Just a quick reminder: Standby Program 30th Anniversary Benefit Screening & Party Friday Oct 25th @ 7:30 pm Anthology Film Archives, 2nd Ave & 2nd St NYC
A celebration of 30 years of The Standby Program with sample of works created and preserved by prolific artists and Standby members Jem Cohen, James Nares, Emily Armstrong and Pat Ivers, followed by a wine and cheese party and a silent auction to support Standby. Jem Cohen, James Nares, Pat Ivers and Emily Armstrong will be in attendance. Tickets: $25 in advance / $30 at the Door http://standbyprogram.bpt.me/ Admission includes One FREE Drink The Standby Program is a non-profit, media arts service organization in New York City. Since 1983, Standby has provided services to independent film and video artists on a wide range of projects, including documentaries, video art, installations, sound mixes, film-to-tape transfers and video preservation. The evening’s featured works focus on NYC’s downtown art and music scene featuring excerpts from Emily Armstrong and Pat Ivers’ Nightclubbing Archive, which documented the NYC punk rock scene of the 70s and 80s, and features performances by Bad Brains, the Cramps, the Dead Boys, and the Lounge Lizards. Jem Cohen’s "NYC Weights and Measures" (2006), chronicles a city that exudes noise and bustle, balanced with beauty and tranquility. A compendium of street footage, the video shows a ticker-tape parade, street musicians, and the subways. Long for the City is a short portrait of Patti Smith in the city where she lives. Patti recites the very first poem-song she ever wrote, and then a later one, "Prayer", from the early 1970s. Night Scene NY Chance observations of New York's Chinatown. "A sleepwalker's circumnavigation of one of the less homogenized parts of the city." Four works by artist James Nares: the New York premiere of To Make A Prairie, 2011, 16mm (12.5 mins.), Game, 1976, video (Billy will re-transfer) (3 mins.), Roof, 1975, ½” video (6 min excerpt), Drip, 2007 (2 mins.) Globe, 2007 (43 mins.) music by Phil Kline (During reception) Nares even devised a special lens Silent Auction items by artist: Emily Armstrong, Chris Burke, Su Friedrich, Lovett/Codagnone, Ligarano/Reese, Mark Street, MIX Festival, Jim Hubbard, Zahra Partovi, Sarah Schulman, Alex Roshuk legal services The benefit continues into November with an online auction of experiences with and works by Alan Berliner, Lynne Sachs, Kathy High, Jem Cohen, James Nares, Elliot Landy, Damian Catera, Judith Barry, Pat Iver & Emily Armstrong & The Dead Boys, and the Santa Claus of Brooklyn. _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
