Nothing Compares 2 U: Films & Videos by Michael Robinson
Thursday, September 27, 2007, 6pm
Michael Robinson in person!
The films and videos of Michael Robinson are a deft mix of stunning beauty and nervy wit. He combines lush, often optically-printed imagery with the electric fuzz of video-games, old movie footage, and dusty magazine layouts in pop song–scored cine-ballads that are at once cynical and sincere. In [...]
Guerrilla Television
Thursday, September 20, 2007, 6pm
Skip Blumberg, Nancy Cain, and Chip Lord in person!
The 1970s gave rise to a network of radical video makers who set out to create a feisty alternative to broadcast television. Decades before the so-called media democratization offered by YouTube, cell phone cameras, and hundred-channel cable, these artist-activists turned their Portapaks on [...]
Tommy’s Chicago: Newly Preserved Films by Tom Palazzolo
Thursday, September 13, 2007, 6pm
Tom Palazzolo in person!
For over four decades, Chicago legend and SAIC alum Tom Palazzolo (“Tommy Chicago”) has documented the unorthodox rituals of the Windy City with genuine affection and wonder. From frantic deli owners to the unveiling of the Picasso sculpture, Palazzolo’s work is suffused with mischievous humor and an uncanny [...]
Cinema of Prayoga: Indian Experimental Films
Thursday, September 6, 2007, 6pm
For nearly a century, Indian filmmakers have drawn on the country’s rich aesthetic traditions to craft radically original works. Despite the international popularity of Bollywood, the country’s “Cinema of Prayoga” (which loosely translates as cinema of “experiment” in Sanskrit) remains largely unknown. Curated by Brad Butler and Karen Mirza of [...]
