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Enter your announcements (calls for entries, new work, screenings, jobs, items for sale, etc.) at: http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl NEW FILM/VIDEO: NON-FEATURE: ============================ "Truth " by Patrick King http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=newwork&readfile=502.ann NEW CALLS FOR ENTRIES: ===================== The 8 Fest (Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Deadline: September 01, 2012) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1467.ann (Re)Capturing Womanhood (Carbondale, IL, USA; Deadline: October 01, 2012) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1468.ann FLEX Fest (Gainesville, FL, USA; Deadline: October 15, 2012) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1469.ann the 8 fest (Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Deadline: September 01, 2012) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1470.ann Buried/Exhumed 16mm Film Suggestion (Baltimore, MD; Deadline: August 01, 2012) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1471.ann DEADLINES APPROACHING: ====================== BASEMENT MEDIA FEST (Brooklyn, NY, USA; Deadline: July 29, 2012) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1411.ann MADATAC 04 (Madrid_Spain; Deadline: August 31, 2012) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1415.ann PollyGrind Underground Film Festival of Las Vegas (Las Vegas, NV, USA; Deadline: August 13, 2012) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1419.ann FLEFF (Ithaca, NY, USA; Deadline: August 15, 2012) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1446.ann "Then, what if?" (Hartford CT USA; Deadline: August 01, 2012) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1451.ann The 8 Fest (Toronto, Canada; Deadline: September 01, 2012) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1455.ann Ingenuity Fest (Cleveland, OH USA; Deadline: August 01, 2012) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1463.ann VIDEODRONE (London, UK; Deadline: July 30, 2012) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1466.ann The 8 Fest (Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Deadline: September 01, 2012) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1467.ann the 8 fest (Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Deadline: September 01, 2012) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1470.ann Buried/Exhumed 16mm Film Suggestion (Baltimore, MD; Deadline: August 01, 2012) http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/ann.pl?type=calls&readfile=1471.ann Enter your event announcements by going to the Flicker Weekly Listing Form at http://www.hi-beam.net/cgi-bin/thisweek.pl Also available online at Flicker: http://www.hi-beam.net THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMS (SUMMARY): ============================== * Essential Cinema: Arsenal [July 28, New York, New York] * Conrad Schnitzler Program 1 [July 28, New York, New York] * L.A. Filmforum Presents the Reach of Resonance, Directed By Steve Elkins [July 29, Los Angeles, California] * Essential Cinema: Earth [July 29, New York, New York] * Conrad Schnitzler Program 2 [July 29, New York, New York] * Subliminal Festival- Day 1 : Sound & Film Field Recording Trip [August 1, Oakland] * Subliminal Festival- Day 2: Workshop & Performances [August 2, Oakland] * Cindy Sherman Selects Film Series: Suture [August 2, San Francisco, California] * Some Girls Never Learn - Chicago's Own: Writer/Director Jerzy Rose In Person! [August 3, Chicago, Illinois] * Free Radicals [August 3, New York, New York] * Free Radicals [August 3, New York, New York] * Some Girls Never Learn - Chicago's Own: Writer/Director Jerzy Rose In Person! [August 4, Chicago, Illinois] * Free Radicals [August 4, New York, New York] * Free Radicals [August 4, New York, New York] * Free Radicals [August 4, New York, New York] * Ken Jacob's the Nervous Magic Lantern: A Benefit For Millennium [August 4, New York, New York] * Peripheral Produce Auto-Cinematic video Mixtape Re-Release Party [August 4, Portland, Oregon] * L.A. Filmforum and Lace Present Steve Roden: Sequences and Scores [August 5, Los Angeles, California] * Free Radicals [August 5, New York, New York] * Free Radicals [August 5, New York, New York] * Free Radicals [August 5, New York, New York] * Black Thorns In the Black Box, Artists' Television Access, San Francisco [August 5, San Francisco, CA] Events are sorted by CITY within each DATE. ----------------------- SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2012 ----------------------- 7/28 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 5:15 pm, 32 2nd Avenue ESSENTIAL CINEMA: ARSENAL by Alexandr Dovzhenko No English intertitles (English synopsis available), 1928-29, 87 minutes, 35mm, b&w, silent One of Dovzhenko's few completely independent films, from script to screen. ARSENAL is a civil war epic envisioned in unusual, painterly images: a fallen soldier drunk on the enemy's laughing gas his frozen body still baring its teeth long after the battle and his life are over. 7/28 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 7:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue CONRAD SCHNITZLER PROGRAM 1 PROGRAM 1: FILM/VIDEO (1970-1980) Schnitzler's early films explode with energy. During this time CON, as he liked to be called, was making intermedia art street performances, gallery installations, and explosive new music all influenced by free jazz and psychedelic rock. For these live actions, CON wore black and white make-up, dressed in white leather, and mounted a megaphone on a black motorcycle helmet. The films from this period are fast paced, high contrast, hypnotic explorations of energy with abstract imagery or CON the magician/performer as subject matter. Jürgen Boettcher RÄUME INSZENIERTE UND GEFUNDENE ENVIRONMENTS (1970, 3 minutes, video) Wolfgang Seidel FAHRSTUHL (1971, 3 minutes, video) WALKMAN (4 minutes, video) ZAUBERER (7 minutes, video) FORTSCHITT (3 minutes, video) DIE NIE ALT WERDEN (4 minutes, video) UNTITLED FILM #1 (6 minutes, 8mm, silent) ZWOLF JAHR KUR FÜR MICHELANGELO (9 minutes, video) SCHWARZER DOM (8 minutes, video, b&w) ZYLINDER (2 minutes, video) SCHWARZE HAND (3 minutes, video) WER IM LADEN DIE SCHUHSCHACHTELN ZÄHLT (4 minutes, video) MEHR SPASS (6 minutes, video) UPER (8 minutes, video) NATURLICH (5 minutes, video) TAKE OFF (1980, 4 minutes, video) Julien Perrin PREMIER CON/TACT (2009, 12 minutes, video) Total running time: ca. 100 minutes. --------------------- SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2012 --------------------- 7/29 Los Angeles, California: Filmforum http://www.lafilmforum.org/ 7:30pm (box office opens 6:30, doors open 7), Spielberg Theatre at the Egyptian, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. L.A. FILMFORUM PRESENTS THE REACH OF RESONANCE, DIRECTED BY STEVE ELKINS Los Angeles Filmforum presents the fabulous debut film of Steve Elkins, The Reach of Resonance, on July 29. A meditation on the meaning of music, featuring John Luther Adams, Kronos Quartet, Miya Masaoka, Bob Ostertag, Jon Rose, the film is a unique exploration of acoustic possibilities of the world, and the zones where composers merge sound and politics. Previously screened at the Angel City Jazz Festival to a standing ovation, "The Reach Of Resonance" was awarded "Best Film Essay" at Montreal's International Festival Of Films On Art, and the Temps D'Image Film For Art Award at the Temps D'Image Film Festival in Lisbon, Portugal "for a film which reflects the importance of arts in human society in the most original way." Director Steve Elkins will appear in person! Tickets: $10 general; $6 students/seniors; free for Filmforum members. Available at Brown Paper tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/258638 7/29 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 5:15 pm, 32 2nd Avenue ESSENTIAL CINEMA: EARTH by Alexandr Dovzhenko No English intertitles (English synopsis available), 1929-30, 82 minutes, 35mm, b&w, silent (ZEMLYA) A poetic expression of love for both nature and Ukrainian culture by the man who was alternatively branded a deserter by Ukrainians and a Ukrainian nationalist by Russian Soviets. Dovzhenko champions the progression of life, class struggle, and new attitudes for a town changed by a tractor and a fallen hero. 7/29 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 7:30 pm, 32 2nd Avenue CONRAD SCHNITZLER PROGRAM 2 PROGRAM 2: FILM/VIDEO (1975-1986) After leaving the art scene to focus on composing, CON's musical scores take precedence. He is no longer the subject; the pieces become longer and more focused. CON produced hours of cinematic meditations using primitive computer graphics, dissolving shapes and abstract washes of color and light. One can imagine the reclusive CON sitting back in his chair, observing the transformation of a blowing curtain into an abstract landscape, as his wild symphony unfolds. In all his work, the precise tonalities sculpted by his electronic instruments inform the vision. Erika Lippki DIE SPUR DIE KARAWANE (1977, 7 minutes, video) UNTITLED FILM #2 (4 minutes, 8mm, silent) LUX CONCERT (1979, 29 minutes, video) SCHATTEN III (1982, 3 minutes, 8mm, b&w) LICHTPUNKT UND SCHWARZE ZEICHEN (1978, 24 minutes, video, b&w) DAS CAS CON VIDEO I (1986, 21 minutes, video) Total running time: ca. 95 minutes. ------------------------- WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2012 ------------------------- 8/1 Oakland: Liminal Space http://liminal-space.org/events/subliminal 3:30-7:30pm, 950 54th Street, Oakland, CA 94608 SUBLIMINAL FESTIVAL- DAY 1 : SOUND & FILM FIELD RECORDING TRIP During this field trip, a limited group of participants (15 max) will spend time with Lawrence English and Paul Clipson while capturing environmental recordings in the magnificent redwood forests of the East Bay. This exercise in phonography and film will foster a newfound appreciation for our natural surroundings and create a platform for meaningful interaction between artists/participants while exploring the locality. Participants are encouraged to bring their own portable recording gear, and various techniques and approaches to effective capture will be covered. Full day schedule, and workshop plan details will be communicated in advance via email to participants. Roundtrip transportation from Liminal Space to Redwood Regional Park provided.Check the Liminal Space site for tickets. ------------------------ THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2012 ------------------------ 8/2 Oakland: Liminal Space http://liminal-space.org/events/subliminal 3-6pm / 8pm, 950 54th Street, Oakland, CA 94608 SUBLIMINAL FESTIVAL- DAY 2: WORKSHOP & PERFORMANCES 3-6pm: Lawrence English and Paul Clipson will give a workshop and informal lecture about their approaches to the work both in terms of studio technique, aesthetics and field trip preparation for familiar or extreme environments (specifically in regards to Lawrence the Amazon, Antarctica, the Outback) as well as other issues relating to the use of field recordings as a means for documenting, creating and transforming environments. Both artists encourage conversation and questions from participants.8pm:Lawrence English , Illuha, & Gregg Kowalsky, and films by Paul Clipson. A night exploring the breadth of the spectrum of amplified sound, from the acoustic and environmental, the synthetic and processed, to the timbres hidden in radio signals and the distortion of electricity itself. Stylistically as varied in their approaches as the sound sources and the materials used to sculpt them, international artists in their own right, over decades of work all three composers have established themselves as vanguards of their form. Expect an evening of both extreme dynamics and subtle susurration, of immersion in nuanced tonalities and the lashing of dissonant cascades.Check the Liminal Space site for tickets. 8/2 San Francisco, California: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art http://www.sfmoma.org 7:00pm, Phyllis Wattis Theater CINDY SHERMAN SELECTS FILM SERIES: SUTURE In conjunction with SFMOMA's Cindy Sherman retrospective, the artist has selected a few of the films that have shaped her vision. Reflecting a wide spectrum of genres and eras, the works shown here highlight the extraordinary range of her interests and influences. This week's program features Scott McGehee and David Siegel's 1993 The Host. In this witty and cerebral murder mystery, Vincent Tower plots to kill his long-lost but nearly identical half-brother Clay and pass the death off as his own. Clay survives Vincent's car bomb, but suffers severe amnesia. With the help of a plastic surgeon named Renee Descartes, Clay sets out to reconstruct his identity but as Vincent, the prime suspect in their father's murder. As Clay's memory begins to return, he must decide which life he will embody. Cost of tickets are $5 for general admission; free for SFMOMA members or with museum admission (requires a free ticket, which can be picked up in the Haas Atrium). ---------------------- FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2012 ---------------------- 8/3 Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Filmmakers http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/ 8:00 PM, Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark St. SOME GIRLS NEVER LEARN - CHICAGOS OWN: WRITER/DIRECTOR JERZY ROSE IN PERSON! Audience Award Winner Chicago Underground Film Festival. Co-presented by Gorilla Tango Theater. Beaming in from another dimension and high on helium, this psychedelic fantasy values weirdness and charm over a traditional story, and it's all the better for it. Amelia Earhart appears as a god to a hapless academic named Wayne, who found her leg bone at the bottom of the ocean. She enlists him to protect her from his best friend Dennis, a high school science teacher who moonlights as a wacko veterinarian, and whom she claims is destined to destroy her. The cast, lead by Jared Larson and Mike Lopez, warm up the hilariously futile dialogue, and the radiant cinematography, handmade set design, and sheer creative fortitude make this trip a truly fun ride. (2011, 80 min.). Admission: $8 8/3 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 7:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue FREE RADICALS by Pip Chodorov 2010, 82 minutes, video NEW YORK THEATRICAL PREMIERE RUN! Distributed by Kino International. This feature-length documentary provides a vivid, eye-opening, and appropriately personal introduction to one of the most important, yet perpetually marginalized, realms of filmmaking: avant-garde cinema. Achieving the near-impossible task of doing justice in a mere 82 minutes to this incredibly rich, varied, and expansive domain, FREE RADICALS is as expertly constructed an introduction to the topic as one could hope for, thanks in large part to the film's privileging of rare interviews with some of the most important filmmakers in the avant-garde tradition (including Jonas Mekas, Peter Kubelka, Stan Brakhage, and Hans Richter), and its inclusion of several films in their entirety. The film's sincere admiration for its subject is best reflected by Chodorov's own description: "I wanted to share a few of the films I love and introduce you to some of the free, radical artists who made them." "Named after the experimental film classic by Len Lye, FREE RADICALS is an informative yet above all passionate film essay, as well as a fine introduction to the world of avant-garde film. Using a range of different film formats along the way, Chodorov sketches out the genealogy of avant-garde filmmaking in a playful, yet ultimately very accessible documentary that aims to transmit this legacy to a new audience." ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 8/3 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 9:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue FREE RADICALS See notes for Aug. 3, 7 pm. ------------------------ SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2012 ------------------------ 8/4 Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Filmmakers http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/ 7:00 PM, Gorilla Tangos Skokie Theater, 7924 Lincoln Ave., Skokie SOME GIRLS NEVER LEARN - CHICAGOS OWN: WRITER/DIRECTOR JERZY ROSE IN PERSON! See August 3rd listing for details. 8/4 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 5:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue FREE RADICALS See notes for Aug. 3, 7 pm. 8/4 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 7:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue FREE RADICALS See notes for Aug. 3, 7 pm. 8/4 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 9:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue FREE RADICALS See notes for Aug. 3, 7 pm. 8/4 New York, New York: Millennium Film Workshop http://www.millenniumfilm.org/ 8:00pm, 32 2nd Ave @ 2nd Street KEN JACOB'S THE NERVOUS MAGIC LANTERN: A BENEFIT FOR MILLENNIUM A benefit performance of TIME SQUARED by Ken and Flo Jacobs will be held at Anthology Film Archives. This event is to help raise money for Millennium Film Workshop. "A lightweight propeller steadily turns, interrupting a single beam of light passing through a lens and making The Nervous Magic Lantern nervous. Things placed in the path of light result in an illusion onscreen of things moving in every possible direction and yet never moving at all, except by the hand of the projectionist. My home-made cine-projector is down to the bone. A lightweight frame supports a styrofoam roof and walls. The small enclosure contains a small theater-lamp and empty space. One might hear a whisper-fan whispering. Silent cinema was never this silent. This is hands-on projection with projectionist as main moving part. Objects are manipulated within this essence of a machine while, onscreen, we see a vast 3D churning and morphing that could have been made to happen before the invention of film and film-transport devices. And perhaps they were, but minds were not ready for the results." TIME SQUARED will be preceded by a screening of THE GREEN WAVE. $10.00 minimum (larger donations very much appreciated) all proceeds go to Millennium Film Workshop 8/4 Portland, Oregon: Peripheral Produce www.peripheralproduce.com 8:00 PM, Hollywood Theatre, 4122 NE Sandy Boulevard PERIPHERAL PRODUCE AUTO-CINEMATIC VIDEO MIXTAPE RE-RELEASE PARTY The Peripheral Produce AUTO-CINEMATIC Video Mix Tape, originally released on VHS tape in 1996 and out of print for many years, featured early work from local experimental filmmakers Miranda July, Vanessa Renwick, Jon Raymond, Matt McCormick and many others. Now re-mastered on DVD, Peripheral Produce is happy to announce the re-release of that title along with a screening event/release party at Portland's Hollywood Theatre that will feature classic films from the DVD alongside a selection of new local experimental work. From the mid 90s to the late 00s, Peripheral Produce was the corner stone of Portland's experimental film community. Started by Matt McCormick in 1996, Peripheral Produce was a screening series, a video distribution label, and the force behind the PDX Film Festival. Local artists such as Miranda July, Vanessa Renwick, and Jon Raymond cut their teeth at Peripheral Produce while Portland audiences were treated to unique cinematic events that ranged from film-projector-performances to "communal View-Master experiences." The August 4th show will feature many of those seminal works, along with a selection of new works from Portland's fast rising "next generation" of experimental filmmakers. Artists featured in the show include Miranda July, Vanessa Renwick, Jon Raymond, Stephen Slappe, Matt McCormick, Orland Nutt, Ashby Lee Collinson, and much much more. ---------------------- SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2012 ---------------------- 8/5 Los Angeles, California: Filmforum http://www.lafilmforum.org/ 7:30pm (box office opens 6:30, doors open 7), Spielberg Theatre at the Egyptian, 6712 Hollywood Blvd. L.A. FILMFORUM AND LACE PRESENT STEVE RODEN: SEQUENCES AND SCORES Los Angeles Filmforum and LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibition) invite you to join us for a rare screening of early film works by Los Angeles artist Steve Roden, presented in conjunction with the exhibition, Shells, Bells, Steps and Silences, currently on view at LACE. This screening includes Roden's first film, "the dreams of ophelia", from 1989, as well as many never before screened super 8mm projects from early 1990's - some of which will be accompanied by improvised sound scores performed live by the artist. The evening will also include Roden's 2011 16mm film, Striations, inspired by Dennis Oppenheim's early films, Gary Beydler's Hand Held Day, and the work of Jess. Tickets: $10 general; $6 students/seniors/LACE members; free for Filmforum members. Available at Brown Paper tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/262575 8/5 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 5:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue FREE RADICALS See notes for Aug. 3, 7 pm. 8/5 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 7:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue FREE RADICALS See notes for Aug. 3, 7 pm. 8/5 New York, New York: Anthology Film Archives http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/ 9:00 pm, 32 2nd Avenue FREE RADICALS See notes for Aug. 3, 7 pm. 8/5 San Francisco, CA: Artists Television Access http://www.atasite.org/ 8:00, 992 valencia street BLACK THORNS IN THE BLACK BOX, ARTISTS' TELEVISION ACCESS, SAN FRANCISCO An experimental screening of moving images presenting three spheres penetrated by Black Metal - Artists: Annie Feldmeier Adams for Locrian (Chicago), Gast Bouschet & Nadine Hilbert (Brussels, Belgium), Una Hamilton Helle (London, England), Devin Horan (Brooklyn), Hunter Hunt-Hendrix (Brooklyn), Semiconductor (Brighton, England), Chris Kennedy (Toronto, Canada), Marianna Milhorat (Chicago), Jimmy Joe Roche (Baltimore), Shazzula for Cultus Sabbati (Brussels, Belgium), and Michaël Sellam (Paris, France). 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