Sonic Cinema presents a unique screening of Gaëlle Rouard’s atmospheric film diptych Darkness, Darkness Burning Bright, projected by the artist from her personal 16mm print.
The UCLA Film and Television Archive and Chicano Studies Research Center present two nights of Raphael Montañez Ortiz’s films, music and video art. Ortiz is a key figure of the 1960s international “Destruction in Art” movement, U.S.-based Guerrilla Theater and Latino art (including as founder of El Museo del Barrio). His extensive media collection — archived at UCLA — includes footage documenting the emergence of performance, installation art and experimental music in New York City. This two-night program surveys the full scope of his media art since the late 1950s.
Cafe Oto hosts the first ever residency by purge.xxx, a label celebrated by The Wire magazine for its ‘disregard for the music industry, self-promotion and prevailing cultural norms,’ and an ‘ability to elevate distinct works and the obscure artists behind them.’
Thursday 23 November 2023, 7.30pmNkisi + Maggie Nicols Feat. Ellen Freed (New Noveta) + Adam Christensen With Tom Wheatley And David Aird (Vindicatrix)
Curated by Robin Roblee-Strauss Works in original 16mm format In person & online
Microscope is very pleased to present a rare screening of films by Dutch filmmaker Barbara Meter — a central figure of the experimental film scene in the Netherlands starting from the 1970s and co-founder of the influential avant-garde film venue “Electric Cinema” in Amsterdam — curated by Robin Roblee-Strauss. All the films in the 55-minute long program will be screened in their original format.
EGYPT: DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES is a film program investigating questions of utopian dreams and dystopian nightmares in modern and contemporary Egypt following the army officers movement in 1952. This survey features works by filmmakers and artists from different generations who work across various film styles and narrative frameworks.
Dates:
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 (All day) to Sunday, December 31, 2023 (All day)
CHICAGO SEEN is Chicago Filmmakers' year-round open call for project submissions celebrating the Chicago community. Chicago Filmmakers is a not-for-profit arts organization celebrating 50 years serving the Chicago community.
RULES: Accepting short film submissions (especially experimental and underground film/video) by: 1.) CHICAGO-BORN OR CHICAGO-BASED filmmakers
