Thursday, May 1, 2003, 8pm Edward Rankus in person! Internationally recognized video artist and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Film, Video, and New Media at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Edward Rankus will present a selection from his award-winning work, including: the premiere of Go Fall Apart (2003), an erotic […]
Thursday, April 24, 2003, 8pm Mani Kaul in person! Artist-in-Residence Mani Kaul’s third program in our spring Conversations at the Edge series is his deeply compassionate exploration of social issues confronting ordinary Indians, The Servant’s Shirt. In a small Indian town in the early 1960’s, a young, lower caste couple – Santu and his wife […]
Thursday, April 17, 2003, 8pm STILL/HERE 2000, Chris Harris, USA, 60 min, 16mm and PERSEVERANCE AND HOW TO DEVELOP IT 2002, Jenny Perlin, USA, 14 min, 16mm Directors in person! The Department of Film, Video & New Media is pleased to welcome back alumni Chris Harris and Jenny Perlin to present their most recent films. […]
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Thursday, April 10, 2003, 8pm Donigan Cumming in person! Essentially documentary in nature, Donigan Cumming’s work incorporates photography, sound, video and installation. His work is routinely unsettling and wrought with unexpected turns and complex characters. Cumming has succeeded in establishing a documentary method that breaks away from the illusion of objectivity. In the words of […]
Thursday, April 3, 2003, 8pm Harun Farocki in person! Provocative, political and poignant, acclaimed German filmmaker Harun Farocki has made over 90 films since 1966, in addition to numerous writings, installations and teaching positions around the world. Conversations at the Edge is honored to present the Chicago premiere of Farocki’s latest feature. In this new […]
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Thursday, March 27, 2003, 8pm Shari Frilot in person! Shari Frilot joins us for a unique screening and an engaging discussion about the festival process and the challenges of the experimental film programmer. Frilot, who has been a Sundance Film Festival Programmer since 1998, pioneered experimental programming at Outfest: Los Angeles International Lesbian & Gay […]
Thursday, March 20, 2003, 8:15 pm Jennet Thomas in person! Originating from the lively underground film scene of London in the early 1990’s, Jennet Thomas’s work has become renowned worldwide. Her films and videos come from an eclectic and multiply discursive history, as well as a curiosity about animating matter and images through time. Regardless of […]
Thursday, March 13, 2003, 8pm Robert Beavers in person! Imparting ‘the serenity of a thought without words’, Robert Beavers draws upon historical and architectural sources with an acute sensitivity to site. The filmmaker’s presence, though not always visually evident, is perceived in every composition, gesture and edit. Beavers’ films demand an openness and concentration, but […]
Thursday, March 6, 2003, 8pm Mani Kaul in person! The second Conversations at the Edge offering from Indian experimental cinema pioneer Mani Kaul (Department of Film, Video & New Media Artist-in-Residence, Spring 2003) is Siddeshwari. Based on the life of legendary singer Siddeshwari Devi (1903-77), India’s leading exponent of the classical thumri tradition, Kaul’s biographic […]
Thursday, February 27, 2003, 8pm Sharon Couzin in person! Professor in the Department of Film, Video & New Media, Sharon Couzin presents premieres of three new works. Elusive Cha-Cha (2002) is a portrait of performance artist E.J. Sims, with a soundtrack featuring Robert Metrick’s bongo and voice chant punctuating and echoing quick jump cuts. A […]