There was a place in Portland, OR that did that called Boom Bap - it had a storefront with an art gallery setup and openings, then also had a screening room that was programmed approximately monthly with experimental work. But it was only around for about a year in 2012.
On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 4:41 PM Eric Theise <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Joel, > > I wonder if you make a distinction between a gallery actually curating the > films and simply hosting/the series. Also if you distinguish between for > profit and non profit galleries. > > Chicago's Randolph Street Gallery > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph_Street_Gallery> hosted the > Experimental Film Coalition's monthly (except for summer) screenings, > curated by John and Beth Schofill with input from others, between January > 1984 and June 1989. I deposited full sets of program notes and flyers with > Anthology and Pacific Film Archive many years ago in case you (or anyone > else) ever wants to learn more. > > Sixty-six programs! > > Eric > > > On Wed, Jan 17, 2024 at 4:10 PM Joel Schlemowitz <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> A question in connection with a writing project: >> >> I'm interested in the presence of experimental film in art galleries - >> specifically, the hosting of experimental film screenings on a >> regular basis. An example would be the Monday night screenings at >> Microscope Gallery in New York. The Robert Beck Memorial Cinema was hosted >> by Collective:Unconscious, and later by the art gallery Participant Inc. >> >> Are there other art galleries that host experimental film series >> screenings, either currently or historical examples? Places that show fine >> art by day and film by night. And ideally, examples of a longstanding >> commitment to hosting a screening series, rather than a one-off event now >> and then. >> >> Much appreciate your responses! >> >> Cheers, >> Joel Schlemowitz >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> https://www.joelschlemowitz.com >> -- >> Frameworks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >> > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >
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