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A KINGDOM OF NOT RETROSPECTIVE

Kingdom of Not  – largely the creation of absurdist writer/performer Dan Carbone and surrealist cartoonist/one-man band Andrew Goldfarb – present their very own Cabinet of Film/Video Curiosities, with works by The Residents, Mike Kuchar, The Slow Poisoner, Bulk Foodveyer, and Dan Carbone. Featured is the world premiere of Dan‘s 1978 Super 8 Sound encounter with Andy Kaufman, backstage at CBS! KoN will perform live! Live Jazz piano stylings by Nick Culp, and special appearances by Baby Ding-Dong and OOK. Registered medical personnel will be on duty. The only exhibition of its type in North America! $14

DAVID SHERMAN + REBECCA BARTEN + SCOTT STARK +

The first of this Spring’s Archive Fever Dreams is blessed by the return of two long-time pillars of the Bay Area underground scene – Rebecca Barten and David Sherman!!..and they’re both bringing new works made out of archival material – Rebecca‘s, a crafty montage on the vagaries of her emotional life, and David‘s, a rare assembly of ‘outs’ from the legendary Dion Vigne, North Beach beatnik artiste whose box of raw footage of that community of poets and jazz musicians came as a gift from Vigne‘s widow herself! PLUS local light Scott Stark‘s ‘found’ collection of 3-D slides – a 50s cocktail party in Tulsa, OK!! ALSO in wait is an exquisite cosmic animation whose title must remain under wraps until showtime. AND there’s a heap of other treats, intermixing both archival source material and “derivative” found-footage films: Treasures in a Garbage Can, Oscar Meyer Weiners, Mormons in Guatemala, and Bat-Men of Trinidad. PLUS both Hungarian fencing AND cemeteries. $13

ATA’s free community film/video show welcomes short format work or (15 min or less) from all genres. An open forum for independent filmmakers to show their work, we hold screenings the first Thursday of the month at 8:00 pm. Entries must be received by 7:00 pm on show night.

Submissions: To submit a digital file, email openscreening@atasite.org. For physical media, label all tapes with name, contact info, title, and length, and mail to: Open Screening, 992 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110. 1–2 weeks advance submissions recommended. If not, just walk in before the show.
Maximum length: 15 min.
Formats: Digital file (PC or Mac), DVD, miniDV/DV-cam, VHS, beta, 8 mm, and 16 mm. For 8 mm and 16 mm films give us advance notice.

Doors at 7:30 pm, show at 8:00 pm, FREE