. Conversations at the Edge (CATE)

Gender at the Edge: Three Films by Mickey Mahoney

Thursday, April 22, 2004, 8pm Mickey Mahoney in person! Sexuality, in its omnivorous complex glory, has rarely been celebrated as wittily as in the works of Mickey Mahoney. Twisty plots, reversals of fortune and identity, and a sharp but generous sense of satire combine seamlessly in these highly entertaining works. A four-minute pick-up is the […]

Threads of Belonging

Thursday, February 5, 2004, 8pm Jennifer Montgomery in person! Doctors and their schizophrenic patients live together at Layton House, the therapeutic community at the center of Jennifer Montgomery’s startling study of suffering and idealism. Based on the anti-psychiatry movement and the writings of R.D. Laing, Threads of Belonging is shot in a documentary style but […]

Bad Ideas for Paradise: Videos by Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby

Thursday, November 20, 2003, 8pm Something funny is going on in the world of Duke and Battersby, the Canadian video artists who put themselves at the center of their collage-like explorations, which, nevertheless, are only marginally autobiographical.  Speaking shifty aphorisms, singing doleful folksongs and mingling with psycho-babbling and straight-talking cartoon animals, this self-described “sexually compatible […]

old skool revolutionaries

Thursday, November 6, 2003, 8:15pm First in the United States to offer BA and MFA degrees in Video Art, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago has a critically important place in the history of this vital medium.  SAIC instructor and digital systems specialist jonCates has delved into the School’s archive of seminal video […]

Kino Dance: An Evening of Butoh Dance Films

Thursday, October 23, 2003, 8pm Katsura Kan in person! Emerging in late 1950’s Japan, the dance style known as Butoh is one of that nation’s key contributions to the avant-garde.  The Film Center is proud to host the critically acclaimed Butoh dancer Katsura Kan, who visits from Japan to present a collection of rarely seen […]

A Body Owner’s Manual: Work by Frédéric Moffet & Daniéle Wilmouth

Thursday, May 8, 2003, 8pm Frédéric Moffet & Daniéle Wilmouth in person! For those of us who need such lessons, Department of Film, Video, and New Media faculty members Frédéric Moffet & Daniéle Wilmouth present five short works that provide technical instruction on the vast possible uses of the human body.  Lesson #1: Movement, Myth […]

Rosas danst Rosas and Curtain of Eyes

Thursday, October 4, 2001, 6pm ROSAS DANST ROSAS 1997, Thierry De Mey, Belgium, 57 min, 16mm and CURTAIN OF EYES 1997, Daniele Wilmouth, USA, 13 min, 16mm Daniele Wilmouth in person! Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker’s Rosas danst Rosas, a masterpiece of contemporary dance, has been staged all over the world. Filmmaker Thierry De Mey shot […]

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