The Galatea Effect, Or How to Live Forever: The Films, and Love, of Beryl Sokoloff and Crista Grauer
Curated by Shrine13
Screening at Boathouse Microcinema
Portland, Oregon
Sunday April 26, Doors 7:30pm
FREE

In ancient Greece, Pygmalion crafted a statue and named it Galatea, and he prayed for her to come to life.  When she came to life, Pygmalion and his story became a myth that lives forever.  It’s that Galatea Effect that frames this evening of experimental and documentary films by Beryl Sokoloff and Crista Grauer, curated by Shrine13.  For the past decade, artist and filmmaker Crista Grauer has been preserving the nearly 100-film archive of her late partner and collaborator Beryl Sokoloff, including the films they created together.  Their films are an ecstatic mesh of experiments in documentary filmmaking created from 1964 onward.  Today, they are a treasure trove on celluloid, documenting beloved cities including their home, NYC, and the frenetic explosion of humanism across the Anthropocene.  Beryl inspired Crista to become a filmmaker, but Crista’s preservation work is allowing Beryl to live forever; that’s the Galatea Effect.

More info about the artists: https://www.boathousemicrocinema.com/apr-26-2026/