27.8.11

Views from the Avant-Garde 2011

The cinematic wonderland that is Views From the Avant-Garde is back in it's 15th edition this year, shaped as always by the sensitive and discerning hands of Mark McElhatten and Gavin Smith.  The eye-popping schedule is as follows..
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VIEWS 2011 15TH EDITION        

Curated by Mark McElhatten and Gavin Smith

Friday October 7

 (The Return by Nathaniel Dorsky)

FRANCESCA BEALE THEATER

12:30pm   
1. The Soul and the Stem
Señora con Flores / Woman with Flowers
Chick Strand, U.S./Mexico 1995/2011, 15m (preservation print from the Academy Film Archives)
Jan Villa
Natasha Mendonca, India/U.S., 2010, 20m
The Sole of the Foot
Robert Fenz, U.S/Germany 2011, 34m
Correspondence
Robert Fenz, U.S./Germany 2011, 30m
Total running time: 99m

3:15pm   
2. Ben Rivers
Sack Barrow
U.K., 2011, 21m
Slow Action
U.K., 2010, 45m
Total running time: 66m

5:45pm
3. Bitches Brew
Posthaste Perennial Pattern
Jodie Mack, U.S., 2010, 3m 38s
Babobilicons
Daina Krumins, U.S., 1982, 16m (new 35mm preservation by the Academy Film Archive)
You Are Now Running On Reserve Battery Power
Jessie Stead, U.S., 2011, 11m
Hull
Tara Merenda Nelson, U.S., 2011, 7m 32s
from Jhana and the Rats of James Olds:
            Telephone Call    
           Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 1m
           Billy and the Magician
           Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 3m 18s
           Little Kitten
            Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 42s
           Zero Buoyancy
            Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 4m 53s
           Romance Novels
            Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 1m 4s
A Party Record Packed with Sex and Sadness
Bobby Abate, U.S., 2011, 10m 11s
Praxis 8 – 12 Scenes
Dietmar Brehm, Austria, 2010, 25m
Taste Test
Andrew Lampert, U.S., 2011, 2m 30s
Bitch-Beauty
MM Serra, U.S., 2011, 7m
Total running time: 107m

8:45pm
4. Ladders and Tracks  
Berlin Tracks 18h00-20h00
Shiloh Cinquemani, U.S./Germany, 2011, 2m 7s
(k)now (t)here
Hey–Yeun Jang, U.S., 2011, 8m 50s
Subway
Angela Ferraiolo, U.S., 2011, 7m 40s
Village, silenced         
Deborah Stratman, U.S., 2011, 4m 56s
Snakes and Ladders
Katherin McInnis, U.S., 2011, 3m
Longhorn Tremolo
Scott Stark, U.S., 2010, 16m
Land Fill
Jennifer Reeves, U.S., 2011, 8m 52s
Barren
Katherin McInnis, U.S., 2010, 2m
Back View
Vincent Grenier, U.S., 2011, 17m
The Toy Sun
Ken Kobland, U.S., 2011, 33m
Total running time: 104m

WALTER READE THEATER

1:00pm  
5. OpenEndedGroup
Upending
U.S., 2011, 65m (digital 3-D)

3:30pm
6. Ken Jacobs:
SEEKING THE MONKEY KING
U.S., 2011, 40m

5:30pm
7. Ernie Gehr      
Crystal Palace
U.S., 2002-11, 28m
Thank You For Visiting
U.S., 2010, 12m
Mist
U.S., 2010, 9m
ABRACADABRA
U.S., 2009, 39m
Total running time: 88m

8:30pm  
8. George Kuchar
Lingo of the Lost
U.S., 2010, 37m 45s
Empire of Evil
U.S., 2011, 50m
Total running time: 87m

Saturday October 8

FRANCESCA BEALE THEATER

11:15am
9. Cabinet of Curiosities
Between Gold
Jonathan Schwartz, U.S., 2011, 10m 42s
Tin Pressed
Dani Leventhal, U.S., 2011, 6m 23s
Fifteen an Hour
Kevin Jerome Everson, U.S., 2011, 6m
Tableaux Vivants
Vincent Grenier, U.S., 2011, 10m 20s
Curious Light
Charlotte Pryce, U.S., 2011, 4m 12s
Forms Are Not Self-Subsistent Substances
Samantha Rebello, U.K., 2010, 22m
The Matter Propounded, of its Possibility or Impossibility, treated in four Parts
David Gatten, U.S., 2011, 13m
from Jhana and the Rats of James Olds
            Miniatures       
           Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 2m
           Degas
            Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 58s
           The Eclipse
            Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 33s
ransom notes
Kelly Egan, Canada, 2011, 4m
Conjuror’s Box  
Kerry Laitala, U.S., 2011, 4m
Total running time: 82m

1:45pm    
10. Looking Through a Glass Onion  
Passage Upon the Plume
Fern Silva, U.S., 2011, 6m 46s
Shayne’s Rectangle   
Dani Leventhal, U.S., 2011, 5m 4s
Line Describing Your Mom
Michael Robinson, U.S., 2011, 5m 50s
Gossip
Bobby Abate, U.S., 2011, 8m 19s
from Jhana and the Rats of James Olds
            Tatum’s Ghost
           Stephanie Barber, U.S., 2011, 3m 45s
The Death of the Gorilla
Peter Mays, U.S., 1966, 16m (new restoration by the Academy Film Archive)
By foot-candle light
Mary Helena Clark, U.S., 2011, 9m
A LAX RIDDLE UNIT
Laida Lertxundi, Spain, 2011, 9m
Sounding Glass
Sylvia Schedelbauer, Germany, 2011, 7m
The Evil Eyes
Bobby Abate, U.S., 2010, 18m
Total running time: 89m

4:15pm   
11. Betzy Bromberg
Voluptuous Sleep
U.S., 2011, 95m

7:15pm
12. Jerome Hiler & Nathaniel Dorsky
Words of Mercury
Jerome Hiler, U.S., 2011, 25m
The Return
Nathaniel Dorsky, U.S., 2011, 27m
Total running time: 54m

9:30pm   
13. John Zorn: A Film in 15 Scenes  
15 scenes: 254 shots
Gobolux, U.S., 2011, 15m
Well Then There Now
Lewis Klahr, U.S., 2011, 19m 30s
Bare Room
Joey Izzo, U.S., 2011, 31m 33s
arcana
Henry Hills, U.S./Austria, 2011, 33m
Total Running Time: 97m

WALTER READE THEATER

11:00am
14. Jean-Marie Straub
Lothringen!
co-directed with Danièle Huillet
France, 1994, 20m
Un héritier
France/South Korea, 2011, 20m
L’Inconsolable
France, 2011, 15m
Schakale und Araber
Switzerland, 2011, 11m
Total running time: 66m   

1:15pm
15. Klaus Wyborny
Studies for the Decay of the West   
Germany, 2010, 80m

4:00pm
16. Daniel Eisenberg: The Unstable Object     
Less and Less / Toujours moins
Luc Moullet, France, 2010, 14m
The Unstable Object
U.S./Germany/Turkey, 2011, 69m
With
Total running time: 83m  

6:45pm  
17. Kevin Jerome Everson
Quality Control    
U.S., 2011, 70m 42s
The Prichard
U.S., 2011, 11m 18s
Total running time: 82m

9:45pm  
8. George Kuchar
see Friday October 7, 8:30pm, Walter Reade

Sunday October 9

FRANCESCA BEALE THEATER

12 noon
1. The Soul and the Stem
see Friday October 7, 12:30pm, Francesca Beale Theater

2:45pm
12. Jerome Hiler & Nathaniel Dorsky
see Saturday October 8, 7:15pm, Francesca Beale Theater

5:30pm  
13. Ladders and Tracks  
see Friday October 7, 8:45pm, Francesca Beale Theater

8:15pm
18. The Red and The Black   
River Rites
Ben Russell, U.S./Suriname, 2011, 11m 30s
Shadow, Seed, Spagyric   
David Baker, U.S., 2011, 5m 12s
Peril of the Antilles  
Fern Silva, U.S., 2011, 5.51m
A Preface to Red
Jonathan Schwartz, U.S./Turkey, 2010, 6m
Protocol
Lina Rodriguez, Canada/Colombia
2011, 1m 15s
Imperceptihole
Lori Felker & Robert Todd, U.S., 2011, 14m 37s
Light Licks: By the Waters of Babylon: I WANT TO PAINT IT BLACK
Saul Levine, U.S., 2011, 12m
Third Law: N Kedzie Blvd.
Mike Gibisser, U.S., 2011, 7m 10s
Slow Burn
Jesse Cain, U.S., 2011, 19m 46s
Total running time: 86m

WALTER READE THEATER

1:00pm
19. Virgin Springs  
Baptismal Sticks and Stones
April Simmons, U.S., 2011, 6m 50s
Devils Gate
Laura Kraning,  U.S., 2011, 20m
Twice Removed
Leslie Thornton, U.S., 2011, 11m   
Ricky
Janie Geiser, U.S., 2011, 11m
Silent Springs  
Erin Espelie, U.S., 2011, 12m 57s
Gazette
Eliénore de Montesquiou, Russia/Estonia, 2009, 4m 12s
Kudzu Vine
Josh Gibson, U.S., 2011, 19.52m
Total running time: 86m

3:30pm
20. Lewis Klahr
The Pettifogger    
U.S., 2011, 65m

6:00pm
4. John Zorn: A Film in 15 Scenes  
see Saturday October 8, 9:30pm, Francesca Beale Theater

9:00pm
21. James Benning
Twenty Cigarettes
U.S., 2011, 99m

Monday October 10

FRANCESCA BEALE THEATER

11:00am
9. Cabinet of Curiosities    
see Saturday October 8, 11.15am, Francesca Beale Theater

1:30pm
22. Aurand/Muñoz/Sami
Villatalla
Jeannette Muñoz, Switzerland/Chile/Italy, 2011, 21m 59s
A Year / Ein Jahr
Renate Sami, Germany, 2011, 12m
Young Pines / Junge Tiefern
Ute Aurand, Germany/Japan, 2011, 43m
Total running time: 76m

3:45pm
10. Looking Through a Glass Onion  
see Saturday October 8, 1.45pm, Francesca Beale Theater

6:30pm
23. Paul Clipson Super 8 performance
Chorus
U.S., 2009/2011, 8 min
Compound Eyes No. 1-5
U.S., 2011, 27min
Light from the Mesa
U.S., 2010, 7m
Chorus
U.S., 2009/2011, 8m (16mm version)
Morphologies
U.S., 2011, 20m
Total running time: 70m

8:45pm
3. Bitches Brew
see Friday October 7, 5:45pm, Francesca Beale Theater

WALTER READE THEATER

11:30pm
14. Jean-Marie Straub
see Saturday October 8, 11:00pm, Walter Reade Theater

1:45pm
6. Ken Jacobs
see Friday October 7, 3:30pm, Walter Reade Theater

3:00pm
20. Lewis Klahr
see Sunday October 9, 2:30pm, Walter Reade Theater

5:00pm
19. Virgin Springs  
see Sunday October 9, 1:00pm, Walter Reade Theater

7:30pm
24. Ben Rivers: Two Days At Sea
U.K., 2011, 86m

Elinor Bunin Munroe amphitheatre

Premieres presented on the Film Center’s Panasonic 152-inch 4K plasma screen


Daily Friday October 7-10
Open to the general public, with no admission charge

All the work will be repeated across the four days in groupings and individual rotations several times a day.


Confirmed:
John Krieg Exiting the Falk Corporation in 1971
James Benning, U.S, 2011, 71m
Soft Palate
Martin Arnold, Austria, 2010, 3m 10s
Self Control
Martin Arnold, Austria, 2011, 1m 56s,
Picture Taking
Ernie Gehr, U.S., 2011, 9m 30s
Armoire (Four Parts)
Vincent Grenier, U.S., 2007-2011, 9m 5s
TBD
Dani Leventhal
Traders Leaving the Exchange, A Guard and the Street
Les Leveque, U.S., 2011, 15m
from The Binocular Series
Leslie Thornton, U.S., 2011

(The Toy Sun by Ken Kobland)

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