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  • Reagan’s 100th Birthday Party

    On Sunday, February 6, ATA celebrates the 100th birthday of the most powerful B movie actor in the free world with a critical collection of Ronald Reagan’s finest and most ironic big screen moments curated by Bryan Boyce. Experience the overwhelming force of Reagan’s bland charisma as it was meant to be seen… in an underground art venue that has somehow managed to survive ever since the days when Ronnie was in the Oval Office.  You don’t want to miss the scenes that scholars believe provided Reagan with the inspiration for his “Star Wars” defense program back in 1940.  Curator Bryan Boyce will also show the trailer for his upcoming short film which coincidentally stars Ronald Reagan.

  • Call for Entries: 6th Annual ATA Film & Video Festival

    Artists’ Television Access invites experimental film and video makers to submit their work to its 6th Annual ATA Film and Video Festival. Works including but not limited to, animation, documentary, narrative, abstract and found footage based will be accepted. Also, this year we are open for proposals for workshops, installations and media performances.

    The ATA Film and Video Festival is committed to showcasing films and videos that use an unconventional stylistic and technical approach and bring up subjects or concepts that not only entertain, but also provoke, our diverse audience. For guidelines, more about the festival, and to submit your work and proposals go to http://festival.atasite.org. The postmark deadline is June 1, 2011.

  • Opening Reception for Amy Ho: Bridge

    Opening reception Tuesday, February 1st, 7-10pm

    Bridge abstracts the everyday experience of driving. In this work, a video of driving across a bridge is projected on ten layers of scrim. With each layer of scrim we see a larger and larger image, thus showing us the space in which video projection exists. The exaggerated perspective of the bridge’s architecture pulls the viewer into the motion of driving. The mesmerizing quality of the passing architecture mimics the robotic, drone-like attitude we adopt when we drive. We are so used to the act of driving that our bodies pilot automatically while our minds wander into thought.

    Amy M. Ho is an installation artist whose work deals with the physicality of experience and the meditative nature of the passage of time. Space represents the most immediate medium through which we experience the world, yet we often overlook our bodies’ sensitivity to space and motion. One’s personal and intimate experience of Amy’s work brings attention to the duality of our existence as physical and psychological beings. She is currently enrolled in the MFA Studio Art program at Mills College. Amy received her undergrad degree in Art Practice from UC Berkeley. In addition to her studio practice, Amy constructs costumes and other wearable sculpture in her spare time. For more information, please visit: http://www.amymho.com/.