You, who have lived on earth for me,
My armour and my blood-relations
From Alighieri to Schiaparelli,
I thank you: for how well you burned.
And do not I burn too, and well?
Is it indifference that blinds me
To you , for whom I’ve lived on earth,
To grass and stars, to butterflies and children.
tarkovsky
“you have to think with your heart” douglas sirk
Archimedia: New Workshop Series at ATA!
Instructors are an internationally exhibited design/research team, Archimedia,(award winning filmmaker David Cox and media artist/writer Molly Hankwitz) offering an array of experimental workshops on the creative use of and exploration of mobile, portable and networked tools is being offered at ATA starting March 28th to June 20th. All courses run four hours, 1pm to 5pm and are held on Saturdays. Cost is
$40.00 per workshop unless otherwise noted. Interested students are asked to bring their own equipment: laptop, cell phone, digital cameras and camcorders, gaming devices, electronic “toys”, power cords, batteries, etc. In the interests of appealing to those who do not own many gadgets but want to get started, some equipment may be provided or shared. All levels welcome! Bring tools you most want to work with. Wi fi enabled tools are encouraged and there is wi fi at ATA. Courses will be open until filled.
Standard fees:
$40 one class
$60 two classes
$80 three classes
Registration is non refundable and is confirmed by advance payment in full by check or money order with a note or email stating your preferred classes and dates. Please include a list of what you intend to work with, and what you are interested in working on.
Checks should be made out to: Molly Hankwitz/Archimedia and mailed to:
3288 21st Street, #28, SF CA, 94110. Please no returned items.
Questions? Drop an email with your information to archimedia.workshops@gmail.com. All classes are held at Artists Television Access, 992 Valencia Street, SF CA 94110. Confirm registration by email or check in mail to the above address. Note: ATA is not set up to take calls re: Archimedia workshops.
Please contact us: archimedia.workshops@gmail.com
or call at 415 401 5227, or 415 283 7757 (cells)
Course dates may be subject to change.
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UNTRAIN YOUR BRAIN – TAKE UP A TACTICAL MEDIA WORKSHOP!!!!
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Saturday 3/28 and 5/16 — MEDIA PRODUCTION FOR CELL PHONES AND SMALL DEVICES BOTH ANALOGUE AND DIGITAL Learn to make mini movies using what you have use old camcorders, old webcams, new phone cams, and other types of cameras to make films. Work around the limits of small screens, limited frame rates, limits of storage and battery time. Improvise tripods and other stabilization devices made from ordinary objects and learn production techniques for the small screen. Put your cell phone video into a form you can edit digitally. Bring your own tools or works in progress.
$40 per student. Limited to 8 participants.
Somewhere between an homage to and a critique of our contemporary addiction to moving images, Catherine Czacki will create two new pieces for the ATA installation room.
“Syndrome,” made in collaboration with Claudia Mendoza and Maggie Foster, is a three monitor video installation inspired by the Italian horror film the Stendhal Syndrome, by Dario Argento, and which consists of three portraits of the three artists. The only visible aspects of each portrait are the artists’ eyes, which are illuminated by a strip of light in an otherwise completely black space. Symbolizing a shift in the traditionally male gaze, the artists present themselves as both the viewers and the subjects in a self-reflective look at the genre of cinema.
Also for this exhibit, Czacki will create “Cathedral” in which the passive viewing experience will be translated into more physical terms. The general structure invites the viewer to enter. Once inside, the viewer is invited to spin themselves along with a video projected onto the ceiling via a platform below the video, and handles on the inside of the structure. The video consists of footage from various film and television sources, all of spinning motions. The aim of “Cathedral” is to form a connection between the sedentary act of viewing media, and the motion that is inherent within the medium while highlighting the sensation and important role media creates in today’s society. Sound by Rroland.