NEW NIPPON: CONTEMPORARY FILM & VIDEO FROM JAPAN
Thursday, December 3, 6pm
Akino Kondoh, “Ladybirds’ Requiem,” 2005-6. Courtesy the Artist and Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo.
In a nation that is geographically isolated yet always looking outward, rooted in ancient tradition while existing at the forefront of technological innovation, the complexion of contemporary Japanese moving image is like no other. This evening’s program brings together [...]
VARIABLE AREA: HEARING AND SEEING SOUND, 1966–78
Thursday, November 12, 6pm | Art Lange, Guillermo Gregorio and Brian Labycz in person!
Still from The Gypsy Cried (Chris Langdon, 1972). Courtesy the artist.
Experimental Sound Studio’s Outer Ear Festival of Sound and CATE team up once again to present a program of films that investigate the visual and aural possibilities of 16mm optical [...]
VISION IN MOTION: FILMMAKING AT THE INSTITUTE OF DESIGN, 1944-70
Thursday, October 1, 2009 and Friday, October 2, 2009 at 6pm
Guests in person!
Image: László Moholy-Nagy & ID students, Design Workshops (1944).
“The illiterates of the future,” the pioneering Hungarian artist and educator László Moholy-Nagy once famously proclaimed, “will be ignorant of the camera and pen alike.” Founded in Chicago in 1937 and modeled after [...]
The Films of Bruce Conner
Thursday, April 16 & Friday, April 17, 6pm | Guests in person!
Bruce Conner, A Movie (1958). Image courtesy of the Conner Family Trust.
Explosive, elegiac, and ecstatic, the films of Bruce Conner (1933-2008) have had an enormous impact on film and pop culture, echoing through the rhythms of MTV, on-line remixes, and the use [...]
Surveying the First Decade: Video Art and Alternative Media in the U.S.
Thursday, April 9, 6pm | Curator Chris Hill in person!
People’s Communications Network, Queen Mother Moore Speech at Greenhaven Prison (1973). Image courtesy of the Video Data Bank.
In 1995, the Video Data Bank published “Surveying the First Decade,” a massive, 16-hour anthology of nearly 70 titles from artists and media-makerswho defined the first decade of [...]
The Dance Camera: Locked & Loaded
Thursday, February 19, 2009, 6pm | Curator Danièle Wilmouth in person!
Read the Chicago Reader capsule by Andrea Gronvall here.
Miranda Pennell, Tattoo (2001). Image courtesy of the artist.
In an effort to dispel the notion that the dance film is largely a decorative and apolitical genre, The Dance Camera: Locked & Loaded is an international [...]
Sight & Sound: Flingco Sound System
Thursday, February 5, 6pm | Special live performance! Artists in person!
Lisa Slodki & Haptic, The Medium (2007). Image courtesy of the artists.
Flingco Sound System releases “textures in the shape of sound.”–Dublab
Since its 2007 launch, Chicago’s Flingco Sound System label has played host to a slate of musicians who work collaboratively with visual artists to create [...]
Carolee Schneemann: Film & Performance
Thursday, November 6, 6pm | Carolee Schneemann in person!
Carolee Schneemann, Fuses (1964—67). Image courtesy of Electronic Arts Intermix.
Since the early 1960s, legendary multimedia artist Carolee Schneemann has blazed a groundbreaking, taboo-busting path through the art world. Expressive, exuberant and intelligent, her work ranges from hand-made diary films and politically charged performances to painting, poetry, and [...]
Joanie 4 Jackie: The Lady Glitterati of the New Movie Uprising
Thursday, October 16, 6pm
Joanie 4 Jackie knows that the best lady-made film and video art belongs not only in a gallery, but also in the bedrooms of girls all over America. — J4J
In 1995, multimedia artist Miranda July began inviting DIY women filmmakers to submit work in return for a “chainletter,” or a compilation tape [...]
15 Years of the Chicago Underground Film Festival
Thursday, October 2, 6pm | Festival director Bryan Wendorf and CUFF filmmakers in person!
Roger Ebert once said of the Chicago Underground Film Festival, “What you get for your money is not just admission to the films, but admission to a subculture.” For 15 years, CUFF has exhibited the vibrant media emerging from Chicago’s schools, production [...]
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