Events
SCREEN is a forum for viewing and discussion of works-in-progress by local film/video-makers hosted by the MIT Visual Arts Program. At each screening, two artists present works-in-progress, occasionally accompanied by films and videos which inspire or inform their work. Projects can be at various stages of development from treatments and rough footage to final edits. Screenings are open to all, whether as viewer or presenter. Those interested in showing a work-in-progress should supply a brief description of their project, the length of material and the format(s) to screen@mit.edu. We can accommodate DVD, VHS, 16mm film, Super 8mm film, QuickTime files, and internet display. Artists will have approximately 45 minutes for presentation and discussion of their material. Screen is currently run by Dan Van Roekel, Joe Gibbons, and Jess Wheelock and was created by Dan Van Roekel, Joe Gibbons, Louise Bourque, and Joe Zane.
Next SCREEN:
November 20th
Brittany Gravely
Architecture of the Sun with
The Glass Shivers
Time & Location:
Fridays, from 7:00-8:30 pm
Joan Jonas Performance Hall
265 Massachusetts Avenue
Bldg N51, Room 337 on the 3rd fl.
Cambridge, MA 02139
For info call
617-253-5229
Fall 2009 Schedule
September 9:
Edgar Pedroza
September 18:
Gretchen Burger
Andres Zuniga
October 30:
Joe Gibbons
November 6:
Rob Todd
Louise Bourque
November 13:
Tara Nelson
Andrew Neuman
November 20:
Brittany Gravely
Architecture of the Sun with
The Glass Shivers
December 4:
Torsten Burns
Mike Piso
Susan Steinberg
Contact
screen@mit.edu
November 20:
Brittany Gravely
Architecture of the Sun with
The Glass Shivers
Brittany Gravely presents AMERICAN PSYCHE: The Cinematic & The Civilized,
The premiere, raw run-through of a slide presentation attempting to invoke the immortal Patrick Bateman and study his relationship to the state of souls in a soulless environment. As the möbius strip of media and reality binds us to delusion and denial, does American Psycho carry a cosmic message? Is the fate of Christian Bale tied to our own? Video clips, primitive sketches, dramatizations, and Powerpoint round out this potentially-awkward, whirlwind lecture. (Includes some violence and nudity, but very little intellectual terminology.)
Architecture of the Sun with
The Glass Shivers -
Witness the telepathic energy flowing between improvised electro-acoustic alchemy of The Glass Shivers (Ken Linehan & Rick Prior) and the hallucinations harnessed on 16mm by Architecture of the Sun (Brittany Gravely * Jenn Pipp. Manipulating the audio and visuals as they emerge, the respective conjurers will be testing out effects new and ancient.
November 13:
Tara Nelson
Andrew Neuman
Tara Merenda Nelson is a film and video maker from Pittsburg. Her work focuses on the exploration of urban environments, image layering, andt he humor in human malaise. She is pursuing her MFA in Film and Video at MassArt.
Everything is HARD!, DV
Journey Destination, S8mm B&W
Big White Cloud, 16mm B&W
November 6:
Rob Todd
Louise Bourque
Louise Bourque is an Acadian French Canadian filmmaker. "Louise Bourque makes beautifully evocative films about memory and recollection [...]." - Andy Spletzer
a little prayer (H-E-L-P) 35 mm (on video) 8 min color
The Visitation - 3 minutes - video
October 30:
Joe Gibbons
Down & Out in Buffalo (Prologue)
5 minutes DV widescreen
shot 2005; editing in progress
An unidentified malaise afflicts three unlikely patrons at a nondescript bar in downtown Buffalo. The relationship between the three is ambiguous. There seems to be a triangle dynamic shifting among the three people; there are also hints of a suicide pact about to be carried out. Buffalo is a dangerous place in the dead of winter.
With Tony Conrad, Louise Bourque, Joe Gibbons
September 18:
Gretchen Berger
Andres Zuniga
To The Burgers - Gretchen Burger
“To the Burgers”, a documentary short that profiles the Burger family as they sit down around their kitchen table and sort through the post-cards sent by their father during his deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Gretchen Burger is an independent producer and editor with over ten years experience in documentary filmmaking and television production.
Shapes 2 - Andres Zuniga
My video paintings are basically shapes in motion. They change from second to second. The goal is for people to find answers; personal answers that come from their background. I want the viewers to put what is not there, and give my work through them an always new, unique and personal perspective.
Andres G. Zuniga (Lima, Peru, 1977) is currently earning his MFA in Film and Video at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Andres is an immigrant from Lima, Peru who before coming to America worked in a record store for seven years.
September 9:
Edgar Pedroza
2008 VAP Alumnus Edgar Pedroza will present IN THE CANAL SOUTH OF M50 / CA ÑADA REAL : 2009, 35 Min
USA PREMIERE
IN THE CANAL SOUTH OF M50 / CAÑADA REAL (English Title) is a virtual video tour of the largest slum in Western Europe located on the southern fringes of Madrid, Spain. The film juxtaposes images of formal and informal Madrid and the passage between the two. The film has previously premiered at Panorama 11 in Tourcoing, France, in June of 2009. The film has also been exhibited internationally at the 62nd annual Locarno international film festival. The film will also be featured in the upcoming topographies program at the Cinematheque Francaise in Paris in October 2009.
Edgar Pedroza is currently in residency at Le Fresnoy Studio National in Tourcoing, France from 2008 - 2010. Edgar Pedroza continues his practice in the field of interrogative design for urban planning and public space originally developed at MIT.
