Please join us for an evening of transformation, merging the senses of sight and sound into one shared experience. ‘Trance Mutations’ is an on going series of live musical performances with accompanied projections curated by Micah Danemayer. Focusing on experimental themes, the moving image as it relates to sonic landscapes, Micah is continually searching for local musicians… Read more »
Archive for January, 2013
“dreambody/earthbody” an experimental documentary video by Antero Alli (S.F. Premiere!)
ParaTheatrical ReSearch and A.T.A. presents: “dreambody/earthbody” an experimental documentary video by Antero Alli (2012; 80 minutes. USA) Filmmaker in person. “dreambody/earthbody” (2012; 80 min. USA. video) Antero Alli Since 1977, the filmmaker has been developing a medium of paratheatre inspired by the physical theatre of Jerzy Grotowski. For this experimental documentary video, Alli trained a group of seven… Read more »
Cate Giordano: Sculpture, Satire, Original Score.
Cate Giordano makes filmmaking look easy. Just pick up a camera and mess around. Her films are so light to watch that you don’t notice their bizarre complexity, until the fake-mustached protagonist transforms himself (herself) into the female lead and climbs out of a cardboard lion. No, I’m serious: this makes perfect sense. What carries… Read more »
A benefit for Jay Korber
Jay Korber the most baddass freejazzmetal drummer/tenor player in San Francisco has played with countless bay area bands including Ettrick, Nucleardeathwish, Burmese… and far too many more to name. Unfortunately he was recently involved in a terrible collision while on his bicycle and like most of us doesn’t have proper insurance. The money raised through this improvised chaos of sound and image would… Read more »
Cate Giordano: Heritage and other short films
ATA presents Cate Giordano’s two years in making Heritage along with a selection of her short film. Heritage, 2012, 30:23, video Made by Cate Giordano. Shot by Patrick Guerrero. With Julianna Schley. It is 1888 and all the buffalo are gone, leaving one of the largest cities in South Dakota empty. Now there are only two residents… Read more »
OpenScreening
ATA’s openscreening is the only monthly open submissions screening in the Bay Area. Get your work out there! Get feedback! Or just come and take it all in! One hour of shorts are accepted monthly on an open revolving basis, anything goes with the screened work, and the refreshments are pretty good too. $5, FREE admissionfor contributing artists…. Read more »
“The Best of Periwinkle Cinema 2012: The Year in Review”
“We know you love Periwinkle Cinema, but we also know that maybe you didn’t make it out to all of our screenings last year. This month we will be playing some of our favorite shorts from last year. That’s right, an hour and a half of the most fag-tastic of already pretty fagtacular stuff. What… Read more »
Interview with Antero Alli, director of “dreambody/earthbody”
We asked Antero Alli a few questions about his latest experimental documentary video “dreambody/earthbody,” which premieres in SF at ATA on January 25. Antero will be available for Q&A after the screening. What is ParaTheatrical ReSearch? When did you become interested in paratheatrical processes? The term “paratheatre” was coined in the 1970’s by the late… Read more »
Meet Our Volunteers
Each month, we are featuring interviews with the volunteer staff that make ATA possible, recognizing their work at ATA and their contribution to our vibrant artistic community. Here is an interview with Dayv Jones who has been a volunteer since the late nineties. DAYV JONES How did you first become involved with ATA? I wish… Read more »