Author: Fara

The first of OC’s three OPTRONICA events! In Crossroads of the Other, Alex Coppola concocts a score–with turntables and sampler–for a jaw-dropping artifact of amateur ethnography (Trinidad ’49). David Cox and Craig Baldwin re-animate a 35mm filmstrip of Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues under the Sea, with text-to-vox FX and ChromaDepth stereoscopy. Baldwin doubles back to double-project his Crazed Crystals over Cyrus Tabar’s cracked~abstrakt track. ALSO: Jeremy Rourke’s smashing live-performance Kitchen Tintinnabulation, Bruce Haack oscillating Mr. Rogers, and Vicki (PLU) Bennett’s Citation City. PLUS DJ Spooky’s Memory Palace (with Michael Niemeyer for the Internet Archive), Quintron’s Drum Buddy, and free series-launch champagne!*$8.88

Join us at Ritual Coffee (1026 Valencia St.) for the opening of “UNEARTHED: Flyers and Ephemera from the archive of Artists Television Access”. Co-curated by Joseph Dwyer, Marcelle Marais and Ted Kuhn. Opening reception features great performances by ATA staff and friends.

Just in time for spring! Short shorts and Cool-outs are here to chase the winter blues away! With the weather warming up we offer some fun music videos to get you dancing in the sun again while some sexy shorts will be sure to get you in the mood for spring. Fashion, fun, experimental, animations and much much more, so clean out your ears take off your shoes relax and let the weird wash over you as the weather warms up! Canoodling encouraged and free cut out paper dolls.