Conversations at the Edge

Prisoners of War

Thursday, February 28, 8pm | Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi in person!

Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi, Prisoners of War (1995). Image courtesy of the artists.

Milan-based filmmakers Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi are renowned for their haunting archival films. Assembled from rare early 20th-century footage, the duo slow down and hand-tint the original [...]

I Love Presets

Thursday, February 21, 2008, 6pm | Rob Ray, Jon Satrom, & Jason Soliday in person!

As I Love Presets, Chicago-based sound and new media artists Rob Ray, Jon Satrom, and Jason Soliday do everything wrong the right way. The trio manipulates found sounds and animated GIFs on home-brewed equipment in spectacular live audio/video performances, breaking down, [...]

Clandestinos! Mapping Cuba’s Digital Audiovisual Landscape

Thursday, February 14, 2008, 6pm | Cristina Venegas in person!

In recent years, Cuba has witnessed an explosion of independent media, ushered in by a dynamic new generation of artists and filmmakers and the increasing availability of digital technologies. Presented as part of a month-long series of Cuban film and video at the Film Center, this [...]

eteam!

Thursday, February 7, 2008, 6pm | Franziska Lamprecht & Hajoe Moderegger in person!

eteam, 1.1 Acre Flat Screen (2002). Image courtesy of the artists.

Since 2002, the German-born, New York-based duo eteam (Franziska Lamprecht and Hajoe Moderegger) has undertaken a series of witty land-use experiments on small tracts of land purchased through eBay in the American Southwest. [...]

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