Since 1974 Small Press Traffic (SPT) has been at the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area innovative writing scene, bringing together authors, readers, educators, small presses, and community members through talks, readings, workshops, and performances.
A reading with : Rosamond King and Tonya Foster
Michael Gendreau premieres his triple-turntable piece LOUPS, pairing his wicked vinyl locked-grooves with the parataxical triple projections of Craig Baldwin’s16mm loops! ALSO: Afterbirth:The Shape of Light—Julz LC’s live-molded clay plays with optical parameters to render a phantasmagoria of projected light, in a tribute to Joey Casio’s immersive dream. In BUG.TV@OC:Live from the Achives, Joshua Harper conducts a live inter-dimensional interview with an alien observer in an underground operating theater of the mind. AND anchoring this second OPTRONICA show is stereoscopic superstar Pad McGlaughlin, whose 4eyes and Strata use polarized light to conjure up an extra dimension. Whoa! AND additional works by Jordan Belson, Winston Hacking, and Mary Ellen Bute; of course the Dream Machine is in full effect!*$8.88
Nick Zedd in person.
Nick Zedd is an American filmmaker and author based in New York City. He coined the term Cinema of Transgression in 1985 to describe a loose-knit group of like-minded filmmakers and artists using shock value and black humor in their work. These filmmakers and artistic collaborators included Richard Kern, Tessa Hughes Freeland, Lung Leg, Annie Sprinkle and Lydia Lunch. Under numerous pen names, Zedd edited and wrote the Underground Film Bulletin (1984–90) which publicized the work of these filmmakers. The Cinema of Transgression was explored in Jack Sargeant’s book Deathtripping (Creation Books). Mr Zedd’s autobiography Totem of the Depraved was published by Henry Rollins’ 2.13.61 publications in 1996. From 2004 to 2008 Nick Zedd produced and directed The Adventures of Electa Elf, a low-budget TV series out of NYC. Since moving to Mexico in 2011 Nick Zedd has edited three issues of Hatred of Capitalism magazine in which his Extremist Manifesto was published, sending shock waves through the art world. Recent films shot in Mexico City include Dr Shinto: Frustration, Cockfight, Paradise Lost, Demonic Sweaters: Love Always Love and a series of music videos for reggaeton singer Natalia Ibenez Lorio aka #laBAE.
Program:
· Demonica (2017)
· The Death of Muffin Head (2016)
· Attack of the Particle Disruptors (2016)
· La BAE: I Love My Haters (2016)
· Demonic Sweaters video (2014)
· No Plague Like Home (2007)
· Tom Thumb in the Land of the Giants (1999)
· Ecstasy In Entropy (1999)
·War Is Menstrual Envy (excerpt) (1992)
· Police State (1987)
·Thrust In Me (1984)