This collection of videos somehow came together by itself rather than being a result of a pre-defined concept. They all somehow happen to explore certain heavily romantic moods and subjects. Nostagia, melancholy, romance, mystery and death. Their tempo is slow, but hypnotizing. The artists’ choice of subject is not restricted to local themes, they choose… Read more »
» More images In late 1908 Czech poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote his “Requiem For a Friend”over two fevered nights at the Hotel Biron in Paris. A hundred years later a paratheatre group in Berkeley California prepares to stage his “Requiem”as a performance ritual. Time dissolves as impressions of the contemporary era begin haunting Rilke’s… Read more »
ATA presents an evening of blistering yet lovely BrutalSFX noise with a solo set of noise guitar from Leavenworth’s Daniel Hintz. Also appearing are acclaimed noise artists Oscillating Innards and Xome. Daniel Hintz (a.k.a. Cactus), is a writer, guitarist, and radio d.j., based in San Francisco. Hintz, was born November 2, 1964, in San Francisco…. Read more »
Utilizing evocative color saturation and image mutation, Gault’s optically printed films reveal psychosomatic illnesses of American culture. Including : PICTURE #4 (’93, 6m) “a wry appropriation from his psychotherapist’s Thematic Apperception Test”-Village Voice.HOUSESITTING (’99, 16m), whose “drift of images pulls the viewer along at a phantomlike remove from personal and cultural connection”-L.A. Weekly. NOT TOO MUCH… Read more »
Ricky “In the not too distant future of 2001… In the not too distant past of 2001, Ricki-Oh (or also known as Ricky-Ho for some reason in the English dubbing) is sent to prison after he murders the drug dealers who killed his girlfriend (well, technically she killed herself). Ricki, a fairly nice guy when… Read more »
More than 300,000 children presently serve in armies in over 40 countries Based on the true story of screenwriter Oscar Torres’s embattled childhood, Luis Mandoki’s Innocent Voices is the poignant tale of Chava (Carlos Padilla), an eleven-year-old boy who suddenly becomes the “man of the house” after his father abandons the family in the middle… Read more »