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  • SMASHISM

    SMASHISMShort musical event with:
    RedRedRed
    Pod Blotz
    Nom De Plume (Mick Goldwater)
    SMASHISIM is a collection of new images, video and sound that commonly draw from a dark psycadelia – dream-like, mind-bending, mind-altering, mind-expanding. SMASHISIM combines organic and synthetic concerns through experimental film works live video synthesis and performance. Themes covered are: experiential rituals, complexities of the natural world and digital interferences, humans bodies as abstractions, a room as an exterior space and a mountain range as interior space. Mutations of static sound all blend together into one night and are confused in the murk of pixels.
    Cary Loren (from Destroy All Monsters) http://artforum.com/video/mode=large&id=30246
    Sporay (Brock Fansler and Eva Aguila  of Experimental Half Hour) http://experimentalhalfhour.com/
    ESP TV LAB (Victoria Keddie and Scott Keirnan) http://www.esptvnyc.com/
    Kamau Amu Patton http://www.kamaupatton.com/
    Melissa Joy Bernier http://melissajoybernier.com/

  • An evening with Sabot and friends

    “SABOT may have invented the DIY world tour. The duo, composed of bassist Christopher Rankin and drummer Hilary Binder, originally formed in San Francisco in 1988 as a spinoff from a punk trio called Forethought. In 1993, they moved to a small town in the Czech Republic. From this freshly post-revolution home base, Sabot embarked on a 20+ year career of constant touring, self-releasing, and building global relationships founded on a passion for writing, performing, and sharing music.” Josh, http://pangbianr.com/sabot-interview/

     

    Chris and Hilary on the road (Chris a Hilary na cestě), Filip Remunda / Czech Rep. / 1999 / 16 min

    Two American musicians, Hilary and Chris, bought and old mill in Tabor. Their alternative way of life is in contradiction with the conservative living style of a small town in southern Bohemia. Nevertheless, their neighbour, Mrs. Majen, is not afraid – she never feared the Romas living in town, so why should she fear Hilary and Chris.

     

    Sabot Silk Road tour, Christine Coulange and Nchan Manoyan / France / 2012 / 40 min

    One of Sabot’s more remarkable ventures was the 1999 overland Silk Road Tour, in which they set off from Czech and traveled across Europe and Central Asia by road, rail and rickshaw for a tour of improvised collaborations. Christine Coulange and Nchan Manoyan / Les 7 Portes traveled with Sabot to witness and document the tour. This film is the just-finished documentary covering the 1999 adventure. They returned to China for the world premiere of the film in Beijing in November 2012.

     

    Czech Dream (Český sen)Czech Dream (Český sen) , Vít Klusák, Filip Remunda / Czech Rep. / 2004 / 86 min

    Two young documentary filmmakers set out to explore the psychological powers of consumerism by creating an ad campaign for a super store that doesn’t exist.

  • OpenScreening

    openscreeningATA’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 admissionfor contributing artists. Door:7:30pm Projector: 8pm

    Not a filmmaker? Come and hang out with us anyway. Enjoy the atmosphere, the art, the movies, the people, the refreshments

    Submissions: Label all tapes w/ name, contact, title and length. Mail to: Openscreening, 992 Valencia, SF, 94110 1-2 week advance submissions strongly recommended. If not. . . it is all good. Max length: 15 min. Formats: DVD, miniDV/DVcam, VHS, beta, 8mm and 16mm All genres.

    More Info: contact  
    Programming@atasite.org