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FLEXfest 2010 Schedule

Showtimes are the following for each day:
7pm- original work
9pm- influences show

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2010

JACQUELINE GOSS @ The Top Secret Space (22 N. Main St.)

Jacqueline Goss makes movies and web-based works that explore how political, cultural, and scientific systems change the ways we think about ourselves.

7 PM WORK:
  • HOW TO FIX THE WORLD 28 min, 2004
  • STRANGER COMES TO TOWN 28 min, 2007
  • THERE THERE SQUARE 14 min, 2002
  • 9 PM INFLUENCES:
  • SINKING OF THE LUSITANIA by Winsor McCay 20 min, 16mm, 1918
  • SOVIET TOYS by Dziga Vertov 10 min, dvd, 1924
  • GIMMEE THE MERMAID by Negativeland and Tim Maloney 5 min, minidv, 2002
  • MICKEY MOUSE IN VIETNAM by Lee Savage 1 min, 16mm, 1968
  • POSSIBLE MODELS by Jenny Perlin 11 min, 16mm, 2004
  • REMEDIAL READING COMPREHENSION by George Landow/ Owen Land 5 min, 16mm, 1970
  • NEW AND IMPROVED INSTITUTUIONAL QUALITY: IN THE ENVIRONMENT OF LIQUIDS AND NASALS A PARASITIC VOWEL SOMETIMES DEVELOPS by George Landow/ Owen Land 10 min, 16mm, 1976
  • REHEARSALS FOR RETIREMENT by Phil Solomon
  • SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2010

    HELGA FANDERL @ The Harn Museum of Art

    Working exclusively in the small-gauge super 8mm film format and editing entirely in camera, Helga Fanderl has directed more than 400 short films over the last several decades ranging from observational documentary portraits to more abstract, poetic works.

    7 PM WORK:
  • FLUGZEUGE I (AIRPLANES I)
  • WASSERFALL (WATERFALL)
  • APFELERNTE (APPLE HARVEST)
  • MÄDCHEN (GIRLS)
  • BINSEN (BULSRUSHES)
  • RIESENRAD (FERRIS WHEEL)
  • BRUNNEN (FOUNTAIN)
  • GÜTERZÜGE (FREIGHT TRAINS)
  • KREUZUNG (INTERSECTION)
  • CHATHAM ST. E.
  • PFOSTEN IM FLUSS (PILES IN A RIVER)
  • PFLANZEN (PLANTS)
  • ZORA SCHAUKELT (SWINGING ZORA)
  • MONA LISA
  • FONTAINE MEDICIS
  • VOLIERE (Zeitlupe) (AVIARY)
  • PASSANTEN (PASSERS-BY)
  • FEUERWERK (FIREWORKS)
  • HEFTIGE QUELLEN (VIOLENT SOURCES)
  • OSTERGLOCKEN IM FLUSS (DAFFODILS IN A RIVER)
  • NACH DEM FEUER I + II (AFTER THE FIRE I + II)
  • KAKIBAUM IM WINTER (KAKI TREE IN WINTERTIME)
  • 9 PM INFLUENCES:
  • BOSTON FIRE by Peter Hutton 8 min, 16mm, 1979
  • A MAN AND HIS DOG OUT FOR AIR by Robert Breer 3 min, 16mm, 1957
  • BLAZES by Robert Breer 3 min, 16mm, 1961
  • THE AVIARY by Joseph Cornell with Rudy Burck 5 min, 16mm 1955
  • MING GREEN by Gregory Markopoulos 8 min, 16mm, 1966
  • MOTHLIGHT by Stan Brakhage 4 min, 16mm, 1963
  • STIEF by Christine Noll-Brinckmann 13 min, 16mm, 1989
  • ADEBAR by Peter Kubelka 1 min, 16mm, 1957
  • SCHECHATER by Peter Kubelka 1 min, 16mm, 1958
  • WORK DONE by Robert Beavers 34 min, 16mm, 1972
  • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2010

    MICHAEL GITLIN @ The Hippodrome Theatre

    Michael Gitlin's work has been screened at numerous venues, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Full Frame Documentary Festival, the New York Video Festival at Lincoln Center and the 1997 Whitney Biennial.

    7 PM WORK:
  • NINE GUIDED TOURS 18 min, video, 2000
  • THE EARTH IS YOUNG 58 min, digital video, 2009
  • 9 PM INFLUENCES:
  • LITTLE STABS AT HAPPINESS by Ken Jacobs 15 min, 16mm 1963
  • MICROCULTURAL INCIDENTS IN 10 ZOOS by Raymond Birdwhistell 34 min, dvd, 1966
  • LE TEMPESTAIRE by Jean Epstein 22 min, dvd, 1947
  • FREE FALL by Arthur Lipsett 9 min, 16mm, 1964
  • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2010

    JOHAN GRIMONPREZ @ The Harn Museum of Art

    Johan Grimonprez studied at the School of Visual Arts and attended the Whitney Museum Independent Study Program in New York. He achieved international acclaim with his film essay, Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, which premiered at the Centre Pompidou and Documenta X in Kassel in 1997.

    7 PM WORK:
  • DOUBLE TAKE 80 min, 2009
  • 9 PM INFLUENCES:
  • YOUTUBE-O-THEQUE
  • ECHOLALIA by Robert Arnold 3 min, USA, 2003
  • BLAIR AND BUSH LOVE AFFAIR by Johan Soderberg 1 min, Sweden
  • GUNS SALE, AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL by Dougal Wilson 2 min, UK, 2005
  • GORILLAZ, EL MANANA by Pete Candeland 4 min, UK, 2006
  • GEORGE BUSH IS... STUPID hosted by Youtube 4 min
  • COMING OUT JESUS (I WILL SURVIVE) hosted by Youtube 1 min
  • COCKED by Matthew Suib 10 min, USA
  • TALKING DOGS hosted by Youtube 1 min
  • FAITHLESS, I WANT MORE by Daniel Gordon 3 min, UK
  • CREAM AND PUNISHMENT by Noel Godin UK, 1998
  • PREP UNIT, TEA PARTAY by Julien Christian Lutz 2 min, hosted by Youtube
  • ANGRY PETROL MAN hosted by Youtube 1 min
  • WHO DO WE INVADE NEXT? hosted by Youtube 2 min
  • JESUS VERSUS TERMINATOR hosted by Youtube 5 min, USA, 2006
  • SOUL WAX, NY EXCUSE by Chris Palmer 3 min, UK, 2006
  • SCHOOL FOR DEMOCRACY by Michael Moore 3 min, USA
  • DOVE REAL BEAUTY hosted by Youtube 1 min
  • DOVE BOY PARODY hosted by Youtube 1 min
  • THE YES MEN, BHOPAL CASE hosted by Youtube 6 min
  • ROYKSOPP, "REMIND ME" by H5 4 min, UK, 2002
  • BEAUTY KIT by Pleix 2 min, France, 2001
  • DUST, GAP by Spike Jonez 2 min, USA, 2005
  • JESUS ACTION FIGURE hosted by Youtube 1 min
  • MONTY PYTHON'S INTERNATIONAL PHILOSPHY FOOTBALL MARCH hosted by Youtube 4 min, UK
  • THE STUPIDEST DOG ALIVE hosted by Youtube 1 min