Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art and Block Cinema (Venue Partner)
40 Arts Circle Drive
Northwestern University
847 491 4000
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The Bed
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Thursday Feb 2 (7–8:45pm)
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Directions: On the south end of Northwestern University's campus, just off Sheridan Road. Free parking at NU after 4 pm weekdays and all day weekends. Near the CTA Purple Line Davis and Foster stops and the Metra Davis stop.
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“In conjunction with the book Radical Light: Alternative Film And Video In The San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000, the multi-venue Radical Light screening series spotlights the Bay Area's experimental film pioneers, from early cine-rebels and postwar beats through filmmakers working in the '90s. The highly recommended first installment, at Block Cinema, features work by such iconic figures as James Broughton, George Kuchar, and Curt McDowell, among several others. The program continues later in the month at the Gene Siskel Film Center (Feb 16) and Chicago Filmmakers (Feb 24).”
Tanja M. Laden, Flavorpill
(Various directors, 1968–99, USA, 16mm and video, Approx. 100 min.)
This shorts program is part of a touring series curated by the Pacific Film Archive to accompany the release of the book Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000. Stories Untold features creative approaches to storytelling that cleverly integrate form and content. James Broughton's The Bed is a playful exploration of amorous activities on and around the titular piece of furniture; Scott Stark's I'll Walk With God employs images from flight safety pamphlets to illustrate a rapturous climb into the heavens; and the late, great George Kuchar offers an homage to melodrama and meteors in A Reason to Live. This program also includes work by Max Almy, Chip Lord, Curt McDowell, and Anne McGuire.
Selected programs from the Radical Light film series are being presented at Block Cinema (02/02), Conversations at the Edge (CATE) at the Gene Siskel Film Center (2/16), and Chicago Filmmakers (2/24).
Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area: Book, Film, and Video Tour was curated by Kathy Geritz and Steve Seid, Film and Video Curators at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and Steve Anker, Dean of the School of Film/Video at California Institute of the Arts. The tour is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and the William H. Donner Foundation.
