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<https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=c2ba1df5e3&e=857b71a9cb> [November 1, 2021-January 25, *2023*, worldwide] - Refresh <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=ab0abdfd80&e=857b71a9cb> [March 2022 - Fall 2022, Denver, CO] - The New England Triennial <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=8583113f3f&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=126a38519f&e=857b71a9cb> [April 13-August 14, Toronto, Canada] - Chicago Underground Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=90dfae39e0&e=857b71a9cb> [July 27-31, Chicago, IL] - My Gaze Covers You Like ivy: the Films of Antoinette Zwirchmayr <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=441f134a7d&e=857b71a9cb> [July 29-30, New York, NY] - New York, 1962–1964: Underground and Experimental Cinema <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=1b06af6e63&e=857b71a9cb> [July 29-August 4, New York, NY] - Gearwax: Old vinyl, Repurposed <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=fd321d7b75&e=857b71a9cb> [July 31, online] - 6x6 project: Screening #4 <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=f08cbb14a8&e=857b71a9cb> [August 1, Berlin, Germany] - James Broughton Programs 1-4 <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=5e2e55673a&e=857b71a9cb> [August 2-3, New York, NY] - Microcinema: Love and Other Violences <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=c21251800d&e=857b71a9cb> [August 4, Washington, DC] - EC: BUÑUEL / DALÍ <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=be8c21c88a&e=857b71a9cb> [August 5, New York, NY] - EC: L’ÂGE D’OR <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=5a5048b248&e=857b71a9cb> [August 5-7, New York, NY] - Andy Warhol's Durational Cinema <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=a822f73f00&e=857b71a9cb> [August 5-7, New York, NY] - EC: LOS OLIVIDADOS <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=3c89a11e9c&e=857b71a9cb> [August 6-8, New York, NY] - The Long Conversation <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=596e449857&e=857b71a9cb> [ongoing, online] - 6x6 Project: Artists' Moving Image Works <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=014670eacf&e=857b71a9cb> [ongoing, online] - Ecstatic Static Screenings <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=24ee8715fc&e=857b71a9cb> [ongoing, online] *STARTING BEFORE JULY 30, 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=9d51d6e98f&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=881213786a&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=ffb5487e15&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=ab484886d8&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=d964cabc54&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 27 - 31* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Chicago Underground Film Festival <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=9f3aa06ea2&e=857b71a9cb> times vary, The Logan Theatre, 2646 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, IL *Chicago Underground Film Festival* "The Chicago Underground Film Festival, The reigning champion of all underground film festivals is still going strong as it nears in on two decades in operation...There’s a reason why CUFF has been so successful for so many years: The fierce dedication of festival Artistic Director Bryan Wendorf, who’s been running things since the very beginning. However, the truly astounding thing that Wendorf has done is that he’s allowed the fest to grow over the past 19 years.Since the fest abandoned its transgressive leanings many moons ago, CUFF has always allowed the notion of what an “underground film” is to grow and adapt. For that reason, it’s always difficult to pin down exactly what Wendorf and his crew are looking to program every year, but when they announce their annual lineup it always seems to make sense.What they program is a little different, off-beat in varying ways, still embracing a punk aesthetic, intelligent, sometimes smart-ass, sometimes raucous, experimental in concept although not always in form and always challenging.” - Mike Everlith, Badlit.com *___________________________________________________________________* *July 29 - 30* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Anthology Film Archives <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=a6e1173a1f&e=857b71a9cb> times vary, see below, 32 Second Avenue, New York *MY GAZE COVERS YOU LIKE IVY: THE FILMS OF ANTOINETTE ZWIRCHMAYR* This summer Anthology is graced by a visit from Austrian experimental filmmaker Antoinette Zwirchmayr, who will present a three-program survey of films made over the past 10 years, all of them screening on 16mm or 35mm. Zwirchmayr’s films are distinguished by the carefully considered precision of their construction, the meditative stillness of their rhythms, and above all by their preoccupation with bodies, objects, and landscapes, which are rendered with an extraordinary degree of tactility. In Zwirchmayr’s hands, bodies and landscapes come to occupy the same plane of perception. She consistently places people and objects in various natural environments in a way that is both incongruous and evocative, resulting in a fascinating confusion of scale, abstraction, and representation. Her films demonstrate an abiding interest in juxtaposing strikingly different kinds of substances – skin and stone, fire and ice, plant and textile – and an extraordinary ability to convey the emotional, mental, and physical frisson that results. And she films both bodies and landscapes with such an attention to detail and texture that the bodies are transformed into landscapes, and vice versa. This is the case not only in the highly condensed, meditative short works that make up the larger part of her filmography, but also in the “What I Remember” trilogy of personal essay films that explore the remarkable, troubled history of her own family in a singularly elliptical style. These programs gather together a selection of Zwirchmayr’s work over the past decade, including the “What I Remember” trilogy, as well as several brand-new films. Upcoming Screenings July 29 at 7:30 PM ANTOINETTE ZWIRCHMAYR, PROG. 1 <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=90e844d720&e=857b71a9cb> July 30 at 5:30 PM ANTOINETTE ZWIRCHMAYR, PROG. 2 <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=70b820ce5d&e=857b71a9cb> July 30 at 8:00 PM ANTOINETTE ZWIRCHMAYR, PROG. 3: "WHAT I REMEMBER" TRILOGY <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=70fb5baa42&e=857b71a9cb> *___________________________________________________________________* *July 29 - August 4* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Film Society of Lincoln Center <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=ee4a370d37&e=857b71a9cb> times vary, see below, Film at Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY *New York, 1962–1964: Underground and Experimental Cinema* *Program 1: Film-Makers’ Showcase -- August 3 @ 6:30PM* Francis Lee, David Brooks, Storm de Hirsch, Marie Menken, Owen Land, Stan VanDerBeek, Kenneth Anger 1963 - 1964 16mm, 35mm 66 minutes Featuring Francis Lee's *Film-Makers’ Showcase*, David Brooks's *Jerry*, Storm de Hirsch's *Divinations*, Marie Menken's *Notebook*, Owen Land's *Fleming Faloon*, Stan VanDerBeek's *Breath Death*, and Kenneth Anger's *Scorpio Rising*. *Program 2: New Lines: Avant-Garde Animation -- August 3 @ 8:15PM* Rudy Burckhardt, Red Grooms, Robert Breer, Harry Smith 1962-1964 16mm, 35mm 84 minutes Featuring Rudy Burckhardt and Red Grooms's *Shoot the Moon*, Robert Breer's *Pat's Birthday*, *Breathing*, *Fist Fight*, and Harry Smith's *Late Superimpositions*. *Program 3: Dorsky, Meyer, Markopoulos -- July 30 @ 2:00PM + August 4 @ 4:00PM* Nathaniel Dorsky, Andrew Meyer, Gregory J. Markopoulos 1963-1964 16mm 86 minutes Featuring Nathaniel Dorsky's *Ingreen*, Andrew Meyer's *Shades and Drumbeats*, Gregory J. Markopoulos's *Twice a Man*. *Program 4: Screen Tests + Blow Job -- July 30 @ 4:15PM* Andy Warhol 1964-1966 16mm 71 minutes Featuring Andy Warhol's *Screen Tests [Reel 16: Paul America, Susan Sontag, Lou Reed, Ruth Ford, Harold Stevenson, Henry Rago, Nico, Alan Solomon, Jack Smith, Ethel Scull]* and *Blow Job* *Program 5: Blonde Cobra + Flaming Creatures -- July 30 @ 6:15PM + August 4 @ 6:30PM* Ken Jacobs, Jack Smith 1963 16mm, 35mm 76 minutes Introduction from Ken Jacobs on July 30 Featuring Ken Jacobs's *Blonde Cobra* and Jack Smith's *Flaming Creatures*. *Program 6: Normal Love -- July 30 @ 8:15PM* Jack Smith 1963 16mm 120 minutes A noted influence on Mike Kelley and Andy Warhol, among many others, Jack Smith was a consummate artist’s artist, and *Normal Love* is one of his most remarkable achievements. *Program 7: Film and Performance -- July 31 @ 2:00PM* Raymond Saroff, Carolee Schneemann, Ron Rice, Barbara Rubin 1962-1964 16mm, double 16mm 90 minutes Featuring Raymond Saroff's *Happenings: One*, Carolee Schneemann's *Meat Joy*, Ron Rice's *Chumlum*, and Barbara Rubin's *Christmas on Earth*. *Program 8: Merce Cunningham + The Brig -- July 31 @ 4:15PM* Jackie Raynal, Jonas Mekas 1962-1964 16mm 81 minutes Featuring Jackie Raynal's *Merce Cunningham* and Jonas Mekas's *The Brig*. *Program 9: Eye and Ear Control -- July 31 @ 6:30PM* Alfred Leslie, Joyce Wieland, Michael Snow 1964 16mm 86 minutes Featuring Alfred Leslie's *The Last Clean Shirt*, Joyce Wieland's *Peggy's Blue Skylight*, and Michael Snow's *New York Eye and Ear Control*. *Program 10: Meet the Kuchar Brothers -- July 31 @ 8:45PM* George and Mike Kuchar 1963-1964 16mm 81 minutes Fearuting George and Mike Kuchar's *Tootsies in Autumn*, *A Town Called Tempest*, and *Lovers of Eternity*. *Program 11: Hallelujah the Hills -- August 2 @ 6:30PM + August 3 @ 4:00PM* Adolfas Mekas 1963 82 minutes Inspired as much by Hollywood comedies and romances of the silent era as by the French New Wave, Adolfas Mekas’s debut feature remains, 59 years after its American premiere in the first New York Film Festival, an irreverent delight, a semi-slapstick vision of true love, and a valentine to cinema itself. *Program 12: The Cool World -- August 2 @ 8:30PM + August 4 @ 8:30PM* Shirley Clarke 1964 35mm 125 minutes Based on the novel by Warren Miller about a teenager navigating the violent turf wars and internal hierarchies of Harlem gangs, Shirley Clarke’s *The Cool World* is a landmark of early American independent cinema. *SUNDAY, JULY 31, 2022* Venue type: *Virtual, online event* *GearWax* https://www.gearwax.org/ <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=cd19ad2006&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! *MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2022* Venue type: *Live, physical event* 6x6 project <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=3ffc7a7c99&e=857b71a9cb> 6pm GMT+2, Xanadu, Altenbraker Str. 18, 12053 Berlin, Germany *SCREENING #4* An introduction into Project Spaces as Micro-Cinemas with 6x6 Project, Xanadu, Anorak and Videoart at Midnight. On Monday, 1 August from 18:00 until 00:30, as part of Project Space Festival, several Berlin-based platforms will present moving image programs that represent their own distinctive approaches to the problems and opportunities posed by attempts to present the medium outside of standard institutionalized contexts. *White Shadow* by collectif_fact / 10:24 min / 2021 *disjointed* by Clara Helbig / 11:00 min / 2020 *Meanwhile on Set…* by Jennifer Martin / 15:00 min / 2018 *A Demonstration* by Sasha Litvintseva and Beny Wagner / 24:00 min / 2020 *TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2022* *August 2 - 3* Venue type: Anthology Film Archives <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=7f1904ef21&e=857b71a9cb> times vary, see below, 32 Second Avenue, New York *JAMES BROUGHTON PROGRAMS 1-4* -- August 2 @ 6:45pm ET -- *MOTHER’S DAY* (1948, 22 min, 16mm) *FOUR IN THE AFTERNOON* (1951, 15 min, 16mm) *LOONY TOM, THE HAPPY LOVER* (1951, 10 min, 16mm) “For Broughton, making films did not make him less of a poet; it made him more of a poet. Like Jean Cocteau, Broughton insisted that poetry was not limited to ‘verse,’ and that it was the most precise word to describe his activities. […] His ‘filmic passion’ led him not to commercial cinema…but to a ‘life of vision’ in which he might experience ‘a poetry that would reveal on a large screen what my feelings looked like.’” –Jack Foley, FULL, FRONTAL MYSTERY: THE FILMS OF JAMES BROUGHTON Total running time: ca. 50 min. -- August 2 @ 8:30pm ET -- *THE PLEASURE GARDEN* (1953, 38 min, 35mm, b&w) *THE BED* (1968, 19 min, 16mm) *NUPTIAE* (1969, 14 min, 16mm) “Broughton was and is a poet, sometimes a dramatist. Yet whatever the mode, his style is remarkably consistent: urbane and witty with the persona of the naïve, or the simpleton, or the child. Like the poems, the films record the basic rites of passage, the search for love, the primal relationships, with ironic insight: there are parents who are children, a rube who’s really the artist, a loony wise man.” –P. Adams Sitney Total running time: ca. 75 min. -- August 3 @ 6:45pm ET -- *THE GOLDEN POSITIONS* (1970, 32 min, 16mm) “A lovely, poetic, humorous, and crystal investigation of mankind standing, sitting, and lying down.” –John Wasserman, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE *THIS IS IT* (1971, 10 min, 16mm) “Broughton’s creation myth, THIS IS IT, places a 2-year-old Adam and a bright apple-red balloon in a backyard garden of Eden, and works a small miracle of the ordinary. And since that miracle is what the film is about, he achieves a kind of casual perfection in matching means and ends.” –Roger Greenspun, NEW YORK TIMES *TESTAMENT* (1974, 20 min, 16mm) “TESTAMENT is James Broughton’s exquisite self-portrait. […] A plethora of rich personal symbols is woven throughout the film, tied together by verbal games, Zen poems, anecdotes, songs, a child’s prayer, dreams and visions.” –Karen Cooper Total running time: ca. 65 min. -- August 3 @ 8:30pm ET -- *DREAMWOOD* (1972, 45 min, 16mm) “A modern day spiritual odyssey in which a man is mysteriously compelled to leave his home and embark on a voyage to a strange, magical island. On the island he faces the most improbable and intense experiences of his life, ranging from total humiliation to a deep sense of oneness with the force of life. Heroic in concept, subtle in execution, DREAMWOOD is a beautiful film by a true master of the medium.” –David Bienstock *HIGH KUKUS* (1974, 3 min, 16mm) “A High Kuku is, of course, a cuckoo haiku. In inventing this form Broughton has concocted zany verses which are ‘high’ in the sense that they are often metaphysical and are keenly aware of the metacomedy of things.” –Alan Watts Total running time: ca. 55 min. *THURSDAY, AUGUST 4, 2022* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Rhizome DC <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=4103d93809&e=857b71a9cb> 7pm ET, Rhizome DC, 6950 Maple St NW, Washington, DC *MICROCINEMA: Love and Other Violences* Love and Other Violences is a powerful cinematic and personal exploration with an interplay of work from video artists Cecelia Condit and Kym McDaniel. Through a selection of their short works, we will open up some of the common themes that thread through them, from relief to empowerment, to reclamation, or voicing one’s own interior. This program intends to ask how love and violence can be conflated and misconstrued. >From McDaniel's reclamation of history through personal video diaries and non-linear experimental vignettes, to Condit’s work within the psychological landscape of contemporary fairy tales, dreams and poetry that uncovers innate violence, we’ll reflect on the embedded feminism and their parsing of these questions and concerns in a dialogue following the program. Continuing thanks to Stephanie Barber for curating our monthly microcinema series. *Exit Strategies 1-5*, Kym McDaniel, 40 min., 2017-2021 *Not a Jealous Bone*, Cecelia Condit, 11 min., 1987 *Annie Lloyd*, Cecelia Condit, 18 min., 2007 *I’ve Been Afraid*, Cecelia Condit, 7 min., 2020 *FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 2022* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Anthology Film Archives <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=da4231df54&e=857b71a9cb> 7:15pm ET, 32 Second Avenue, New York *EC: BUÑUEL / DALÍ* Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí *UN CHIEN ANDALOU* (1928, 22 min, 35mm, b&w) Twenty-two minutes of pure, scandalous dream-imagery, a stream of images from which anything that could be given a rational meaning was rigorously excluded. It remains the unsurpassed masterpiece of the surrealist cinema. Luis Buñuel *LAND WITHOUT BREAD / LAS HURDES: TIERRA SIN PAN* (1932, 28 min, 35mm, b&w. With English narration.) “A documentary describing, matter-of-factly, a region of Spain so ravaged by epidemic poverty that there our worst fantasies find their objective correlative.” –Raymond Durgnat Total running time: ca. 55 min. *___________________________________________________________________* *August 5 - 7* Venue type: Anthology Film Archives <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=7d401f446d&e=857b71a9cb> times vary, see below, 32 Second Avenue, New York *EC: L’ÂGE D’OR* August 5 @ 9pm ET August 6 @ 8:15pm ET August 7 @ 5:30pm ET *L’ÂGE D’OR* by Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dalí In French with English subtitles, 1930, 73 min, 35mm, b&w “The story is a sequence of moral and surrealist aesthetics. The sexual instinct and the sense of death form the substance of the film. It is a romantic film performed in full surrealistic frenzy.” – Luis Buñuel *___________________________________________________________________* *August 5 - 7* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Anthology Film Archives <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=f2781672a5&e=857b71a9cb> times vary, see below, 32 Second Avenue, New York *ANDY WARHOL’S DURATIONAL CINEMA* This summer we present rare screenings of three of Andy Warhol’s most often-discussed but rarely-screened films, all of which represent bold experiments in durational cinema: *SLEEP* (1963), *EMPIRE* (1964), and *THE CHELSEA GIRLS* (1966). *SLEEP* and *EMPIRE* are notoriously minimal works – the former, lasting five-plus hours, records the poet and artist John Giorno sleeping; the latter consists of an eight-hour stationary shot of the Empire State Building – in which the slightest shifts in light, atmosphere, and gesture carry the weight of dramatic plot developments. *THE CHELSEA GIRLS*, on the other hand, is a comparatively maximalist work: a three-and-a-half hour double-screen epic in which numerous Factory regulars and other Warhol collaborators enact various scenarios, all of which ostensibly take place within different rooms of the Chelsea Hotel. All three are radical and unique filmic experiences. Special thanks to Katie Trainor (Museum of Modern Art). This series has been made possible by The Film Exhibition Fund, a new grants-giving 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the screening of celluloid film prints. For more info visit: https://filmexhibition.org/ <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=5ac523d142&e=857b71a9cb> *THE CHELSEA GIRLS* August 5 at 7:00 PM *SLEEP* August 6 at 4:00 PM *EMPIRE* August 7 at 1:00 PM *SATURDAY, AUGUST 6, 2022* *August 6 - 8* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Anthology Film Archives <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=115af28eb6&e=857b71a9cb> times vary, see below, 32 Second Avenue, New York *EC: LOS OLVIDADOS* August 6 @ 6pm ET August 7 @ 7:30pm ET August 8 @ 6:45pm ET *LOS OLVIDADOS (THE FORGOTTEN ONES)* by Luis Buñuel In Spanish with English subtitles, 1950, 88 min, 35mm, b&w “Buñuel shows the sad condition of the poor without embellishing them, because if there is one thing Buñuel hates it is that artificial sweetness imparted to all the poor which we so frequently see in the traditional film. If, as usually happens in motion pictures, the moral principals approved by conventional society are carefully observed by members of the poorest classes…then these principals have some universal validity. However, Buñuel is concerned with exposing the opposite.” –Emilio Garcia Riera, FILM CULTURE “[*LOS OLVIDADOS*] lashes the mind like a red-hot iron and leaves one’s conscience no opportunity to rest.” –André Bazin *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=1130b696e2&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=826a8f7772&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=307bd6c59a&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=1a6d07e4a9&e=857b71a9cb> . 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