Sandy Williams IV’s photo and video installation documents 40 ACRES: Weeksville, a multilayered public performance that took place in the sky above Crown Heights, Brooklyn on Juneteenth 2023. A skywriter traced the borders of the historic Weeksville community—an area 492.72 acres in total—in the sky to honor the legacy of one of the first recognized free Black communities in the country, which occupied the location from 1838 to around 1930.
Dates:
Friday, February 2, 2024 - 18:00 to Saturday, April 6, 2024 - 18:00
he UCLA Film & Television Archive is delighted to announce its inaugural artist-in-residence program that will host an emerging artist for two weeks to activate the Archive’s collection in their artistic practice. The program will provide the artist with the time and support necessary to access and work with the Archive’s unique resources, as well as reach new audiences and make new connections with Los Angeles’ cultural community.
Embark on a cinematic odyssey with World Cinema Carnival – an exhibitory flux of moving images celebrating the boundless creativity of filmmakers, producers, animators, video artists, and researchers.
Curatorial Philosophy: Pushing Boundaries and Challenging Conventions
At World Cinema Carnival, we transcend limitations, embracing new contextual and conceptual dimensions, and redefining the very essence of cinema. Our core philosophy centers on creating a space for experimentation, innovation, and the celebration of diverse perspectives.
Ultra Dogme are excited to announce the very first in-person Movie Club event: a free screening which will take place on the 16th of December at Schererstr 5, Berlin-Wedding.
To celebrate the first year of Movie Club, we will be showing an omnibus of work that we’ve streamed over the last few months, including films by Ellie Epp, Blanca García, Alexandre Larose, Jangwook Lee, Jorge Suárez-Quiñones Rivas & Tzuan Wu.
Real-time cartographic improvisations using projected, manipulated digital maps by Eric Theise in collaboration with John Ingle, saxophone. A visual wash of street grids, land masses, water bodies, and curiosities from built and natural environments. Chromatic timbres and iridescent micro-tonalities. Orphaned labels and free-floating symbology. Auditory roundabouts and redirections. Saturated colors and the subtlest of tints. Sounds symphonic and screeching. Jittery zooms, pans, and traversals. Glitches in crowdsourced data.
Dublin Art Book Fair 2023: Poliphonic hosts a presentation of Sky Hopinka’s new collection of poems The Island Weights published by Stereo Editions as a letterpress limited edition.
Relating to the four water spirits holding the earth in place, one of many stories in Ho-Chunk cosmology, The Island Weights (Wijirawaséwe) explores language to conjure these beings, seeking direction while wandering through homeland boundaries and bodies of water.
Free event hosting short film screenings and a new, artist-led installation: 'H.E.R.M - I.S'
Back in 2016, LE’s first event took place in a shipping container on the grounds of the University of East London. The festival was founded to be a platform with no programming, no competition and no prizes, screening in alternative locations and free for all to watch. Now, staying strong to this ethos, London Experimental’s seventh edition will be taking place on Sunday the 21st of January at Peckham Arches.