| SATURDAY
NOVEMBER 17
11pm
Maya Deren Theater
Memorizing MIX: The First 15 Years
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Program III: Shoot Fast, Play Hard, 1997-2000
Experimental filmmaking during the 20th century's final years investigated
the ultra-new and the formative past. Perhaps most memorable from
MIX's programming during this time was the in-depth engagement of
immediacy and improvisation in the moving image through Super 8mm
film and digital video. Both formats offer surprising aesthetic
similarities and relatively low-cost, innovation-inspiring potential
for filmmakers. This program highlights some of the most energetic,
enigmatic and enchanting Super 8 and digital video "instant visions"
that appeared over these past four years. Featuring work by Ximena
Cuevas, Martha Colburn, Rodney Evans and Lynne Chan. Curated by
Rajendra Roy, Executive Director, 1996-2000, and Anie S8 Stanley,
Artistic Director, 1997-2000. Come to the Memorizing MIX reception
at Wonderbar (505 East 6th Street) on Saturday, Nov. 17, 7pm.
Lift-Off
(Martha
Colburn, 1998, USA, Super 8-to-16mm, color, 5 min.) A
swirling universe of porn star cosmonauts, parachutes, detached
penises and other mechanical projectiles. Screened in 1998.
Come
With You, Swim With Me (Patty
Chang, 1998, USA, Super 8-to-video, color, sound, 5 min.) Sometimes
we lose ourselves between floating and drowning... Screened in 1998.
Two
Encounters (Rodney
Evans, USA, 1999, video, b&w, sound, 8 min.) Armed
with hidden button-hole cameras, two gay men go out on the town
to get some action. Stephen, a black man, and Brian, a white man,
document their encounters in two very different bars, revealing
much about the racialized geographies of New York's gay bar scene.
Screened in 1999.
SLAP
Drag-Ons (Steven
Grandell, 1997, USA, video, b&w, sound, 6 min.) A
dizzying new twist on transgender performance, based on "D
is for Drag." Screened in 1997.
Crash
Skid Love (Christopher
Chong, 1998, Canada, video, b&w, sound, 4 min.) A
claymation punk love story that leaves you with skid marks instead
of a hickie. Screened in 1998.
The
Painter (Deborah
Edmeades, 2000, USA, video, color, sound, 2 min.) How
not to treat a genius... starring Slopper. Screened in 2000.
Contemporary
Artist (Ximena
Cuevas, 1999, Mexico, video, b&w, sound, in Spanish with English
subtitles, 5 min.) This
frantic, improvised work makes us wonder: Are we all celebrity stalkers
or art-world victims? Screened in 1999.
Hub
Cap (Anie
S8 Stanley and Patty Chang, 1997, USA, Super 8-to-video, b&w,
sound, 6 min.) Death
by sex narrative images mixed with a reconstructed radio talk show.
Hub Cap confounds desire, disgust, film reality and sexual fantasy
to produce an unappetizing look at anticipation, fear and the horror
genre. Not a nice day for a Sunday drive... Screened in 1997.
J'ai
des bouches partout (I've Got Mouths All Over) (Pierre-Yves
Clouin, 1999, France, video, color, silent, 3 min.) The
master of video contortion finds that typically unseen parts of
the body are easily mistaken for others. Screened in 2000.
Land
of the Lay (Larry
Shea, 1999, USA, video, color, sound, 5 min.) Digital
cruising through the bushes, into the stalls and across the web.
Screened in 1999.
Knuckle
Down (Sarah
Marcus and K8 Hardy, 2000, USA, Super 8-to-video, color, sound,
8 min.) The
filmmakers don't give a straight answer, but instead invoke madness
and irony around the issues typically important to feminists and
queers alike. Screened in 2000.
Forever
Bottom (Nguyen
Tan Hoang, 1999, USA, video, color, sound, 4 min.) In
this mock-instructional workout tape, the artist embraces the desires
and pleasures of full-on, unrepentant bottomhood. Screened in 1999.
Daddie
(C.B.
Cooke, 1999, USA, video, color, sound, 8 min.) The
visceral voice of a son in search of himself. Screened in 2000.
Mess
With the Bull (Diana
Dawson, 1999, USA, video, color, sound, 3 min.) All
it takes is a bullhorn and a brassy Brooklynite to make girl power,
digi-style! Screened in 1999.
Spread
'Em Sugar (Lynne
Chan, 1999, USA, Super 8/video, color, sound, 12 min.) A
detective on the trail of the missing Velva Chong untangles her
past lives. Washed-up Olympic athlete, inspirational calendar writer,
or collapsed-star chanteuse? Screened in 1999.
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