Artist Statement: The soul is the formation of a clot believed by some to be the divine inside of an immortal intravascular mass vessel. By obstructing the flow of mortality through the human being, some believe it is the actual vehicle by which injury occurs. When a spirit is injured, the body uses platelets to form a blood clot… Read more »
The pieces of the exhibition are a selection of de la Garza’s production over the last 4 years. It encompasses his exploration with different topics such as commentary on organized religion, sexual philias, and his interest for portraiture. de la Garza continued his investigation and commentary on the Catholic Church after graduating with double… Read more »
SPT presents: LISA ROBERTSON & JEFF DERKSEN hosted by former SPT Director Dodie Bellamy
Selected 3 Chosen by the artists shortlisted for The Film London Jarman Award 2012, Selected brings together some of the best emerging film and video artists from the UK in a diverse program of new artists’ moving image. Shortlisted artists for the 2012 Film London Jarman Award – Brad Butler & Karen Mirza; Aura Satz;… Read more »
Next Open Screening we will screen short films from the past. We’ve been digging in the ATA VHS archive, and found interesting, hilarious, stunning shorts from the 80’s and 90’s. Come to ATA on 5/1 at 8pm!Short films include the following titles: The Expensive Guy, Plagiarism Festival, Alien, A Family Affair, Our Own Image, Together… Read more »
Lois Patiño In Person presented by SF Cinematheque in association with the San Francisco International Film Festival Patiño´s work, like Peter Hutton’s might be said to fuse ethnography with philosophical ruminations via the singular aesthetics of cinema…—Tony Pipolo, Artforum On the occasion of premiering his feature work Costa da Morte (Coast of Death) at the… Read more »
Sistah Sinema is proud to screen The New Black by Yoruba Richen and Yvonne Welbon. Ticket: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/sistah-sinema-san-francisco-tickets-7477187469 https://www.facebook.com/events/1452089338354012/. From www.TheNewBlack.com The New Black is a documentary that tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights…. Read more »
Opening: April 17th, 8pm The soul is the formation of a clot believed by some to be the divine inside of an immortal intravascular mass vessel. By obstructing the flow of mortality through the human being, some believe it is the actual vehicle by which injury occurs. When a spirit is injured, the body uses platelets to form a… Read more »
The soul is the formation of a clot believed by some to be the divine inside of an immortal intravascular mass vessel. By obstructing the flow of mortality through the human being, some believe it is the actual vehicle by which injury occurs. When a spirit is injured, the body uses platelets to form a… Read more »
Join us this April for a program of shorts that will crawl its way in to your brain. Some funny and some cute while others are a little creepy and also cute, from stop motion with meat and paper to the queering of multiple horror genres. Dream sequences and nightmares come to life for just… Read more »
An evening of experimental films, music videos, and works by Rick Bahto and Paul Clipson that feature their collaborations with sound artists and musicians. A conversations between the filmmakers will follow the screening. The program will include: MARIENDBAD (2012) Rick Bahto, 6 minutes, 35mm slides & 2 x 8mm on HD video, music:Marienbad by Julia… Read more »
Text and Voice: Leslie Scalapino Image and Montage: Konrad Steiner Konrad Steiner in person Leslie Scalapino was an Oakland-based poet and experimental prose writer, often associated with the Language poets whose passing left a huge imprint on the international poetry scene. San Francisco filmmaker and curator Konrad Steiner’s feature length film is a visual response to Scalapino’s reading of… Read more »
The pieces of the exhibition are a selection of de la Garza’s production over the last 4 years. It encompasses his exploration with different topics such as commentary on organized religion, sexual philias, and his interest for portraiture. de la Garza continued his investigation and commentary on the Catholic Church after graduating with double… Read more »
An evening of experimental films, music videos, and works by Rick Bahto and Paul Clipson that feature their collaborations with sound artists and musicians. A conversations between the filmmakers will follow the screening. The program will include: MARIENDBAD (2012) Rick Bahto, 6 minutes, 35mm slides & 2 x 8mm on HD video, music: Marienbad by Julia… Read more »
SPT presents: LISA ROBERTSON & JEFF DERKSEN hosted by former SPT Director Dodie Bellamy
Selected 3 Chosen by the artists shortlisted for The Film London Jarman Award 2012, Selected brings together some of the best emerging film and video artists from the UK in a diverse program of new artists’ moving image. Shortlisted artists for the 2012 Film London Jarman Award – Brad Butler & Karen Mirza; Aura Satz;… Read more »
Lois Patiño In Person presented by SF Cinematheque in association with the San Francisco International Film Festival Patiño´s work, like Peter Hutton’s might be said to fuse ethnography with philosophical ruminations via the singular aesthetics of cinema…—Tony Pipolo, Artforum On the occasion of premiering his feature work Costa da Morte (Coast of Death) at the… Read more »
Sistah Sinema is proud to screen The New Black by Yoruba Richen and Yvonne Welbon. From www.TheNewBlack.com The New Black is a documentary that tells the story of how the African-American community is grappling with the gay rights issue in light of the recent gay marriage movement and the fight over civil rights. The film documents… Read more »
Join us this April for a program of shorts that will crawl its way in to your brain. Some funny and some cute while others are a little creepy and also cute, from stop motion with meat and paper to the queering of multiple horror genres. Dream sequences and nightmares come to life for just… Read more »
Text and Voice: Leslie Scalapino Image and Montage: Konrad Steiner Konrad Steiner in person Leslie Scalapino was an Oakland-based poet and experimental prose writer, often associated with the Language poets whose passing left a huge imprint on the international poetry scene. San Francisco filmmaker and curator Konrad Steiner’s feature length film is a visual response to Scalapino’s reading of her epic… Read more »
Recent video and performance work by Fred Alvarado Artist in person Video art and documentation of works and actions that Fred Alvarado has performed. Cinematically powerful in their sound and image composition, these videos do more than simply report what occurred. Fred will also do a performance and have a conversation with the audience. From East Oakland to Lebanon… Read more »
Come by ATA tonight for a special program featuring Fred Alvarado: Join Fred Alvarado, who chalks with Lebanon, crawls Oakland, gets tattooed at the Vincent Price Museum in LA, makes art with the locals in Gaza, writes poetry that maps it out for us, and makes beautiful videos. Meaning streams through all of his work. It’s hilarious,… Read more »
ATA Window Gallery presents “Thrombotic Resurrection” by artists Marcelle Marais and Maciej Makalowski. Opening: April 17th, 8pm The soul is the formation of a clot believed by some to be the divine inside of an immortal intravascular mass vessel. By obstructing the flow of mortality through the human being, some believe it is the actual… Read more »
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 admission for contributing… Read more »