Artists' Television Access
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Coming Up This Month
Saturday, March 14, 2026, 8:00 pm, classic-editor
OC: LIVING CURIOSITIES!
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
Saturday, March 21, 2026, 8:00 pm, classic-editor
OC: MASTERS OF ILLUSION
CARL DIEHL: PAINLESS MAGIC + STAGE MAGICAN NGUYEN +
In person, Carl Diehl’s kaleidoscopic account of creativity, camaraderie, and curiosity begins with the life and times of the late, great magician, vaudevillian, & comedy emcee, Werner “Dorny” Dornfield (1892 -1982), then splinters prismatically into a mosaic of riddles and revelations about artist-led initiatives elsewhen & elsewhere! This experimental ethnography of magic shimmers with ephemera from the Golden Age of stage magic and beyond, and intrigues with insights from magicians, historians, philosophers, and Dorny‘s oldest surviving relatives. Interviews with musicians, performance artists, and experimental filmmakers conjure connections across contexts of art, magic, and everyday life. PLUS, on our stage!..Thee Amazing Michael Nguyen—SF’s master of prestidigitation, here to astonish all using sleight of hand and humor!! $12
Wednesday, March 25, 2026, 6:30 pm, classic-editor
Unnamed Footage Festival
It’s time to kickstart another Unnamed Footage Festival and we’re diving in with a special screening of an “EARLY CUT” of INVOKING SCREAM by Patricio Valladares (Invoking Yell).
After uncovering a buried box containing a VHS tape and a mysterious book of witchcraft at the gravesite of Invoking Yell lead singer Andrea Fernandez, a trio of metalheads unwittingly unleash a dark force. What begins as a documentary about Andrea’s disappearance and the 1998 murders of her ill-fated bandmates quickly spirals into a waking nightmare-where the past doesn’t just haunt those connected to it… it demands a sacrifice.
Followed by an opportunity to catch SHUDDER ORIGINAL, BODYCAM by Brandon Christensen in a theatre!
When two police officers show up to investigate a domestic dispute, there is an accidental shooting. Not wanting to be crucified by the public, the officers attempt to cover it up – only to uncover that the cameras aren’t the only things watching them.
Playing with A GOOD DAY TO DIE – A government produced film outlining the steps to be taken in the event of cosmic catastrophe.
It wouldn’t be a recalibration party if we didn’t look back on the year that was 60 seconds at a time. As we show our 2025 retrospective Power Hour: “Reverse the Curse”, edited by Thomas Burke – while enjoy drinks from our sponsor: Lime Ventures
About Artists' Television Access
Artists' Television Access is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) artist-run
screening venue and gallery located in the heart of San Francisco's Mission
District. ATA is supported in part by Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel
Tax Fund, The Christensen Fund, individuals members, donors and volunteers.
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDIA: Join ATA as a member and receive exciting gifts, including the 2008 DVD compilation, T-shirts, and free admission to screenings and more! Artists on the 2008 DVD compilation include: Yin-Ju Chen, Mike Rollo, Marthaxiv, Sam Manera, Wago Kreider, Federico Campanale, Paul Clipson and Carl Diehl. http://www.atasite.org/membership/
How to Reach Us:
Artists' Television Access
992 Valencia Street (at 21st)
San Francisco, CA 94110
(415) 824-3890
ata@atasite.org
Gallery is open before and after screenings for viewing.
Screenings start at 8pm unless otherwise noted.
Directions: Take Bart to 24th Street Mission. Walk 1 block east to Valencia and 3 blocks north. ATA is located between 21st and 20th Streets.