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  • Small Press Traffic: AMANDA DAVIDSON & JAIME CORTEZ

    AMANDA DAVIDSON

    Amanda Davidson writes, teaches, and makes performances. She is the author of Apprenticeship (New Herring Press, 2013), a fiction chapbook. Writing, reviews, and author interviews have appeared in the Encyclopedia Project, eMusic, the City Lights Bookstore Blog, and elsewhere. Visitpartedinthemiddle.wordpress.com.

    JAIME CORTEZ

    Jaime Cortez is a visual artist and writer based in Oakland, California. His art has been exhibited at venues across the Bay Area, including The Berkeley Art Museum, Oakland Museum of California, Galeria de la Raza, and Southern Exposure. His short stories have been anthologized in over a dozen anthologies, including most recently “Kindergarde: Avant Garde writing for Children,” (Black Radish Press, 2013) and “Why are Faggots so Afraid of Faggots?,” edited by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (AK Press, 2013). Jaime’s art can be seen at www.jaimecortez.org.

  • OTHER STATES: An evening of sound and music performances by Evan Caminiti, Danny Paul Grody, and Trevor Montgomery with films by Paul Clipson

    other stateSan Francisco based artist Evan Caminiti presents new work for modular synthesizer. Stuttering melodies pierce walls of noise and hypnotic rhythms drift into the ether.
    Danny Paul Grody is a solo musician and  founding member of San Francisco based bands Tarentel, The Drift and Moholy-Nagy. He is a self taught guitarist, and the melodies at the core of Danny’s songwriting bring to mind his love of West African kora, Takoma style fingerpicking and all things minimal, repetitive & hypnotic.
    Trevor Montgomery may be found under the musical guises of : Young Moon, Isidore Ducasse , Lazarus, Believer, Moholy Nagy, Tarentel, and the Drift. Hailing from San Francisco delving in espresso, mosaics , and Asana. He cites film , love , and romanticism as his calling to the making of sound.
    Paul Clipson works primarily on Super 8 & 16mm celluloid, collaborating on films, performances and installations with sound artists and musicians. His films attempt to bring to light subconscious preoccupations that reveal themselves while being immersed in a visual exploration of the moment, where simultaneous, multiple layers of images allow for un-thought, unexpected elements to reveal themselves.

  • The Book of Jane (SF premiere )

    A.T.A. and Vertical Pool present: “The Book of Jane” (2013; 117 min USA)
    A Film by Antero Alli (in person)
    janetitle1111“The concepts raised in “The Book of Jane” are profound and often complex and provides evidence of the artistic and intellectual power that can be generated through underground filmmaking. It is also one of Alli’s crowning achievements.” –  Phil Hall, filmthreat.com (5 stars)
     
    Alice, a Professor of Comparative Religion, is writing a book exalting the ancient values of pre-Hellenic goddess mythologies. One day she meets Jane, an enigmatic older woman who roams the university campus, sleeps under a bridge, and who rattles her with disturbing insights. Alice is also a muse to her partner Colette, an artist who paints goddess portraits. When Colette hears about Jane, she encourages a reluctant Alice to invite her over for dinner. “The Book of Jane” is a story of three women bound together by fate to advance the values of an ancient culture but at a deep cost no one expected. It’s also a tale of the hidden histories of the nomadic homeless. With an all S.F. Bay area cast including Luna Olcott, Marianne Shine, Madeline H.D. Brown, & Felecia Faulkner.  Written, directed, & photographed by Antero Alli.

     

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