. Conversations at the Edge (CATE)

Apichatpong Weerasethakul: Memoria

Thursday, April 27, 6:00 p.m. Join celebrated director Apichatpong Weerasethakul for a screening of his award-winning MEMORIA. “MEMORIA  is one of the greatest movies you’ll see—or hear—in a theater this year.” – Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times “An emotionally wrenching and intellectually fulfilling experience.” – A.O. Scott, New York Times Mysterious and transfixing, MEMORIA stars […]

Electric Visions: Chicago’s Groundbreaking Video and Computer Art

Thursday, February 09, 6:00 p.m. Join artists Jamie Fenton, Copper Giloth, and Jane Veeder for an evening of groundbreaking video and computer art from Chicago. “When I think of computer art I think of Chicago.” – Gene Youngblood, Send Magazine, 1983 In the 1970s and 80s, Chicago was home to a community of video artists and engineers—many […]

Announcing Spring 2023

Join us for the spring 2023 season of Conversations at the Edge! The series returns to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s (SAIC) Gene Siskel Film Center (164 North State Street) for screenings and artist appearances, including Colectivo Los Ingrávidos (2/16), Deborah Stratman (3/30), Claudia Hart (4/6), Marwa Arsanios (4/19 and 4/20), Apichatpong […]

Jessica Bardsley: Into the Canyon

Thursday, September 22, 6:00 p.m. Join artist, scholar, and filmmaker Jessica Bardsley for a screening of her evocative landscapes and autofictions. Presented in partnership with the Video Data Bank. In Jessica Bardsley’s evocative, award-winning films, landscapes serve as potent metaphors for emotional states. The humid darkness of underground caves, geological striations of the desert, and […]

Nick Briz

Thursday, April 14, 6:00 p.m. Join artist Nick Briz for this interactive lecture performance on surveillance, capital, and the internet. For the last 10 years, new media artist, educator, and organizer Nick Briz has produced an  urgent and electrifying body of work that uses the tools of our digital age to illuminate its promises and […]

Andy Slater

Thursday, March 10, 6:00 p.m. Join artist Andy Slater for an evening of his evocative sound-based works. Presented in partnership with Disability Culture Activism Lab (DCAL) in SAIC’s Department of Art Therapy and Counseling, Access Living, and Gallery 400 at the University of Illinois at Chicago, in conjunction with the exhibition Crip*, on view from January 14 to March 12.  This program is partially […]

Announcing Spring 2022

Join us for the spring 2022 season of Conversations at the Edge! The series returns to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s (SAIC) Gene Siskel Film Center (164 North State Street) for in-person screenings, performances, and presentations with Nazli Dincel (Feb 17),  Meriem Bennani (Mar 10),  Andy Slater (Mar 31), Dani and Sheilah […]

Fall 2021 Season Recap

We would like to thank all of you for joining us both virtually and in person for our screenings and conversations with the fantastic artists of the Fall 2021 season of Conversations at the Edge! A big thank you as well to all of our presenting partners, including the School of the Art Institute of […]

Tulapop Saenjaroen: Short Films

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 […]

Announcing Fall 2021

The Fall 2021 season of Conversations at the Edge starts Thursday, September 23! Join us for theatrical screenings, virtual artist talks, and virtual screenings! All programs take place at the Gene Siskel Film Center of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and on the Film Center’s virtual cinema platform. More info at saic.edu/cate. […]

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