. Her loss was felt keenly by her community of friends and collaborators. *ONGOING* Venue type: *Virtual, online event* *Riverwest Radio* https://www.riverwestradio.com/show/the-long-conversation/ <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=065aa430a2&e=857b71a9cb> streaming 24/7 *THE LONG CONVERSATION* THE LONG CONVERSATION with Xav Leplae and Stephanie Barber is on indefinite hold. But... all episodes from the last year and a half are streaming!!! *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Virtual, online event* *6x6 Project* https://6x6project.com/ <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=b241162c7e&e=857b71a9cb> streaming 24/7 *Artists' Moving Image Works* 6x6 project is an online artists' community that serves as a platform for disseminating artists' moving image works, and to create an ever-growing network among peers. There are now more than four hundred artists’ film and moving image works available to view on the website. *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Virtual, online event* *Ecstatic Static* https://www.ecstaticstatic.com/screenings/ <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=de3e9d7bd9&e=857b71a9cb> streaming 24/7 *ECSTATIC STATIC SCREENINGS* We host regular online screenings of artists’ films and videos on the landing page, as a way to share work both new and rare, that may otherwise have a limited release. For more information on each artist and ways on how to support their work, please see the links below. *Screening No. 18: RITUAL* John Smith, *Om*. 1986, 4 min Colectivo Los Ingrávidos, *Tonalli*. 2021, 16 min Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, *La Cabeza Mató a Todos*. 2014, 7 mins, 30 sec Rajee Samarasinghe, *The Spectre Watches Over Her*. 2017, 13 min, 53 sec Tanya Syed,* Delilah*. 2021, 12 min Michael Curran, *Amami Se Vuoi*. 1994, 5 min Kurt Kren, *10/65 Selfmutilation*. 2021, 5 min, 19 sec Haris Epaminonda, *Chapters (Single Screen Version)*. 2013, 26 min, 29 sec Friedl vom Gröller, *Sacrificio per la sirena*. 2020, 4 min Valie Export, *Facing a Family*. 1971, 5 min ------------------------------ *Let us know about your alternative film/video event!* Enter your event announcements by going to the Flicker Weekly Listing Form <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=0a88291b0d&e=857b71a9cb> . 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