Film screening by The Breathing Room and Lil’ Zen Ten
Live music by: The Breathing Room and For Your Pleasure
Visual art by: Karina Alterman and Chonto
Author: Fara
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Small Press Traffic
Writers alex cruse and Benjamin Krusling will read from their work as part of Antagonisms of Reality / Problems of Form. Register here
7 pm Door
Violet Spurlock writes: The series takes its title from Adorno’s claim in Aesthetic Theory that art, instead of attempting to represent political antagonisms, ought to sublimate them into formal problems. I want to gather our attention around writers who challenge or respond to such a demand, writers whose work explores representation’s limits and enacts resistance and marginalization formally. I think these writers are making exciting interventions that navigate dual risks of cooptation and obscurity. I am very honored to help bring their work into conversation and hopeful that you’ll join us for these events.
Guest curated by Violet Spurlock.
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Other Cinema: AVANT TO LIVE
NEW EXPERIMENTAL WORKS 
A “mini-fest” of innovations in film form, this season’s NEW boasts more than 20 cine-initiatives, with more then 10 artists in-person! Spotlit is the return of Jeremy Rourke with the world debut of his live musical animation Do I Write?. Others of our (10!) premieres are Lori Varga’s double-Super8 live-narrated Time Forgot, Ellie Vanderlip’s Goats as a Measure of Time, Tomas Talamante’s Attention Span, TT Takemoto’s After Bed, Molly Hankwitz’ Toxic West, Alex Miller’s Burnt by the Sun, and Bryan Boyce’s semi-annual bon bon. ALSO: recent pieces from ex-SF-er Lynne Sachs (Swerve), Dutch genius Michael Fleming (Showtime), Seattle image-smith Salise Hughes (The Eduction of Lulu), Calgary whiz Greg Marshall (Between the Blur), local light Max Oginz (Seismic Properties), Midwest trooper Charles Cadkin (Pump), and OC Hall-of-Famer Mark Street. PLUS: delicious snippets from Martha Colburn (Snake), Jenny Stark (Pretty Is As Pretty Does), Wang Yuyan (Attempts To Be An Ocean), and Bob Ross (Happy Little Mystery). Free pencils! *$9.99