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Last year the film world was saddened by the loss of Peter Hutton, a beloved Bard prof with a singular shooting style: 100’ rolls of b/w silent raw stock, loaded into the Bolex and looking to the land- (and sea-)scape. This project was initiated in which filmmakers were invited to shoot a single roll in remembrance and homage. The touring program—here introduced by Eric Theise–consists of of 45 mins. of single projection and 15 mins. of double-, with contributions from David Gatten, Peter Rose, Lynne Sachs, Robbie Land, Eve Heller, Jacob Burckhardt, Cassandra Bull, Timoleon Wilkins, Dominic Angerame, and very many more. The show’s second section is a half-hour of 16mm *sound* shorts from the project’s principals: Theise (with sax accompanist John Ingle), Jenn Reeves, Mark Street, and Hutton himself (In Marin County).

Since 1974 Small Press Traffic (SPT) has been at the heart of the San Francisco Bay Area innovative writing scene, bringing together authors, readers, educators, small presses, and community members through talks, readings, workshops, and performances.

A reading with : Rosamond King and Tonya Foster

Michael Gendreau premieres his triple-turntable piece LOUPS, pairing his wicked vinyl locked-grooves with the parataxical triple projections of Craig Baldwin’s16mm loops! ALSO: Afterbirth:The Shape of Light—Julz LC’s live-molded clay plays with optical parameters to render a phantasmagoria of projected light, in a tribute to Joey Casio’s immersive dream. In BUG.TV@OC:Live from the Achives, Joshua Harper conducts a live inter-dimensional interview with an alien observer in an underground operating theater of the mind. AND anchoring this second OPTRONICA show is stereoscopic superstar Pad McGlaughlin, whose 4eyes and Strata use polarized light to conjure up an extra dimension. Whoa! AND additional works by Jordan Belson, Winston Hacking, and Mary Ellen Bute; of course the Dream Machine is in full effect!*$8.88