Alternative Visions

September 7–November 16, 2016

Our annual series dedicated to avant-garde film.

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Trouble in the Image
She Puppet, 9.7.16
Last Days in a Lonely Place, 9.7.16
Media Burn

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Hollywood, Video Games, and the Avant-Garde
Wednesday, September 7 7 PM
Works by Gregg Biermann, Peter Tscherkassky, Matthias Müller, Jerry Tartaglia, Rebecca Baron, and Douglas Goodwin engage with Hollywood films and video games.
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Trouble in the Image
Pat O'Neill
United States, 1995
Wednesday, September 28 7 PM
Pat O'Neill in person
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Water and Power
Pat O'Neill
United States, 1989
Archival Prints
Thursday, September 29 7 PM
Pat O'Neill in person
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Beyond Enchantment: The Films of Lawrence Jordan
Wednesday, October 5 7 PM
Lawrence Jordan in person.
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Cameraless Films: Painting, Scratching, and Collaging on Film
Wednesday, October 19 7 PM
Greta Snider in person.
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Mother Mortar, Father Pestle (The Petty Apocalypse of 2007)
Gibbs Chapman
United States, 2013
Wednesday, October 26 7 PM
Gibbs Chapman in person. Live music by Turbine.
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Dream Sphinx: Films of Roger Jacoby
Wednesday, November 2 7 PM
Introduced by Susan Chainey and Janis Crystal Lipzin.
A program of films by Roger Jacoby, a key transitional figure of gay experimental film.
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Feel the Burn: Video Art and Television
Wednesday, November 16 7 PM
Chip Lord and Steve Seid in conversation.
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Alternative Visions

2016

September 7–November 16, 2016

This year’s season of avant-garde film opens with a program of found footage films showcasing artists who use Hollywood movies and video games to construct their own creative works. A second program of shorts focuses on films made without a camera, highlighting artists who paint, scratch, or collage directly onto the filmstrip. Local artist Lawrence Jordan presents a program that arcs across his entire career and features both his collage animations and filmed works. Gibbs Chapman, also local, discusses his feature-length experimental narrative.

Two evenings of Pat O’Neill’s densely constructed films are presented as part of MATRIX 262, which also includes work in the exhibition galleries, Theater Two, and on the outdoor screen. Both O’Neill’s film work and that of Afterimage guest Ken Jacobs—who presents a live film performance—have links to Hans Hofmann, whose Abstract Expressionist paintings are currently on view. Our second Afterimage guest this fall is local artist and writer Trinh T. Minh-ha, who discusses two films reflecting on her native Vietnam. Plus animator Hayoun Kwon joins us in person as part of Committed Cinema for a program of her experimental films, as well as a selection of animation shorts she has guest curated.

Kathy Geritz, Film Curator

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Alternative Visions is presented in conjunction with a course on avant-garde film taught by Eileen M. Jones at UC Berkeley. It is presented with support from the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Endowment. Pat O’Neill’s film programs, part of MATRIX 262, are co-curated by Apsara DiQuinzio.