{"id":857,"date":"2006-11-02T20:00:34","date_gmt":"2006-11-03T02:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.saic.edu\/cate\/?p=857"},"modified":"2025-01-10T08:35:51","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T14:35:51","slug":"the-world-of-george-kuchar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/2006\/11\/02\/the-world-of-george-kuchar\/","title":{"rendered":"The World of George Kuchar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<strong>Thursday, November 2, 2006, 8pm<\/strong> | <em>George Kuchar in person!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2009\/09\/Kuchar450.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2977\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2009\/09\/Kuchar450.jpg\" alt=\"George Kuchar\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>George Kuchar has been working with the moving image for nearly half a century. First, with his twin brother Mike, producing their ultra-low-budget underground versions of Hollywood genre films. And then, on his own, since the 1980s, creating brilliantly edited, hilarious, often diaristic tapes with dime-store props and not-so-special effects, using friends as actors, and the \u201cpageant that is life\u201d for his studio. Tonight he will present a selection of his high-ambition, low-neckline genre tapes and autobiographic chronicles, coinciding with the launch of a special Video Data Bank DVD compilation, <em>The World of George Kuchar<\/em><span>. The program includes the weather\u2013imbued <em>Heavenly Features <\/em><\/span><span>(2005), the people, pets and places of <em>Faulty Fathoms <\/em><\/span><span>(2006), and the world premiere of his latest opus <em>Temple of Torment <\/em><\/span><span>(2006), among others. Co-presented by the Video Data Bank and CATE.<\/span> 2005-06, George Kuchar, USA, ca. 90 min, video.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The Video Data Bank celebrates thirty years!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span><span>Tonight\u2019s program is part of a series of screenings, talks, and lectures celebrating the Video Data Bank&#8217;s three decades of collecting, distributing and exhibiting over 1,600 essential video art titles by 400+ artists. Events include an artists\u2019 talk by George Kuchar and Anne McGuire, a multi-media lecture by renowned critic and author Gene Youngblood (<em>Expanded Cinema<\/em><\/span><span>), and the publication of <em>FEEDBACK: The Video Data Bank Catalog of Video Art and Artist Interviews<\/em><\/span><span>, a full catalog of the VDB collections and an anthology of essential essays on the development of alternative media in the U.S.<span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, November 2, 2006, 8pm | George Kuchar in person! George Kuchar has been working with the moving image for nearly half a century. First, with his twin brother Mike, producing their ultra-low-budget underground versions of Hollywood genre films. 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