Author: Fara

SF Cinematheque presents:

Jeremy Moss In Person

 Working in a number of intersecting and overlapping genres—including dance film, speculative essay and rich alchemical, film emulsion-based abstraction—the film/video work of Pennsylvania-based filmmaker Jeremy Moss explores and interrogates bodies, identities and places shaped by rigid boundaries and porous peripheries. His films incorporate intricate and direct camera work that often emulates (only to subvert and deconstruct) such strict structures. A featured artist in Cinematheque’s CROSSROADS festival in 2013 and ’14, Moss appears in person to present a complete program (including local premieres) of his innovative body of work. The Blue Record—made with Erik Anderson—is a harrowing meditation on ruin-gazing, panoptic oppression and the experience of destruction as an aesthetic pleasure. The Sight and Cicatrix (both created at Ontario’s famed Independent Imaging Retreat—aka “Film Farm”) ooze, bubble and rip with emulsive creationist impulses, while Those Inescapable Slivers of Celluloid, an earlier contemplation of ideology and place, brings a prophet’s omniscient and culpable gaze to a desolate desert landscape of detritus and destruction. This program also includes a trio of Moss’ incredible dance films—Chroma, (un)tethered and That Dizzying Crest, each made in collaboration with choreographer Pamela Vail. Colliding movement and place, fused with masterful filmic form, these works create immersive new realms for the moving figure and offer tantalizing contributions to this rich, if neglected, film genre. (Jeremy Moss/Steve Polta)

The 78 Project is on a journey across America to make one-of-a-kind 78rpm records with musicians in their hometowns using a 1930s Presto direct-to-disc recorder – with one microphone and just one blank disc in one 3-minute take. Along the way, a kaleidoscope of technologists, historians and craftsmen from every facet of field recording – Grammy-winning producers, 78 collectors, curators from the Library of Congress and Smithsonian – provide insights and history. In Tennessee, Mississippi, California, Louisiana, the folk singers, punk rockers, Gospel and Cajun singers in the film share their lives through intimate performances, and find in that adventure a new connection to our cultural legacy. Featuring musical performances by Victoria Williams, John Doe, John Reilly & Tom Brousseau, Sea of Bees, the Easy Leaves, Little Wings and more! Directed by Alex Steyermark. 2014. Digital. 80 minutes.

Trailer: http://vimeo.com/90364340

Ticket Link: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/747501

Event Link: http://film.noisepop.com/events/2015/2/22/the-78-project

Q&A with director Tom Grahsler

Every year, metalheads and mutants descend on Baltimore’s Inner Harbor like a brood of cicadas. They make the pilgrimage from across the region, country and world. They come to see bands like Bolt Thrower, Electric Wizard and Neurosis. They wait all year for the four days that make up Maryland Deathfest, and then they rage. But metal is more than blast beats and devil worship. It’s about community, passion and exploration. Sure there’s corpse paint and beer and piss. Fights break out and some people get arrested, but this isn’t “Heavy Metal Parking Lot.” This is two high school friends who love music and all that it inspires. What started out as a death metal show has turned into the country’s premier extreme music festival.

While other fests lean on corporate sponsors and beer banners to pay for everything, Ryan Taylor and Evan Harting have dedicated their lives to doing it on their own. They book the bands, they book the hotels, they book the vendors and they book the venue. This is what goes on when no one is looking.

Directed by: Tom Grahsler & Alicia Lozano. 2014. Digital. 75 minutes

Ticket Link: https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/747507

Event Link: http://film.noisepop.com/events/2015/2/22/welcome-to-deathfest-heavy-metal-shorts