DJ Spooky sponsors Iraqi Short films screening Hello people - there's an interesting event some friends of mine have put together to support some short films that have been made in Iraq in the last couple of months and years. It's a pre-election screening of some on-the-ground reminders about what has gone wrong in the last 8 years, not only in the U.S. but in one of the most devastated areas of the world to experience the Bush Administration's foreign policy: Iraq.
There will be a mini reception after the screening. Oct 30, 2008 at 7pm ArteEast, Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky) and Bidoun Present a Special Pre-Election Screening: IRAQI SHORT FILMS HOW WE FIGHT: CONSCRIPTS, MERCENARIES, TERRORISTS, AND PEACEKEEPERS by Mauro Andrizzi (Argentina, 2008, 94 min DigiBeta) When: October 30, 2008 7:00 PM Where: Cantor Film Center, New York University, 36 East 8th St, New York City Curated by Irina Leimbacher, Kino21 VIEW TRAILER: http://www.arteeast.org/pages/cinemaeast/series/Fall-2008/541/ BUY TICKETS: http://www.arteeast.org/pages/cinemaeast/series/Fall-2008/%3Fsection=extra%26id=2 The first installment in Kino21's series that explores soldiering and war from the point of view of those on the ground, Iraqi Short Films is a compilation of short videos shot in the midst of war by American and British soldiers, Iraqi militia members, and corporate workers. These are not "films" per se. They are a mix of slices of life recorded on video (many shot while firing on the enemy or being fired upon), pithy propaganda pieces, and soldiers' visions of war as just another music video. They are crudely shot fragments, some rife with raw fear, some gloating over momentary victory. Filmed mainly as records, for friends, family, or fellow fighters, and at one point or another put on the web or on local television, the pieces were culled by Andrizzi over several months. Ranging from the banal to the intense, from the shocking to the darkly humorous, Andrizzi's compilation depicts war as experienced, articulated, and vividly imagined by those actually fighting and dying in it. Post-screening discussion with Anjali Kamat, Producer, Democracy Now! in peace, Paul aka Dj Spooky ..................... Don't forget - check out my new book. Sound Unbound has been one of MIT Press's top selling books of the year and is being taugh at places like Yale, Georgetown University, Harvard University, UCLA, and The London School of Economics. More info at http://www.soundunbound.com ...................... ONSTAGE 10.28: New York, NY Sound Unbound at TBA Book launch event with Flavorpill. Details t.b.a. http://flavorpill.com/newyork 10.29: Los Angeles, CA Sound Unbound at UCLA "Sound Unbound" event at UCLA http://www.ucla.edu/ 10.30: San Francisco, CA Sound Unbound at City Lights Bookstore Sound Unbound reading at City Lights Bookstore http://www.citylights.com/bookstore/%3Ffa=event%26event_id=414 10.31: San Francisco, CA Performance at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts San Francisco Jazz Festival http://www.sfjazz.org/concerts/2008/fall/artists/ForrointheDark.asp 11.01: Seattle, WA DJ Show at Nectar Lounge Nectar Lounge - DJ show http://www.nectarlounge.com/index.html 11.06-11.08: Graz, Austria DJ Show and Lecture at Elevate Festival Panel participant, DJ Set, and Sound Unbound lecture http://www.elevate.at/ http://www.myspace.com/elevate_festival 12.09: NYC, NY Sound Unbound at The Studio Museum in Harlem Sound Unbound book event at The Studio Museum in Harlem http://www.studiomuseum.org/ ................. _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
