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  • Mike Kuchar: A Program of Ancient and Modern Works

    Mike Kuchar in person.

    The vibrant, poetic and wild works of Mike Kuchar have inspired generations of filmmakers and artists with their wickedly perverse parodies of pop-culture and abundant creativity. From early 8 mm films made with his twin brother George Kuchar featuring friends from their Bronx neighbourhood to the underground sci-fi extravaganza Sins of the Fleshapoids 1965, his films take the language of Hollywood and make it so ‘overblown it’s glorious’. In the 1990s Mike Kuchar embraced video with the same transformative passion that he brought to his early 8 mm films, and created a vast body of work ranging from delirious teleplays to recent digital fantasies, displaying a unique creative sensibility. Relishing the possibilities of the most minuscule budgets his films are radiant and lurid in equal measure, celebrating human creativity with an undiminished passion and humour for over 50 years.

    Program:

    1. Hushaby Baby (Two Dames with out a Guy)

    2. The Fornicators (Need We Say More?!)

    3. Candy-Coated Evil (Punk Rockers Breaking Wind)

    4. Atonement (Screwballs Go Wild’)

    5. The Dragon’s Son ( A Clash of Personalities)

    6. Moods for Moderns (Soul Searching in a New Age)

    7.  Sleepwalkers (The Sleepless Night Has Shadows)

     

  • The IXth Annual Druid Underground Film Festival

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    The widest touring underground film festival in the US, the 9th annual Druid Underground is a high-powered two-part blast of subversive cinema hosted by Billy Burgess that Flavorpill says doesn’t so much “defy convention as mow it down, douse it in kerosene, and flick a Zippo at it!”

    Part one of the program is a hardcore, one-hour mega-mash up hell-ride of absurd footage from VHS tapes of homemade music videos, meth-fueled biker rallys, twisted political propaganda, horrifying party videos and much much more! Get yourself a piece as American redneck culture is sliced open for all to see like a giant, horrifying cake.

    Part two is a break-kneck barrage of 18 new rowdy short films celebrating the best in absurd, creative and ecstatic cinema both on and off today’s underground film radar. A spectacle unlike any other, Druid Underground champions subversive techniques that advance the language of cinema, challenge pre-conceived notions of underground art and simultaniously blow your mind out of your skull. Animation, experimental, performance art and MORE!!!

    9th Annual DUFF Trailer:
    https://vimeo.com/180254988

    FREE RAFFLE Ticket for first 100 ticket holders

    Festival shirts/pins/DVDs available at the merch table!

    JOIN US!

  • Nathalie Brilliant: “Nucleus” (Opening Reception)

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    The ATA window presents, “Nucleus,” a show that comprises of one video piece. The video piece was created for My Home My Mission, a project that considers what it means to belong, and what a “home” is when the concept of home is challenged by the surging crisis of evictions in San Francisco. My Home My Mission delves into aspects of psychological trauma and identity that cause people to feel displaced. Nucleus explores the concept of the body as an initial site of belonging and feeling at home.

    The performers depicted in the video have been working together for over a year now in considering a movement principle that Nathalie has called, a “moving meditation.” The “moving meditation,” is a way for the performers to connect with the body and mind through movement exploration and somatic play.