Saturday, April 20, 2019, 8:30 pm
DAVID COX’ ASSANGE + PUTIN + PAGLEN +
Networks of surveillance and espionage —and hacking–have become prime movers in political history…and the judgment is still pending on one of the charged field’s lightning-rods, Julian Assange. Agent provocateurDavid Cox riffs through a raft of pro- and con- cine-essays afloat, including the crucial Risk by ex-SF resident Laura Poitras, as well as the latest from Chelsea Manning and Adam Curtis. ALSO: In its West Coast debut, Mariam Ghani’s The Seen Unseen looks into the after-lives of former black sites, operated by the CIA for rendition, interrogation, and torture. In person, Kathleen Quillian world-premieres her speculative collage Immaculate Concussion, an inquiry into the nefarious potentials (incl. embassy noise weapons) of the spectrum. UCB golden-boy Trevor Paglen punts in a pair of pieces–one on his art-in-orbit! PLUS an opening salvo of satires of Trump and Putin, Caleb Foss’ Amusement Park Home Movies Inspire the Algorithm, a ForbinProject prologue, CIAfilmstrips, and free vodka shots.*$8