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  • Other Cinema: OPTRONICA3; POLYVISION

    E.VARGAS + T.S.PORRAS + K.CATO + S.SCHEDELBAUER’s WISHING WELL +
    East Bay impresario Elia Vargas enacts his in situ [Meta]rials, an anti-Anthropocenevisual rite where dry ice meets crude oil. Co-featured is tamara suarez porras’ in six* parts, a live performance composed from 35mm (found) slides, overhead projectors, and her live narration about the family of her biological father, who she’s never met. ALSO Star Seven, the newly expanded version of Kristin Cato’s 16mm-sourced visionary recitation ad astra, and the West Coast premiere of the oh-so-psychedelic Wishing Well from SF/Berliner Sylvia Schedelbauer! Come early for Lillian Schwartz, the Dream Machine, Daumier on filmstrips, and the historic/hypnagogic Metanomen.

  • CCSF’s Directing Students Showcase

    Join us at ATA for CCSF’s Spring 2018 presentation of the:
    Directing Students Showcase Join Professor Caroline Blair and CCSF Department of Cinema’s Motion Picture Directing class for a screening of the 2018 final film projects. This showcase features a variety of narrative scenes starring Bay Area actors.

    Directing Students: Arabella Deluco, Amilcar Ybarra-Rojas, Imani Donato, Scarlet Gonzalez, Julia Lu, Oscar Lim, David Silva, Fazil Hassan, Shandaeya Caldwell, Peter Menchini, Tony Cheang, Shreemoyee Kanungo, Ashley Ventimiglia, Sean Au and TA extraordinaire Jamie Sharp.
    Door 7:30

  • PERIWINKLE CINEMA: FEMINIST WORKS-IN-PROGRESS

    Featuring work by: Lacey Johnson, Jared Gruendl, and ART Heart: Children of Riot Grrrl and Queercore (Abram/Chan/Graney-Saucke)
     
    Science Witch (2018) spins a short educational tale highlighting the importance of not forgetting your gay roots.  
     
    Fossil Record (2018) is a hypnotic collage of re-contextualized satellite footage of mega-storms and prismatic geysers, setting the stage for a psychedelic envisioning spell. This music video is an invitation to transcend time in order to consider the human impact on the Earth, possibilities of a world after prisons, and after humanity itself.


    Bio: Lacey Johnson is historically a zinestress and sculptress who is currently transmuting into a video artist.

    Bythëqirë (Faggot) in Public (2017)

    Jared Gruendl using google maps street view, traverses through Albania’s capital of Tirana, looking back to early memories from their first visit to the country and of homophobia. This intersection is now a vivid awakening to their queerness. The audio, setting a punitive rhythm with heavy breathing and other harsh sounds, shifts notions of power dynamics. Having fun is one thing, but when do you cross the line?

     
    Bio: Jared Gruendl (b. Oakland, CA) is a conceptual artist working in performance. They toy with communication, and the act of looking through photography, video, or within a digital realm like Instagram or Snapchat. They have curated projects at B4B3L4B Gallery, Oakland, CA, and the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), SF, CA. Jared holds an MFA from Mills College, Oakland, CA and a BFA from SFAI, San Francisco, CA.
     
    ART Heart: Children of Riot Grrrl and Queercore (Abram/Chan/Graney-Saucke)
     
    ART Heart is: a collage, a mixtape, a DIY documentary and tribute to riot grrrl & queercore’s influence on next generations. This is a love letter to queer and trans teens of tomorrow. 1990’s punk feminism tackled rape/abuse, suicide, mental illness, homophobia, body image, disability and more. Riot grrrl’s art, culture, music, and activism made it a vital political movement. Was riot grrrl a gateway for further arts & activism? What was it like to come of age in riot grrrl? ART Heart sifts through herstory, and refocuses on the frame on race/class/disability/and resistance within riot grrrl/queercore lineages. 


    Co-Director Celeste Chan will be on hand to talk about the film.