Author: Fara

  • SIGHT UNSEEN: high/low

    Program:
    “Susan Blond” (2011)
    “David Bienenstock” (2011)
    –Produced & created by Scott Newman & Marc Santo for REVEL NY
    Andy Warhol Superstar & publicist talks about her career & personal & professional relationships with Michael Jackson, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Taylor Mead, & others.
    High Times editor & author of The Pot Smoker’s Handbook featuring “420 Things to Do When You’re Stoned”, the director of the best selling cultivation DVD, Jorge Cervantes’ Ultimate Grow, & a frequent judge of The Cannabis Cup in Amsterdam talks about what makes good pot good.
    http://www.revelinnewyork.com/

    “A Week at The Western Hotel” (2010)
    “Threads of Collar City” (2011)
    –By Brenda Ann Kenneally
    Threads looks at the lives of working class women in Troy NY & the economic story behind their stories.
    The Western was one of the last standing casinos in Las Vegas that catered to “the every-man”… featured on Time Magazine’s Light Box.
    http://www.brendakenneally.com/

    “Drive by Modernism” (2012)
    –Directed by Marc Santo, Produced by Gary Krieg, Janice Grube
    In this trailer for a TV series, designer Jim Walrod & a rotating cast of artists are on a gonzo mission to charm their way inside the country’s most iconic modern homes. Co-starring: Moby, Phil Frost, Michael Halsband.
    http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/now-reading-offbeat-city-guides/

    “Bel Air” (2011)
    –By Niklas Goldbach
    The video takes us on an inner journey, on a real trip by car through the deserted landscape of the Everglades National Park near Miami, in which actor Christoph Bach plays the part of four different characters who represent the roles and power games that take place in human behavior.
    http://www.niklasgoldbach.de/

    “The Volare” (2012)
    –By Stephen Mallon
    An accelerated look at the construction of the first new roller coaster to be built in 70 years at Coney Island, New York – commissioned by the Wall Street Journal.
    http://stephenmallon.com/

    “Creepy Kids” (2012)
    –By Peter Schneider
    Classic scenes of children in horror films collected & condensed.
    http://www.peter-noster.de/wordpress/author/admin

    “Colonic”, “The Jiz Commercial”, “Bye Bye Ba Nee” (2010)
    –By Sienna D’Enema
    1980s cartoon Jem and the Holograms used in unspeakable ways.
    http://www.catch-fire.com/2010/02/re-dubbing-fun-jiz-sienna-denema/

    “Pillars”
    –By Darrin Martin
    A graphic contemplation on barriers, containment, history, & release.
    http://www.darrinmartin.com/

    &, Special Surprises

    PLUS complimentary copies of REVEL NY!

    1 hour, 10 minutes

    Programed by NYC artist-curator-independent publisher Billy Miller
    http://billy-miller-stuff.blogspot.com/

  • TALKIES 3D

    Hosted by George Chen, Miles K, Jesse Elias (Anna Seregina is out of town)
    with
    Mike Drucker
    Vlad Khlynin
    Arjun Srivasta

    films by
    David Enos
    Chris Sollars
    Janelle Hessig
    Sean Solomon
    Chris Garcia w/ Wreck and Salvage

  • OpenScreening

    ATA’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 admission for 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