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Refresh <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=33e03a5a43&e=857b71a9cb> [March 2022 - Spring 2023, Denver, CO] - Natural Magic: Experiments In Photography <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=43a89f9f64&e=857b71a9cb> [March 17-June 4, Oxford, UK] - Untitled <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=f486deffd5&e=857b71a9cb> [May 6 + May 18, New York, NY] - *O*PTR*O*NICA3 <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=63093b459e&e=857b71a9cb> [May 13, San Francisco, CA] - Colección Privada: The Super-8 And 16mm Scene In Spain <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=1dc6f09fb9&e=857b71a9cb> [May 13-14, New York, NY] - Millennium Film Journal No. 77: Rifts (Spring 2023) <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=8e8d769990&e=857b71a9cb> [May 17, New York, NY] - Frameworks Monthly Screening: French Avant-Garde <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=fa36bc810f&e=857b71a9cb> [May 18, Seoul, South Korea] - Jennifer West: Film Title Poem & Short Films <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=f855693240&e=857b71a9cb> [May 18, Santa Fe, NM] - Ruins <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=b786eace9a&e=857b71a9cb> [May 19, Gdansk, Poland] - Donna Rosebud By Jp Somersaulter <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=58e127b621&e=857b71a9cb> [May 20, Chicago, IL] - Screening Experimental Films By Andrew Noren And James Herbert <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=46980b55ff&e=857b71a9cb> [May 20, New York, NY] - ARCHIVE FEVER2 <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=de556e98cb&e=857b71a9cb> [May 20, San Francisco, CA] - The Long Conversation <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=84abd9fc57&e=857b71a9cb> [ongoing, online] - 6x6 Project: Artists' Moving Image Works <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=b1c3f8ab3c&e=857b71a9cb> [ongoing, online] *STARTING BEFORE MAY 13, 2023* *March 2022 - Spring 2023* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Denver Museum of Nature & Science <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=609684c78d&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. *___________________________________________________________________* *March 17 - June 4* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Bodleian Library <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=620618870e&e=857b71a9cb> Mo - Sa 10am-5pm, Su 11am-4pm GMT, Transept, Weston Library, Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, Broad St, Oxford, UK *Natural Magic: Experiments in Photography* Photography was invented by a network of chemical experimenters. Little by little, they discovered the photosensitive properties of precious metals and learned to capture images from life on a chemical emulsion of silver nitrate, or iron, or gold, or ground up vegetables. Today’s digital photography feels a long way from the experiments of the nineteenth century, but an intrepid society of alchemists is reviving the processes of the past and creating new approaches to darkroom photography. *Natural Magic* features work by Megan Ringrose, Nettie Edwards, Karel Doing, Andrés Pardo, and Garry Fabian Miller – artists who have spent a lifetime exploring the chemical potentials of photography. *___________________________________________________________________* *May 6 + May 18* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Anthology Film Archives <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=097e7e3751&e=857b71a9cb> May 6 @ 3:15pm & May 18 @ 7:30pm, 32 Second Avenue, New York, NY *UNTITLED* by Kathy Acker & Alan Sondheim, 1974, 55 min, video “This black-and-white video [often referred to as *BLUE TAPE*, though that title was applied only later] depicts a sexually explicit, emotionally charged, and psychologically fraught encounter between a twenty-six-year-old Acker and a thirty-one-year-old Sondheim that took place over the course of a 48-hour period in Sondheim’s NYC loft. [It] opens with a close-up shot of Acker as she recounts her initial meeting with Sondheim several weeks prior and the subsequent unfolding of events leading to the making of the work, including her practice of ‘memory experiments,’ intended to ‘break through memory to desire.’ With the camera framed tightly on Acker, Sondheim reads aloud a text she sent to him in advance of their second meeting in which she ascribes to him the role of her father, whom she never met. The text, and Sondheim’s out-of-view recitation, set the stage for the exchange (of ideas, of roles, of pleasure and its lack, of fluids) we bear witness to over the next 55 minutes.” –JOAN Followed by: *UNTITLED (TAPE 2)* by Kathy Acker & Alan Sondheim, 1974, 33 min, video The day after recording the video piece that has come to be known as *BLUE TAPE* (but which was never intended to have a title), Sondheim and Acker made a second, related tape. Commenting on and structured after the first, it similarly documents a charged intellectual and sexual encounter but with Sondheim and Acker’s roles reversed. This tape had never been screened in the U.S. until we showed it at Anthology as part of our Wilhelm Reich-themed film series this past March! Total running time: ca. 95 min. *SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2023* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Other Cinema <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=61d5259d10&e=857b71a9cb> 8pm PT, ATA Gallery, 992 Valencia (@ 21st), San Francisco, CA *OPTRONICA3* BECKER + 99 HOOKER + RE-MIXERS Our third iteration of the season's Optronicas is more about video/performance and re-mixing, with a couple of the country's heaviest hitters. Local hero Tommy Becker has finally readied his long-form *Elective ART* performance, an energized video song-cycle about Tommy's experiences as a high school Art teacher. AND the second half is anchored by the nationally touring 99 Hooker, who reveals his new *h9sh*, another crowning achievement by way of quick-cutting live-laptop action. Between the two titans is an *assemblage* of classic video cut-ups: Animal Charm, EBN, Rodney Ascher, Vicki Bennett/PLU, and Davy Force/Gerald Casale in their breaking music video. PLUS Soda_Jerk, both old and new! Come early for Russ Forster on sidewalk theremin! *___________________________________________________________________* *May 13 - 14* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Anthology Film Archives <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=4c650872d2&e=857b71a9cb> 7:30pm ET, 32 Second Avenue, New York, NY *COLECCIÓN PRIVADA: THE SUPER-8 AND 16MM SCENE IN SPAIN* In the last fifteen years, Spanish cities have seen the flourishing of heterogeneous communities devoted to maintaining analog film culture. Through material exchange, mutual influence, informal screenings, and friendship, three generations of filmmakers intermingle in Madrid, Barcelona, and San Sebastian in an extraordinary moment for Spanish poetic cinema. These programs survey the output of 23 filmmakers who continue to work in 16mm and Super-8, cultivating a cinema in tension with the quotidian in a drive to capture or conjure experience. The series will also encompass an expanded cinema program which will take place at the Museum of the Moving Image; for more details visit: https://movingimage.us/event/coleccion-privada/ <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=e373ad22dc&e=857b71a9cb> This series is presented with generous support from Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola (EQZE), the Martin Scorsese Department of Cinema Studies, the NYU Moving Image Archiving and Preservation Program, the Orphan Film Symposium, and the Cultural Department of the Consulate General of Spain. A reception is provided courtesy of Bodegas Williams & Humbert. The screenings will be presented in person by guest-curators Francisco Algarín Navarro and Carlos Saldaña, from Revista Lumière. All prints courtesy of the filmmakers. --- May 13 @ 7:30pm ET - COLECCIÓN PRIVADA: PROGRAM 1: FREE VERSE --- With filmmakers Juan Bufill, Blanca García, and Jorge Suárez-Quiñones Rivas in person. Daily life, travel diaries, representation of self, portraiture, and subjective perception are threads that run through this first program on recent Spanish lyrical cinema, covering an array of genres and editing strategies. While featuring some experiments with montage, most filmmakers explore in-camera editing in unique ways, ranging from an improvisatory connection with a specific time and place to intricate versifications of the real. All films are screened in their original analog formats and most are presented in their reversal originals for this rare occasion, including five world premieres and eight North American premieres. Pablo Marín *DENKBILDER* (2013, 5 min, Super-8mm) Ana Pfaff *POMELL DE FLORS ESPIRITUALS* (2011, 3 min, Super-8mm) Leonor Serrano Rivas *OIR FORMAS* (2022, 10 min, 16mm) Elena Duque *COLECCIÓN PRIVADA* (2020, 13 min, Super-8mm) Juan Bufill *VILLA DIONISIA* (2003-19, 5 min, Super-8mm) Gadea Burgaz *¡BU! (CON ADMIRACIÓN)* (2023, 15 min, Super-8mm) Jorge Suárez-Quiñones Rivas *AKIKONOMU* (2019, 3 min, Super-8mm) Jorge Suárez-Quiñones Rivas *CHUBUSANGAKU* (2019, 3 min, Super-8mm) Jorge Suárez-Quiñones Rivas *MURASAKI* (2019, 3 min, Super-8mm) Blanca García *IPSAE (ABI)* (2021, 3 min, Super-8mm) Blanca García *IPSAE (GUILLERMINA)* (2021, 3 min, Super-8mm) Blanca García *IPSAE (MARIA)* (2021, 3 min, Super-8mm) Blanca García *IPSAE (ANDREA)* (2021, 3 min, Super-8mm) Yonay Boix *#005* (2020, 3 min, Super-8mm) Yonay Boix *#006* (2021, 3 min, Super-8mm) Yonay Boix & Ariadna Onofri *#007* (2021, 3 min, Super-8mm) Claudio Sodi *SUEÑOS PARA EVA – PARTE 1* (2022, 22 min, 16mm) Elena Duque *MAR DE CORAL* (2021, 11 min, Super-8mm) Total running time: ca. 115 min. --- May 14 @ 7:30pm ET - COLECCIÓN PRIVADA: PROGRAM 2: SPECIES OF SPACES --- With filmmakers Valentina Alvarado Matos and Juan Bufill in person. This second program on recent Spanish lyrical cinema showcases filmmakers who work with visual concepts, preconceived camera devices, and objectual mise-en-scène. Based on body gestures, transformations of matter, philosophical writings, landscape, architecture, and the “maneuverable” possibilities of the camera, these works offer a heterogeneous take on modern explorations in analog film. All the films in this program are screened in their original formats (including a 16mm double-projection). Most are presented in their reversal originals for this rare occasion, including five world premieres and five North American premieres. María Pipla *MANY EYES, MANY CENTERS, MOVING* (2022, 3 min, 16mm) Valentina Alvarado Matos *PROPIEDADES DE UNA ESFERA PARALELA* (2020, 17 min, 16mm double-projection) Céline Latil *LX VISAGES* (2022, 3 min, 16mm) Laura Moreno *MONTE ULÍA* (2023, 3 min, 16mm) Álvaro Feldman *DIORAMA* (2022, 3 min, Super-8mm) Aldara Pagán *MARCAS* (2020, 10 min, Super-8mm) Laura Ibáñez López *CORPÚSCULOS* (2022, 2 min, 16mm) Albert Triviño *NIÀGARA* (2008, 3 min, Super-8mm) Albert Triviño *BOMBOLLES* (Vanitas Sílvia) (2009, 3 min, Super-8mm) Bruno Delgado Ramo *SPINOZA/ONGODIST* (2021, 11 min, Super-8mm) Alba Sauleda *L’AUTORRETRAT REFILMAT* (IV) (2015, 3 min, Super-8mm) Deneb Martos & Pablo Useros *WHITE SCREEN* (FOR AMY HALPERN) (2022, 5 min, 16mm) Bruno Delgado Ramo *UNABRIDGED MANEUVER* (2022, 17 min, 16mm) Juan Bufill *ARQUITECTURA 3. PUENTE* (2004, 5 min, Super-8mm) Total running time: ca. 95 min. *WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2023* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Anthology Film Archives <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=b3aa4dce0a&e=857b71a9cb> 7:30pm ET, 32 Second Avenue, New York, NY *MILLENNIUM FILM JOURNAL NO. 77: RIFTS (SPRING 2023)* MFJ 77 "RIFTS” covers a swath of current artists’ moving image territory, including eight reviews of recent works, a dossier by MFJ editors and advisory board members focused on the 2022 New York Film Festival’s Currents sidebar, Cathy Rogers’ unique Artist Pages, and a trio of full-length articles on major international artists’ films and videos. For the Anthology program we have selected a diverse variety of works addressing major issues, but invariably obliquely – as is to be expected in our constantly changing field. Programmed by Jonathan Ellis & Grahame Weinbren. All film descriptions are excerpted from Millennium Film Journal No. 77. MFJ 77 is published by the Millennium Film Workshop, which gratefully acknowledges support for the Millennium Film Journal by the following individuals and organizations: Deborah and Dan Duane; Walter and Karla Goldschmidt Foundation; New York State Council on the Arts; and Anonymous Donors. Jacques Perconte *BEFORE THE COLLAPSE OF MONT BLANC / AVANT L’EFFONDREMENT DU MONT BLANC* 2021, 16 min, digital “Perconte produces artworks that no longer represent ‘objects’ but rather show the inherent lines of force, agency, and movement within the natural landscape and the political dimension of humanity’s influence on the velocity of that movement.” –Megan Phipps, “Circuit-Bending Psychedelic Transcendentalism” Andre Demirjian *WE SEND OUR SIGNAL* 2021, 2 min, digital “The Nunnery Gallery comprises a screening room connected to an arched hallway no bigger than 20’ x 8’. Any indication that this was once the site of Christian rituals has been stripped, its walls painted pure white in gallery tradition. Appearing in a space once occupied by Christ on the cross, Demirjian’s futuristic documentary projected a newer, more pressing kind of premonition that feels contemporary and dystopian all at once.” –Elizabeth Lowe, “Signal” Simon(e) Jaikiriuma Paetau & Natalia Escobar *ARIBADA* 2022, 30.5 min, digital “... follows Las Traviesas, a group of indigenous trans women from the Emberá people in Colombia. […] The film crackles with the noise of the forest – cicadas, branches cracking, leaves rustling. The women discuss how their indigenous communities are generally not welcoming to trans women. But the importance of finding a pathway towards acceptance on their own terms is clear: ‘Daughter, do not leave our culture behind, we can still fight for our own identity.’” –Camila Galaz, “Field Trips” Eva Giolo *THE DEMANDS OF ORDINARY DEVOTION* 2022, 12 min, 16mm-to-digital “The omnipresence of 16mm film, both in the texture of the images and the diegetic appearance of the Bolex, demonstrates Giolo’s commitment to the particularly tactile process of analog filmmaking. Beautifully filmed, impeccably edited, Giolo’s latest vibrates with the substance of life, labor, joy, and uncertainty.” –Vincent Warne, “Ordinary Devotion” Sophia Al-Maria *TIGER STRIKE RED* 2022, 23 min, digital “... seethes like water droplets on a hot frying pan. It is elegantly photographed, seamlessly edited cinema, best understood as a cry of despair and a roar of anger, its power not a catalog of past atrocities but an expression of reactions to them. At the same time, like a bibliography, the film directs a viewer to historical events, most of them accessible in a couple of clicks.” –Grahame Weinbren, “Beyond So-Called Documentary" Total running time: ca. 90 min. *THURSDAY, MAY 18, 2023* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Seoul Art Cinema <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=46f6c47310&e=857b71a9cb> 7:30pm (Korea), Seoul Art Cinema, 22-7 Jeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea *Frameworks monthly screening: French avant-garde* Once a month screening in Seoul, South Korea, of experimental films at the Seoul Art Cinema. Marcel Hanoun: *UNE SIMPLE HISTOIRE*, 1958, 64' "...comes across as a document, as a clinical statement on reality. And I insist on the word 'clinical.' Marcel Hanoun presents a film where the suspense does not come from the social aspect of the heroine's misadventures, but rather from their pathological aspect. Marcel Hanoun's originality is to have been able to not only describe a dramatic situation, but also to elaborate a woman's character. That's why I like this film." - Jean-Luc Godard *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Live, physical event* No Name Cinema <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=bc407840d8&e=857b71a9cb> 7pm MT, No Name Cinema, 2013 Pinon Street, Santa Fe, NM *Jennifer West film title poem & short films* Presented in partnership with Radius Books Book Launch, Screening and Conversation with Chelsea Weathers and Andy Campbell Californian artist Jennifer West works at the intersection between two technological paradigms, in a space she calls “analogital” (a contraction of “analogue” and “digital”). In 2016, she completed a monumental film entirely dedicated to movie title cards called *Film Title Poem*, made on 35mm film, hand etched and painted and transferred to a digital format, which is composed of images of patterns and glitches from over 500 film credits sorted alphabetically. Inspired by Victor Burgin’s essay *The Remembered Film* (2004), West’s feature film investigates the way in which fiction works its way into our memories, but also demonstrates how our viewing experience has changed with digital technology. Presented on 16mm film: *Whatever Film* (2007, color, silent, 16mm, 4 min 11 sec) *Salt Crystals Spiral Jetty Dead Sea Five Year Film* (2013, color, silent, 70mm, 54 seconds) *Emoji Piss Film* (2018, color, silent, 35mm, 2 min, 33 sec) Presented as digital transfer (from 35mm): *Film Title Poem* (2016, color, sound, 67 min 40 sec) *FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2023* enue type: *Live, physical event* University of Gdansk <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=2277c0f3fc&e=857b71a9cb> 18:00 GMT+2, Theater Hall, Biblioteka Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego, University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland *Ruins* (by Jesse Lerner, B & W 16mm, 78 min., 1999) Surveying representative moments from the history of Mesoamerican antiquarianism, this experimental documentary suggests how diplomacy and Pan-Americanism framed the recontexualization of archeological objects as art. Part faked newsreel, part diffusionist rant, Ruins uses appropriated sounds and images to contemplate a history of appropriated objects. The film visits with Brigido Lara, master forger, and suggests parallels between the documentary film and the fake. *SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2023* enue type: *Live, physical event* Chicago Filmmakers <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=fa19f4c4ec&e=857b71a9cb> 7PM CST, Chicago Filmmakers’ Firehouse Cinema, 1326 W Hollywood Avenue, Chicago, IL *DONNA ROSEBUD by JP Somersaulter (Presented by Chicago Filmmakers and the Chicago Film Archives)* USA, 1986, 80m, a feature-length live action film made by animator JP Somersaulter in 1986. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker moderated by Kat Sachs of Cine-File. "You have just entered the world of Donna Rosebud. Here, there is no such thing as death. You can change your age as often as you change your clothes. Donna is the mayor, a doctor, an athlete, a musician, a chemist, a lawyer, a philosopher, and a mother of seven. She has a lover named Alonzo... seven men in one. Donna's world is ideal, but she's been having bad dreams — and we're in them." Along with his partners Lillian and Michael Moats, JP created a bundle of highly imaginative, award-winning animation films geared towards children and adults alike. Donna Rosebud took creative shape during the early 1980s when JP was on his own, premiering at the Music Box Theatre in 1987. JP, Lillian, and Michael will all be in attendance for the post-screening Q&A. JP, Lillian, and Michael will soon be leaving their homes in the United States for various abodes in Europe. We will miss them, but are happy that they'll still have a presence with the Chicago Film Archives: they are leaving all of their work here, in CFA’s care. Please be sure to arrive 15 minutes prior to showtime and be ready to present your order confirmation number for admission. Masks are strongly recommended, but not required. *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Live, physical event* New York Public Library for the Performing Arts <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=3c572b9ba4&e=857b71a9cb> 3:30 PM ET, Third Floor Screening Room, NYPL for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY *Screening Experimental Films by Andrew Noren and James Herbert* "In 1981, Laurence Kardish programmed *Of Light and Texture* at the Museum of Modern Art, a dual exhibition of Andrew Noren and James Herbert’s films. Today, community curator Paul Attard will present a new screening of *Cantico* by Herbert and *Imaginary Light* by Noren, serving as a well-overdue survey of two seminal and long-neglected 16mm masters who, by their own choosing, have nearly vanished from the public’s consciousness since that exhibition. By 1989, Noren had withdrawn all of his films from the Film-Makers’ Cooperative and rarely screened any new work up until his death in 2015. Since 2007, Herbert has focused his attention towards large scale painting. While both dabbled with digital technologies during the 2000s, the two films that will be shown at the Library for the Performing Arts are presented on pristine celluloid: 1994’s *Imaginary Light* and 1982’s *Cantico*. Disregarding the many technical merits both films have going for them—their intense ethereal beauty and rigorous formal qualities aside—there’s also a question of rarity here with this screening: there is, quite literally, nowhere else in the world where one can see both of these films in direct conversation with one another." *___________________________________________________________________* Venue type: *Live, physical event* Other Cinema <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=67de64126b&e=857b71a9cb> 8pm PT, ATA Gallery, 992 Valencia (@ 21st), San Francisco, CA *ARCHIVE FEVER2* PRELINGER: FILM: THE LIVING RECORD OF OUR MEMORY We are over the moon to have snagged the NorCal debut of this major international doc, especially since one of its principal interviewees, Rick Prelinger, is here in-person to introduce it! A Spanish-Canadian co-production, Inés Toharia Terán's epic two-hour overview automatically becomes thee up-to-date 'bible' on arguably the most critical cinematic practice of our particular time: film archiving! The cast of interview subjects includes B. Morrison, D. Streible, J. Mekas, K. Loch, K. Brownlow, M. Toscano, M. Scorsese, S.Bromberg, and many others! They explain what film preservation is and why it is needed. Our protagonists are custodians of film whose work behind the scenes safeguards the survival of motion pictures. Note: tonight there's no first half/intermission, but come early for pre-show pieces on Rick himself, on Stephen Parr's Oddball Films, and on proto-cinema (16mm!) *ONGOING* Venue type: *Virtual, online event* Riverwest Radio <https://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=f472251cc2&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://list-manage.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4b83d0e66f4638a082b103d27&id=9a02419656&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. ------------------------------ *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=30d8289242&e=857b71a9cb> . 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