Migrating Forms 2009

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Migrating Forms logoThe first Migrating Forms film festival, successor to the New York Underground Film Festival (1993-2008), will run from April 15th to the 19th at Anthology Film Archives. The new festival, co-directed by Nellie Killian and Kevin McGarry (former directors of the NYUFF), will focus almost exclusively on experimental film and video art.

The programme includes 14 feature films and over 50 short films by authors such as Owen Land, Barbara Hammer, Robert Todd, Cecilia Condit, John Smith or Stephanie Barber, and the return of the Tube Time found footage tournament. According to co-director Kevin McGarry, “working under the new identity of Migrating Forms has given the organization freedom to explore and exhibit work without situating it in terms of notions of “underground.

Wednesday April 15th

20:00
- Dialogues (Owen Land)

Thursday April 16th


18:30:
- The City of Production (Laurent Gutierrez & Valérie Portefaix)

18:45
“Only You”
- The Citizens (Kevin Jerome Everson)
- Eros c’est Lamour (Bradley Eros)
- All Through the Night (Michael Robinson)
- Annie Lloyd (Cecelia Condit)
- Telethon (Kevin Jerome Everson)
- Passing (Robert Todd)

19:45
- Impolex (Alex Ross Perry)

20:00
- DDR/DDR (Amie Siegel)

21:30
- Canary (Alejandro Adams)

22:30 & 23:30
MonkeyTown presents “Darkroom Karthik Pandian”

Friday April 17th

18:30
- China Town (Lucy Raven)

18:45
“Living Large”
- Developer (Karthik Pandian)
- Resonance (Karel De Cock)
- 12 Explosions (Johann Lurf)
- Dogs of Straw (Yin-Ju Chen & James T. Hong)
- Great Man and Cinema (Jim Finn)
- The Unseen (Pavel Medvedev)

19:45
- Goshogaoka (Sharon Lockhart)

20:00
“Land and Sea”
- The Diving Women of Jeju-do (Barbara Hammer)
- Unnamed Film (from Ukrainian Time Machine series) (Naomi Uman)

21:00
- 7915 KM (Nikolaus Geyrhalter)

21:45
“VOID for FILM”
programmed by Bradley Eros
A 7-hour marathon of imageless cinema and performance. “A range of works beyond abstraction, from the filmless to the projectorless, all without images. Zero degree cinema, past and present.” (BE) Ten new, live or rare works by: Baker, Brand, Eros, Fitzgibbon, Gibson/Recoder, Jacobs, McCall, Perkins, Sanborn, Seven. Plus ten classics.

Saturday April 18

12:30
- The Factory of Gestures (Oksana Bulgakowa)

15:15 p.m.
e-flux “video rental”
introduced by Anton Vidokle
Video art by Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Michel Auder, Wilson Diaz, Jakup Ferri, Jorge Macchi, Diego Perrone, Jozef Robakowski, Corinna Schnitt, Superflex.

15:30
- California Company Town (Lee Anne Schmitt)

16:30
“Temporary Positions”
- sutro (Jeanne Liotta)
- Riverbed (Robert Todd)
- Jerk (Stom Sogo)
- My Temporary Visiting Position from the Sunset Terrace Bar (Carlo Zanni)
- Horizontal Boundaries (Pat O'Neill)

17:00
e-flux presents “Khiam Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige”
introduced by Anton Vidokle

17:45
“Silent Traditions”
- The Last Silent Movie (Susan Hiller)
- Without Books Life Would Have Been Very Poor (Eva Linder)
- zasto ne govorim srpski (na srpskom) (Phil Collins)

18:15
- What Manner of Person Art Thou? (Erin Cosgrove)

19:15
“Mixed and Maxed”
- The Peace Tape (Jacob Ciocci)
- Edge TV with Animal Charm (Animal Charm)
- Condensed Movie #2 (Kent Lambert)
- Oh, That’s Wonderful (Aaron Valdez)
- Motor Post Motor Band Disband (Erika Vogt)
- Still Untitled (Oliver Laric)
- 0% Down (Josephine Meckseper)
- False Adaptation (Phillip Gerson)

20:00
- Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo (Jessica Oreck)

20:30
“Conjurer Visit”
- Sand Saga (Shana Moulton)
- the visit and the play (Stephanie Barber)
- Somethings Gonna Soon (EMR)
- Black Oval White (Sabine Gruffat)
- Transmissions (Grey Gersten)
- The Ancient Set (Steve Claydon)
- Untitled RPG (JD Walsh)
- What If? (Darrin Martin & Torsten Zenas Burns)
- Untitled (super-8s) (Jacob Ciocci & Shana Moulton)

22:00
“Tube Time!”
Teams headed by Michelle Collins (Best Week Ever!), Ben Coonley (artist), Ed Halter (Light Industry), and Joe Mande (comedian) square off with the freakiest videos as decided by audience applause. Hosted by Gabe Liedman.

Sunday April 19th

13:15
- Hotel Diaries 1-8 (John Smith)

14:30
16beaver presents “an open screening”

15:00
- Final Thoughts, Series One (Steve Reinke)

16:00
Bidoun presents Moghollha (The Mongols) (Parviz Kimiavi)

16:45
“Mature Audiences”
- My Happy Family (Nina Schwanse)
- Carol Anne Is Dead (Michael Robinson)
- Boy/Analysis (Steve Reinke)
- Infinite Doors (Takeshi Murata)
- The House That Herman Built (Jackie Sumell & Herman Wallace)
- Somewhere only we know (Jesse McLean)
- Court TV Unknown (Eileen Maxson)
- Silverplay (Stom Sogo)
- Novel City (Leslie Thornton)
- Crazy and Freaky (Jesse Hulcher)

18:00
- Ponytail (Barry Doupé)

18:15
“Day by Day”
- Origin of the Species (Ben Rivers)
- A Necessary Music (Beatrice Gibson)
- Minot, North Dakota (Angelika Brudniak & Cynthia Madansky)
- Kalendar (Naomi Uman)

20:00
- The Earth Is Young (Michael Gitlin)

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