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Death Sentence: Panda Shearing Pinx (ex-Channels 3&4) Mutators (Canada) Mincemeat or Tenspeed (Philly) High Castle (mems of Woman’s Worth, Hips, Childpornography)

“On the Hillside of the Himalayas”In 2005 Pakistan suffered a devastating earthquake. Over 80,000 people were killed, tens of thousands were injured. In the remote Himalayan mountains, there were no doctors to treat the injured. That is when more than 1,200 Cuban doctors and nurses arrived, from the heroic Henry Reeve Internationalist Brigade, to provide free emergency medical care. This documentary is a moving tribute to the humanitarian ideals of the Cubans and their Revolution. 2006, 36min.

“Venezuela Rising”
As seen through the eyes of grandmother and community organizer Gladys Bolivar, the documentary follows her and her compatriots five days before the 2004 popular referendum vote determining whether Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will continue in office or step down—a referendum initiated by the opposition in another attempt to overthrow the Chavez government. See how the people organize on the grassroots level to keep the Bolivarian revolution in power—a government that the vast majority feel is truly ‘by and for the people’. Hear firsthand from those involved in the ‘Missions’—the health clinics, literacy programs and food distribution centers set up in the most impoverished neighborhoods of Caracas—who see the referendum victory as a victory for all Venezuelans.  2005, 66 min. , Spanish and English subtitles.

“Psychogeography is about the instinctual exploration of the emotional contours of one’s environment. It aims to discover and create subversive and anti-authoritarian places and journeys that can be used in the development of new, more liberating, kinds of locales. Situationists psychogeographers adopted the practice of the derive as their basic tool.”
-“Alastair Bonnett

This exploration revolves around the performances of specific movements through varied urban spaces as a means of discovery and will feature an audio and visual installation as well as a documentary based on these performances.

Starting from the physical point of view of 19,000 feet above the earth and the theoretical illusion of the panoptic spatial view, the study follows the performative body as it quickly falls into that of the pedestrian. Extending theoretical concepts and tactics introduced by the Situationist International, quotidian spatial practices such as running, skating, jumping, climbing, and paddling function as a means to breakthrough or expand the everyday spatial constraints placed on the movement of our bodies. This conscious effort to further a physical understanding of the spatial environment based on specific theories, ultimately propels the performer towards the center of the highly controlled space of the spectacle. The exploring, discovering, and producing of the performances, video, audio, and text all combine to create Le Mouvement Quotidien a multi-faceted installation and screening, which will be presented for one night.