Visual Studies Workshop (VSW), the nationally-known nonprofit center dedicated toexperimental and expansive approaches to photography, film and media arts, announces the open application period for its Project Space Residency Program. Applications are due by April 5, 2024.
"The short films in this program reflect a mix of formal experiments and collaborations that often feed into and fuel some of my longer poetic narratives, essay and autobiographical films, spanning my 45 year practice. Formally, the first half of the program are mid-career works which experiment with techniques of fragmentation through shooting, editing optical printing and through photo-chemical processes.
Join us on MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26th, at 7pm, at the Film-Makers' Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for two essential Paul Sharits films, curated by Andrew Reichel!
The term 'spaghetti style' refers to pouring and agitating film in a developing tank, much like stirring spaghetti. Some view this as a cheap, non-standard approach that deviates from regulated processes. However, for those who venture outside institutional norms and believe in the accidental beauty that emerges from deficiencies and lacks, it represents a precious alternative method. Inside the darkness, films overlap, brush each other, and leave their traces. When the lid of the tank and the door open, the light enters the darkroom.
The most unusual film showcase in Los Angeles is back!
The most imaginative, innovative filmmaking in America today is coming from the underground. You can discover this mind-bending world of surrealist, expressionist, cult and experimental films at Take Your Medicine and Smile's tenth short film showcase.
These are all new films, carefully selected from the underground scene and lovingly arranged by founder James Tyler Shaw to create an emotional journey unlike any other.
M. Woods’ Commodity Trading: Dies Irae is a surrealist nightmare wrapped in a documentary chronicling the void that emerged with the election of Donald Trump. The movie weaves a narrative through political hells, using 16mm film, mixed media digital experimentation, and archival footage to paint a hallucinatory landscape of Southern California’s break from reality.
Join us on February 24, 2024, at 3 pm ET for an exclusive digital screening of Eco-Art Experimental Films and Videos at Deering Estate Visitor Center Auditorium. Admission is free with Eventbrite registration. Please save the date for these diverse and challenging artist-crafted films and videos that intertwine the concern for nature and our relation to it expressed within the possibilities of experimental cinema.
