Drawing on accounts of Conquistador Hernan Cortes‘ attempt to colonize Baja California, 16th Century cartographies, and a romance/adventure novel ripe with Amazons; this sneak-preview of (in person) Sarolta Cump‘s 20-min. experimental doc investigates the fantasies, fears, and fetishes of European explorers through a post-colonial queer lens, and with a bawdy sense of humor to boot! ALSO here for intro and Q&A, Nara Denning‘s Neurotique No. 6 is an 8-min. “neo silent film” of erotic fantasy, rife with surreal imagery and dark humor. Denning combines the influences of German Expressionism and avant-garde cinema to breathe new life into the notion of the cine-poem. PLUS Former SF artiste and now new faculty at UMich, Alexis Bravos‘ Argonaut, a 16mm biography of the 19th Century writer/explorer Eliza Farnham, in which a single event in her life is oh-so-cinematically re-imagined. AND Martha Colburn‘s Wonder Woman animation, Mike Kuchar‘s Paradise Gone, 3-D Venus Fly Traps, and Handsome Sam Green, segueing from a Sarah Jacobson clip into an invitation to apply for the grant in her name, for emerging women makers. Sangria! *$7.
Author: Gilbert Guerrero
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Wild Women: California is an Island + Denning + Bravos
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Brunch
A.T.A. Gallery presents a dreamy daytime event in cooperation with Om Shan Tea House and S.P.A.Z. With live electronics and various 4D phantasmagoria, the program will include performances by: Nommo Ogo, Craig Baldwin, Harro versus Laskfar Vortok, and weiRdos. Awesome organic vegan cuisine and various fine teas provided by Om Shan Tea House. With DJ sets by: Fluorescent Grey, Oshan, Anesthetist, and Muerto Zoke. -
REMIX MASTERS
Performed only once before, Evolution Control Committee‘s radically eclectic soundscape for FW Murnau‘s horror classic Nosferatu is a meticulous mix of soundtracks from other movies (how “Other Cinema” can you get?)! Iconic/ironic snippets from the classic tracks of The Sound of Music, Jaws, Dr. No, Star Wars, and dozens of others are DJ‘d live from turntable, transmuted through Trademark G‘s magical sleight-of-hand into an uncannily appropriate unified soundtrack! PLUS: Copyright Criminals, a new doc by Kembrew McLeod and Ben Franzen, examines the creative and commercial value of musical sampling, including the ongoing debates about artistic expression and copyright law. Showcased are many of Hip Hop’s legendary figures, like Public Enemy, De La Soul, George Clinton, Digital Underground, DJ Spooky, Eclectic Method, and Mark Hosler (of Negativland). PLUS an assemblage of Negativland‘s own audio-visual citations. NOTE: Early doors at 7:45, CC at 8, ECC at 9. *$7.
