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  • The Myth Of 4

    Myth of 4 /افسانه ۴

    Works of Videos, a Live Performance, and Artists’ Talks by Iranian and SWANA Artists

     June- August 2022

    Myth of 4,  is a new series of Zamin Project founded by Shaghayegh Cyrous, and, presented by Clarion Alley Mural Project, showcasing new videos and performances by ten Iranian artists based in the Bay Area. Myth of 4 reimagines and recreates our present and future. In this program, the artists redefine their imaginary worlds, inspired by the four elements, Earth, Water, Air, and Fire. The theme of Afsaneye 4/ Myth of 4 blossomed out of a series of conversations between the participating artists in the project. 

     In addition to the new videos and a performance by the 10 Iranian artists, the program includes one open call for video works, inviting  SWANA (South West Asia and North Africa) artists based in California; to reimagine our world inspired by the theme of the four elements. 

    The project includes ten events featuring a live performance, video screenings, and artist talks in three venues, Central Stage in Richmond, CA (East Bay), Artists’ Television Access (ATA), and The David Ireland House in San Francisco, and one week screening at Hamzianpour & Kia Gallery  in Los Angeles, California. This program is made possible by the California Arts Council.

    Artists include Sholeh Asgary, Shaghayegh Cyrous, Ramin Etemadi, Esha Sadr, Azin Seraj, Keyvan Shovir, B Sisters, Nasim Moghadam, Mobina Nouri, and Narges Poursadeghi.

  • Other Cinema: OPTRONICA3

    BECKER + ALVAREZ + 99 HOOKER +
    Per the national mood, our season finale oscillates between climax and cataclysm, as pent-up visuals finally rise to the light of the projector–er, make that plural!! Tommy, Lori, Kal, and Alfonso –all these local living legends assembled under the same roof! Becker lets loose the greatest Hits and Misses from his hi-concept Tape No. 1, Varga loads up 3 slide carousels only to verbally unpacks them for Detritus Takes a Holiday, Spelletich and Bryan Adam reflexively re-work Rutmann‘s Opus #4, and the Family Alvarez show off their amplified/expanded-cine set in true Oakland styleé. ALSO: Individually Rapt, the eye-blistering bricolage of Brooklyn‘s 99Hooker (also in person), Montreal‘s Francois Miron with his seriously psychedelic The Quest, Nashville’s John Warren with his wunnerful Waterfalls, and LA-based Martha Colburn/Pat O’Neill‘s optical-printing cameo. PLUS a rediscovered clip of a young Christian Marclay burning vinyl in the ‘Loin, an educational-film rarity on the theremin and Electronic Musicians, Daphne Oram, Semiconductor, and Glen (Headlights) McKay‘s 16mm trippin’ on Playland‘s roller coaster!! $11.11
    OPTRONICA3
    https://www.youtube.com/embed/3e_FGW24tzQMAY 28: BECKER + ALVAREZ + 99 HOOKER +

    Per the national mood, our season finale oscillates between climax and cataclysm, as pent-up visuals finally rise to the light of the projector–er, make that plural!! Tommy, Lori, Kal, and Alfonso –all these local living legends assembled under the same roof! Becker lets loose the greatest Hits and Misses from his hi-concept Tape No. 1, Varga loads up 3 slide carousels only to verbally unpacks them for Detritus Takes a Holiday, Spelletich and Bryan Adam reflexively re-work Rutmann‘s Opus #4, and the Family Alvarez show off their amplified/expanded-cine set in true Oakland styleé. ALSO: Individually Rapt, the eye-blistering bricolage of Brooklyn‘s 99Hooker (also in person), Montreal‘s Francois Miron with his seriously psychedelic The Quest, Nashville’s John Warren with his wunnerful Waterfalls, and LA-based Martha Colburn/Pat O’Neill‘s optical-printing cameo. PLUS a rediscovered clip of a young Christian Marclay burning vinyl in the ‘Loin, an educational-film rarity on the theremin and Electronic Musicians, Daphne Oram, Semiconductor, and Glen (Headlights) McKay‘s 16mm trippin’ on Playland‘s roller coaster!! $11.11

  • Other Cinema: ANIMAL SPIRITS/SPIRIT ANIMALS

    JOHNSON’s MANATEES + JOSH HARPER + CHRIS MARKER +
    Continuing our wild Animal Spirits/Spirit Animals theme from last season!!..Headlining is the world premiere of local folk-naturalist Daniel Johnson‘s lushly illustrated lecture/video on the crisis facing manatees! He also unspools precious peeks of the UCB Campanile Falcon “soap opera”, as well as his ongoing Cali Condor in-person research. ALSO in the house is the apocalyptic plea of our enlightened East Bay cine-essayist Joshua Harper, with the global debut of and personal intro to his archive-rich WAR ON EARTH…PLUS: Some time back, OC soul-sister Lynne Sachs teamed up with none Other than Chris Marker to finish their 20-min. Three Cheers for the Whale, and its delightful historical trace tonight rounds out our opening “Animal” hour. But our second half is all about humans, who inhabit animal   skins, literally and figuratively, perhaps to better understand our commonalities. Andrew Shirley‘s 30-min. Wasted Land is a revelatory but under-seen work that follows 3 furries as they mark their dystopian territory via graffitti tags! Jim Trainor‘s Moschops is a faux-paleontology animation that endows invented creatures with emotional lives, and in Rainier Gels‘ Brementon Musicians, a 16mm cult clip from a children‘s matinee manages to deliver an uncannier fantasy than any mere cartoon. AND a quarter-hour excerpt of David Attenborough beautiful Baobob eco-study, Disney‘s now infamous White Wilderness, and of course some Harryhausen beasties! Come in animal costume!! $7
    OPTRONICA3
    ANIMAL SPIRITS/SPIRIT ANIMALS
    AnimalsMAY 21: 0ON’s MANATEES + JOSH HARPER + CHRIS MARKER +

    Continuing our wild Animal Spirits/Spirit Animals theme from last season!!..Headlining is the world premiere of local folk-naturalist Daniel Johnson‘s lushly illustrated lecture/video on the crisis facing manatees! He also unspools precious peeks of the UCB Campanile Falcon “soap opera”, as well as his ongoing Cali Condor in-person research. ALSO in the house is the apocalyptic plea of our enlightened East Bay cine-essayist Joshua Harper, with the global debut of and personal intro to his archive-rich WAR ON EARTH…PLUS: Some time back, OC soul-sister Lynne Sachs teamed up with none Other than Chris Marker to finish their 20-min. Three Cheers for the Whale, and its delightful historical trace tonight rounds out our opening “Animal” hour. But our second half is all about humans, who inhabit animal   skins, literally and figuratively, perhaps to better understand our commonalities. Andrew Shirley‘s 30-min. Wasted Land is a revelatory but under-seen work that follows 3 furries as they mark their dystopian territory via graffitti tags! Jim Trainor‘s Moschops is a faux-paleontology animation that endows invented creatures with emotional lives, and in Rainier Gels‘ Brementon Musicians, a 16mm cult clip from a children‘s matinee manages to deliver an uncannier fantasy than any mere cartoon. AND a quarter-hour excerpt of David Attenborough beautiful Baobob eco-study, Disney‘s now infamous White Wilderness, and of course some Harryhausen beasties! Come in animal costume!! $7
    OPTRONICA3