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No need to stay fixed to your seat, no need to act as passive viewer, or sit in reverence of the image. Tonight we privilege the soundtrack as a way to suspend the normal functioning of film. In Favor of Skepticism is a re-viewing of materials from the Letterist and Situationist movements in which words will be shifted, translated, and overlayed onto, from, and between language and medium.
Learn moreIn this concert for film, Inuit throat singer and famed tour de force vocalist, Tanya Tagaq reclaims the controversial 1922 silent film Nanook of the North. Tagaq’s innovative vocals and deep sense of Arctic life work to create a powerful soundscape of authentic emotion and pulsing breath against the backdrop of the film’s racially charged clichés. In Nanook, Tagaq’s haunting singing is joined by violinist Jesse Zubot, genius drummer Jean Martin, and Juno Award-winning composer Derek Charke’s original film score to frame the vintage semi-documentary of an Inuk family in a revealing contemporary light.
Learn moreFor the better part of a century 16mm was the medium of choice for a coterie of artists dedicated to expanding the parameters of what was then called "film art." This medium and its project are now historical. The works that remain are the dwindling trace of a once practicing Secret Society. That society was Cinema.
Learn moreSince the early 90s, Daniel Barrow has developed a unique style of “manual” animation, layering and manipulating his intricate drawings on overhead projectors. With The Thief of Mirrors, Barrow returns to TBA with the story of a jewel thief who wears the mask of a sad clown.
Learn moreA documentary on nine choreographers from Africa challenging stale stereotypes of the continent.
Learn moreJennie Livingston’s iconic 1990 documentary explored the voguing and drag ball culture of New York City and its African-American and Latino gay and transgender communities.
Learn moreVideo and performance artist Peter Burr presents a live television show featuring 18 short animations from underground video label Cartune Xprez and original music by Lucky Dragons and Seabat. Inspired by Andrei Tarkovsky's 1971 film Stalker, SPECIAL EFFECT takes a journey to “The Zone," an off-limits place of hope and possibility rumored to make one's deepest desires come true. With laser beams, green screens, and a live webcam, Burr acts as our guide and TV host, collaging live happening with animated experience.
Learn morePICA's seventh annual convergence of contemporary performance, dance, music, new media and visual arts projects in Portland, Oregon, USA.
Learn moreA "live documentary" film with a live soundtrack by Yo La Tengo, examining the legacy of the visionary Buckminster Fuller.
Learn moreTBA returns for its tenth anniversary with a slate of international artists and projects that cross the boundaries of forms and ideas.
Learn moreA live, cinematic concert of songs scored by Dean & Britta for 13 of Andy Warhol's famous black and white Screen Tests.
Learn moreBenning explores duration and the cinematic industrial sublime in a series of masterfully composed long-take shots of Germany's Ruhr Valley.
Learn moreMiwa Matreyek steps behind the video screen to enter as a shadow into a world of her own animation.
Learn moreA home-built, hand-cranked projector presents turn-of-the-century cinematic prototypes and long-forgotten ideas surrounding the moving image and its early promise.
Learn moreExperimental 1/2 Hour, a biweekly cable access program produced by Eva Aguila & Brock Fansler, presents a night of video and live multimedia music performances produced for stage and television.
Learn moreComic, contemplative, and surreal, Whispering Pines 10 is a one-act, live-performance, video opera featuring Moulton’s alter ego, Cynthia.
Learn moreFor this live event, video projections on the river piers of the Morrison Bridge and audio compositions from the Hawthorne Bridge will bring the two structures to life.
Learn moreEach spring, Romanian children set mounds of white poplar fluff aflame in the street gutters. The sparks and small fires in the film suggest the numerous catalysts for social change around the world.
Learn moreLucas’ video makes a sly commentary on the diaspora of Western factories to the Third World, through an encounter with one such British company, Europleasure International LTD.
Learn moreThis September, PICA takes over Portland with an all-hours happening of contemporary performance and visual art.
Learn moreA previously banned screening of short films straddling the line and blurring the boundaries of art, sexuality, and pornography.
Learn moreNative film and video artists consider the relationship between land and identity.
Learn moreOn the Boards leads a dynamic conversation about performance, the Internet, and the questions raised by OntheBoards.tv.
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