Thank you to everyone who made this year’s program possible! We are so appreciative of the outstanding artists who shared their works, time, and ideas with us: Renée Green, Lynda Benglis, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Pom Bunsermvicha, Tulapop Saenjaroen, Nazli Dinçel, Meriem Bennani, Andy Slater, Dani ReStack, Sheilah ReStack, and Nick Briz, as well as the artists […]
Thursday, October 28–Thursday, November 04 Recent films by Thai artist and filmmaker Tulapop Saenjaroen. Theatrical Screening A Room with a Coconut View, People on Sunday, Squish!, Notes from the Periphery Thursday, October 28, 6:00 p.m. Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Screenings A Room with a Coconut View, People on Sunday October 29–November 4 Gene Siskel […]
Saturday, October 23, 5:00 p.m. Theatrical Screening Gene Siskel Film Center The corporeal and the cosmic collide to mesmerizing effect in Anocha Suwichakornpong’s debut feature. Mundane History begins straightforwardly enough, as nurse Pun takes a new job caring for Ake, a paralyzed young man whose angry defiance gradually softens into grudging respect. But as the two men […]
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Friday, October 22, 6:00 p.m Virtual Event Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema Closed captions available Join Anocha Suwichakornpong, Tulapop Saenjaroen, and Pom Bunsermvicha for a wide-ranging conversation about their collaborative projects, self-reflexive approach to media, and engagement with the history and politics of Thailand. Moderated by Melika Bass. ABOUT THE ARTISTS Anocha Suwichakornpong is a […]
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Thursday, October 21–Thursday, October 28 Theatrical Screening with Lemongrass Girl (Pom Bunsermvicha, 2021) Thursday, October 21, 6:00 p.m. Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Screenings October 22–October 28 Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema 2016, Anocha Suwichakornpong, Thailand / France / Netherlands / Qatar, DCP, 105 minutes Over the last 15 years, Thai filmmaker Anocha Suwichakornpong has emerged […]
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Thursday, October 21–Thursday, November 04 Theatrical Screening with By the Time It Gets Dark (Anocha Suwichakornpong, 2016) Thursday, October 21, 6:00 p.m. Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Screenings October 29–November 4 Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema According to Thai superstition, a virgin can ward off rain by planting lemongrass upside down underneath an open sky. This […]
Friday, October 08, 6:00 p.m. Virtual Event Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema Closed captions available Join Lynda Benglis and Molly Donovan, curator of contemporary art at the National Gallery of Art, for a wide-ranging look at Benglis’s groundbreaking 1970s videos and related projects. Donovan organized the National Gallery of Art’s exhibition Lynda Benglis, on view […]
Thursday, October 07–Thursday, October 14 Five videos by groundbreaking artist Lynda Benglis. Presented in partnership with Video Data Bank. Theatrical Screening Thursday, October 7, 6:00 pm CT Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Screenings Friday, October 8–Thursday, October 14 Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Cinema Closed captions available Renowned for her bold and tactile sculptures, Lynda […]
Monday, September 27, 6:00 p.m. Virtual Event Zoom Join artist Renée Green and Jordan Carter, Associate Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, for this in-depth conversation about her expansive and research-intensive practice. Presented in partnership with Video Data Bank and the Society for Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of […]
Thursday, September 23–Thursday, September 30 See Partially Buried, Partially Buried Continued, and Mise-en-scène: Commemorative Toile by the artist and filmmaker Renée Green. Presented in partnership with Video Data Bank and the Society for Contemporary Art at the Art Institute of Chicago. Theatrical Screening Thursday, September 23, 6:00 pm CT Gene Siskel Film Center Virtual Screenings […]
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