ATA: Jennifer Reeves’ When It Was Blue
Friday, March 16, 2012, 19:30h
Artists' Television Access, 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

SF Cinematheque presents: Jennifer Reeves In Person

“Drawing as much from the feminist surrealism of Peggy Ahwesh, the interior psychological exploration of Stan Brakhage, and the globalized interiority of Warren Sonbert as from the Vertovian heritage, Jennifer Reeves turns the screen into a materialist writing-pad that moves at the speed of private thought.” (Michael Sicinsky)

Presented by Cinematheque as a work-in-progress in 2008, Jennifer Reeves’ now-completed When It Was Blue is a work of incredible ambition and scope. Described by Chris Stults as “an overwhelmingly powerful achievement on a truly epic scale,” the dual-projected, feature-length, 16mm work is a dazzling, deliriously immersive and visceral sound/image experience. Shot over thre years in Iceland, New Zealand, Costa Rica and North America, in documentation of our fragile natural world, the film—fiercely overpainted, spectacularly edited— explodes with color and an overpowering sense of nowness, a rushed sense of urgency. In its attempt at maximal expression and globalizing vision, in its fusion of simultaneously micro- and macroscopic views of nature with a blurred sense of subjective visuality and interiority, When It Was Blue is a filmic achievement on par with the most ambitious works of Stan Brakhage, Jack Chambers and Michele Smith, an ecstatic work of complex visual philosophy which aspires (tragically) to nothing less than the reconciliation of objective and subjective realities. Other short works by Reeves will screen. (Steve Polta)

ATA: Frequency Spectrums - Works with sound & film
Friday, December 2, 2011, 20h, $6-$10
Artists' Television Access
992 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
 
John Davis and Paul Clipson
Tashi Wada and Madison Brookshire
Ben Bracken and John Davis
 
Passage: a new work in sound and light for two projectors by Madison Brookshire and Tashi Wada.
 
Madison Brookshire is a Los Angeles-based artist whose interdisciplinary work investigates modes of perception and qualities of time. He has exhibited his work widely, including a residency at theHammer Museum, solo exhibitions at Parker Jones in Culver City and Presents Gallery in Brooklyn, performances at the wulf., The Lab, Betalevel and Artists’ Television Access as well as screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival, the New York Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Migrating Forms, Los Angeles Filmforum and REDCAT. He received his BA in cinema and philosophy from Binghamton University and his MFA in Film and Video from the California Institute of the Arts.
 
Tashi Wada is a composer and performer based in San Francisco. His recent work focuses on sound perception as a basis for direct experiences of hearing. Wada has performed throughout the United States and Europe.
 
Benjamin Bracken & John Davis present transient vibrations revealed through sound and film. Ben Bracken Is a musician and artist living in Oakland, CA exploring possibilities of echo-relocation in sound-based art. John Davis is a filmmaker and musician utilizing hand processed film and electronic music. Recent music to live film collaborations include filmmakers Lawrence Jordan, Paul Clipson and Kerry Laitala.
 
Paul Clipson screens new films shot recently in Berlin, Zagreb, Lisbon and Geneva to dronescapes by sound artist John Davis. Paul Clipson is a San Francisco-based filmmaker who often collaborates with sound artists and musicians on live performances, films and installations.