Persistence
Thursday, September 27, 2001, 6pm 1997, Daniel Eisenberg, USA, 86 min, 16mm Daniel Eisenberg in person! This film meditation expands the scope of avant-garde filmmaker Daniel Eisenberg’s ongoing work of deconstructing history through the film image. Drawn to the landscape in and around Berlin, Eisenberg utilizes the technique of meticulous observation to make seemingly innocuous […]
Investigation of a Flame and Which Way Is East: Notebooks from Vietnam
Thursday, September 20, 2001, 6pm INVESTIGATION OF A FLAME 2001, Lynne Sachs, USA, 45 min, 16mm and WHICH WAY IS EAST: NOTEBOOKS FROM VIETNAM 1994, Lynne Sachs and Dana Sachs, USA, 33 min, 16mm Lynne Sachs in person! On May 17, 1968, nine Vietnam War protesters walked into a Catonsville, Maryland draft board office, grabbed […]
Lost Sound
Thursday, September 13, 2001, 6pm John Smith in person! A special presentation of works by internationally renowned, London-based film and video artist John Smith. Since 1972, Smith has made over thirty film, video and installation works. The continuing popularity of his work can be explained by his wry sense of humor, his plays on language […]
About
Conversations at the Edge is a weekly series of screenings, performances, and talks by groundbreaking media artists.
CATE is organized by SAIC's Department of Film, Video, New Media, and Animation in collaboration with the Gene Siskel Film Center and SAIC's Video Data Bank.
Programs take place at the Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State / Chicago, IL / 312.846.2600), unless otherwise noted.
