Friday, September 16, 2011, 8:00 pm, $8-$10
a live cinema series at Artists’ Television Access (ATA)
curated by Lisa Mezzacappa and ATA
New film/video + music collaborations by:
CORY WRIGHT + BILL BASQUIN
GRAHAM CONNAH + KATHLEEN QUILLIAN
LISA MEZZACAPPA/NOAH PHILLIPS + SYLVIA SCHEDELBAUER
RANDY MCKEAN + CARL DIEHL
… performed LIVE!
SAN FRANCISCO – Artists’ Television Access (ATA) and San Francisco musician/curator Lisa Mezzacappa join forces to present a new live cinema series showcasing new work by artists from the Bay Area and beyond. Experimental filmmakers and video artists collaborate with innovative local composer/performers on a series of new short works that premiere at Artists’ Television Access this spring, summer and fall. The fall edition of the series features new collaborations by Cory Wright and Bill Basquin; Graham Connah and Kathleen Quillian; Lisa Mezzacappa/Noah Phillips and Sylvia Schedelbauer; and the final version of a collaboration by Randy McKean and Carl Diehl that was shown as a work-in-progress in March.
The imagery spans found footage manipulated with modern video techniques, stop motion animation, and naturalistic documentary, with themes ranging from Murakami-inspired psychological noir; the metaphysical dimensions of the Victorian era; and explorations of the natural world and cultivated cityscapes. The music, performed live by ensembles chosen by the composers, spans sounds, forms and genres from experimental jazz to noise to chamber music and electro-acoustic improv, incorporating meticulous composition and wide-open improvisation.
Mission Eye & Ear was conceived to celebrate and stimulate the diversity and creativity of local experimental filmmakers and composers, and to invite Bay Area film- and music-loving audiences to enjoy stellar work by local, often unsung, artists working outside mainstream visibility. For less than the price of a new release movie, audiences are invited to a uniquely Bay Area live cinema experience, and a glimpse of the creative process in a treasured Mission District venue.
Organized by Lisa Mezzacappa with support from Southern Exposure’s Alternative Exposure Program and the Subito Program of the American Composer’s Forum.
www.missioneyeear.com