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Symposium: Fluxus and Film

By Marcos Ortega on Thu, 04/05/2017 - 08:51

This symposium will expand the defining attributes of Fluxus film by addressing the problematic role of documentation within Fluxus practices, the documentation of performances as material film objects and the performativity of media, and the politics of presence in Fluxus film and performance. Includes screening of film and video works by Wolf Vostell, Eric Andersen, Nam June Paik, Ludwig Schönherr, Paul Sharits, and Carolee Schneemann, among others.

Dates:
Friday, May 5, 2017 (All day) to Saturday, May 6, 2017 (All day)
Venue:
Logan Center for the Arts - Chicago, United States
Concrete Happenings: Frames of Resistance - Vostell and Friends in 16mm

By Marcos Ortega on Mon, 30/01/2017 - 06:55

Frames of Resistance explores Wolf Vostell and other Fluxus filmmakers’ use of film as political interventions into the built environment and the media landscape. Vostell proposed this list of films to be shown during his visit to the MCA in January 1970 when he supervised the production of Concrete Traffic. Screening are Vostell’s films Sun in Your Head (1963), Starfighter (1967), and others.

Presented by UChicago Arts, the Department of Cinema and Media Studies, and the Film Studies Center.

Dates:
Friday, February 3, 2017 - 19:00 to Saturday, February 4, 2017 - 18:55
Venue:
Logan Center for the Arts - Chicago, United States
Concrete Happenings: Reading Fluxus Films

By Marcos Ortega on Mon, 16/01/2017 - 03:36

A hands-on workshop on artists' books precedes a screening of word-based films by George Maciunas, James Riddle, Paul Sharits, Dick Higgins, and Hollis Frampton, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Concrete Poetry, Concrete Book at the Special Collections Research Center. A panel discussion featuring Bruce Jenkins (SAIC), Caroline Schopp (UChicago), Lisa Zaher (UChicago), and Jacob Proctor (Neubauer Collegium) follows the screening.

Dates:
Friday, January 20, 2017 - 16:00 to Saturday, January 21, 2017 - 15:55
Venue:
BING Art Books - Chicago, United States