8pm Courthouse Theater
the (a)eromestiza project
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Incorporating video, installation and performance, this dynamic program by queer Pinay, A/PI and mixed-heritage women shatters stereotypical notions of identity, community, sex and eroticism by filtering these constructs through a new "mestizaje" (mixage) that allows for a fluid, complex interplay between racial and sexual identities. Curated by Christine Bacareza Balance and Gigi Otalvaro-Hormillosa.

Scenes from Sungka • (Alison De La Cruz, 1999, USA, video, color, sound, 15 min.) Using the Filipino shell game Sungka, De La Cruz creates a world inhabited by lyrical and complex characters: an obsessive high school drill team captain, a poetic softball player, a wisecracking talent agent and a Spam-eating lounge singer.

Vielleicht ••• (Eliza Barrios, 2001, USA, video, color, sound)

raining ash • (Michella Rivera Gravage, 2000, USA, color, video, sound, 15 min.) Exploring the powerful memories generated by road trips, the artist ruminates on the feelings of isolation and wonder that arise while away from home. This video addresses the distortion of memories over time and the romanticization of the open road.

Stayprest Video • (Iraya Robles, USA, video, color, sound)

Mammoth •(Barbara Malaran, 2001, USA, color, video, sound, 2 minutes) New York-based filmmaker Barbara Malaran creates a personal narrative from travel, construction and mutating bodies.

Candida la Vida • (Lorraine Bautista, USA, video, color, sound)

Iso Mahal (Barbara Malaran, 1998, USA, color, video, sound, 4 minutes)

I Have No Regrets (Barbara Malaran, 1997, USA, color, video, sound, 4 minutes)

Inverted Minstrel (Gigi Otalvaro-Hormillosa, 2000, USA, color, video, sound, 20 min.) A video based on Otalvaro-Hormillosa's "Inverted Minstrel," a performance diorama that challenges racial binary systems of thought by questioning and problematizing the politics of hip hop in various cultures of resistance.

Pinay Undercover! (Sabrina Margarita, 1997, USA, video, color, sound, 5 min.) Sabrina Margarita goes undercover to expose the secret strengths that are inherent in Pilipina women, although the idea may be contrary to popular belief. She takes a look at the mothers, lolas and titas who've made it possible for our generation of Pinay women to recognize it in themselves.

Co-Presenter:
Asian CineVision
133 West 19th St., 3rd Fl.
New York, NY 10011
contact:
Angel Velasco Shaw
Acting Executive Director
(212) 989-7870 tel
angelshaw@earthlink.net
www.asiancinevision.org

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