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  • The Mad Dreams of Irving Bleak

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    Reknowned dogologist and inventor, made famous by teaching a mastiff how to play the piano, and later notorious for his insane ambition to create singing fruit. During a period of utter destitution, brought about by his compulsive gambling habits, an ill advised bet in a high-stakes poker match cost him his body.

    With the aid of modern technology, his brain lives on. A mental transmitter , based loosely on Bleak”s own crackpot ideas(fig.6), send a live feed from within Bleak”s living brain to a video monitor ! There is much to be learned from the mad dreams of Irving Bleak

  • CELEBRATING SARAH JACOBSON

    CELEBRATING SARAH JACOBSON Tuesday March 30th. 7pm and 9pm. admission

    $5. A screening in memory of filmmaker and writer Sarah Jacobson, an important voice in independent and underground film who passed away in February 2004 at age 32. This program of her work is a repeat of a show curated by Jacobson herself, and includes her riot-grrl-era masterpiece Was A Teenage Serial Killer, early Pixelvision shorts, TV spots, her documentary about Ladies and Gentleman, the Fabulous Stains, Mary Jane’s Not a Virgin Anymore, and much more. 7pm SHORTS PROGRAM 9pm MARY JANE’S NOT A VIRGIN ANYMORE

  • 04MAR07 Playlist

    Hugo Ball Robot
    Hugo Ball

    Vertical Roll by Joan Jonas
    19 min. video (1972)

    two by Gary Hill

    Site Recite
    4 min. video (1989)
    URA/ARY
    28 min. (1985-86)

    Vasulkas excerpts
    Discs, No. 25, C-Trend, Voice Windows, Art of Memory

    Sonic Fiction
    12 Synesthetic Videos from Austria

    The Playhouse (1921) by Buster Keaton

    Yes, the enormous sewer pipes are still parked 10 feet high in the gutter, providing a horizontal improvised trash bin, as well as a sort of bench at some points to view the free images silently projected onto the display window.