Since 1975 The Whitney Museum has included film and video in its biennial exhibition. The 2000 program includes several works that have screened at 911 over the years. Tonight's event will showcase two videos that spotlight DIY (do it yourself) culture. Cohen's gritty Fugazi documentary and Reeder's interpretation of "Teen Spirit" manifest the core of independent artistic vision and bootstrap production.

Instrument Jem Cohen (115 min) A portrait of the politically progressive punk band Fugazi, a group that relentlessly refuses to work within the mainstream of the music industry. Cohen includes concert footage, studio sessions, practice, touring, interviews and portraits of audience members from around the country. What results is a 5 year labor of love.

Nevermind Jennifer Reeder (18 min) Reeder lip-synchs to "Smells Like Teen Spirit" the Generation-X anthem by Nirvana, in grainy, high colored images and slow motion speed, as she seizes the specifically male-gendered power of the rock star.

Expose yourself at Seattle's longest running open mic night for video. Bring your short pieces (10 minutes or less) on VHS or just come to watch. Bounce some ideas off a test audience and get feedback about your work. We encourage the discussion so all you have to do is shoot something, transfer it to VHS and bring it down to 911. See you there!

One of the many problems fourth generation Palestinian refugee children face is a lack of cultural identity. Peter Fryer, an accomplished human rights photojournalist based in the United Kingdom, traveled to refugee camps in Lebanon to help kids learn how to voice their experiences through photography. Fryer will conduct a slide show and give a talk about his experiences working in the refugee camps along with Palestinian activist Elham Bayour, an expert on women's issues. A screening of Mae Masri's brilliantly nuanced documentary about the project, "Children of Shatila" including footage taken by the children, will also accompany the discussion. You can see the children's photographs as part of "Through The Eyes of Refugees" from May 10th - 24th at The Children's Museum. Free passes to the exhibit will be available at 911 on the evening of the show.

Sundance has stars, Slamdance has punks and now, Drunkdance brings you drunks! Come see the blitzed-out best poured out by Seattles finest half-baked filmmakers. Tonight's micro-festival is for lushes, guzzlers and boozers. Every film has been specially hand-crafted to delight the dulled senses.

Super Drunk
Rachael Lord
No drink is too strong and no beer is too cheap for Super Drunk!

Head Cheese
Franklin Joyce
If everyone's head were made of cheese, ham would be the most popular lunchmeat!

Chulp
Fritz Donnelly
There's a reason why everyone in LA wears shades: you look cooler in shades.

The Blur Which Project
Suzanne MacLenna
3 film students went into the woods to huff ether...

Un Momento de Discrecion
Michael Sebastian
An intimate rendevous of love gets soured by some bad chicken

Clap Happy
Dave Hanagan
A story of one man's obsession to keep the beat alive

Red Suit, Blue Suit
Web Crowell
Two monochromatic madmen make colorful mayhem

Buena Vista Fight Club
Evan Mather
The post modern-voodoo-kung fu, action flick

...and much more!

The constant barrage of corporate imagery infused into the modern world seems impossible to turn off. What's an artist / activist to do? Thanks to the power of the media, in the right hands, clever individuals and small groups can perform cultural jujitsu on the mighty forces of global capitalism. Subvert-It! showcases video projects that use humor, politics and brilliant flip-flops to topple multinational beasts like McDonalds or Coke.

Presented in conjunction with the upcoming exhibition "The Whole World is Watching: Art, Images, and Literature from the WTO Protests", presented by Center on Contemporary Art, 911 Media Arts Center, and the Independent Media Center. "The Whole World is Watching" opens Saturday, June 3, at CoCA. Call (206) 728-1980 for info. (See related 911 Windows exhibition.)

McLibel: Two World's Collide
One-Off Productions (53 min)
The inside story of a single father and a part-time bar worker who took on the McDonalds Corporation. Filmed over three years, the documentary follows Helen Steel and Dave Morris as the anonymous campaigners turn into unlikely global heros. McLible is not about hamburgers. It's about the remorseless power of multinational corporations. http://www.spanner.org/mclibel

Enjoy the Movie
Gordon Winiemko and Julie Wyman (14 min)
Gordon and Julie examine their strange obsession, a two story neon Coca Cola sign. Instead of demonizing their subject, Enjoy blends the distinctions between "we the people" and the corporate "powers that be." http://www.enjoythesign.com

WTO Seattle
Adbusters (2 min)
The famous anti-ad collective in Vancouver has produced a two minute anti-WTO commercial. http://www.adbusters.org

The Pies the Limit
Whispered Media (28 min)
The Biotic Baking Brigade took on the fat cats with the oldest gag in the book, a pie in the face. They used their unconventional "visual Esperanto" to highlight hypocrisies against the working class by such corporate honchos as Willie Brown (Mayor of SF) , Milton Friedman (pro-corporate Economist), Renato Ruggiero (former chief of the WTO) and Bill Gates (everyone know who he is!) http://www.videoactivism.org Bringing IT All To You

®tMark (12 min)
You're a pissed-off consumer and ready to take your rage to the street. šTMark channels healthy anger into clever campaigns design to generate press buzz and make their message heard. Learn more about their message in this commercial for their cause. http://www.rtmark.com

At tonight's show we will look at the efforts of creators and curators. The first half will showcase short streaming video and animation found on a collection of cool websites. During the second half a Q and A with an accomplished panel will address the multitude of questions associated with this new medium. Tonight's panel will consist of:

Scott O. Moore - Artistic Director / CEO Slammedia.com Scott has acted as a content manager, associate producer and project manager on a wide range of corporate CD-ROM, video and web projects for numerous high profile clients. Most recently left a nice cusy job at Internet Development Group to start SLAM media.

Byron - Artist Texturadesign.com Byron has been creating art and developing websites at Textura Design for over 5 years. His work has won Cool Site of the Day and Best of the Cool awards.

Janet Galore - Creative Director Honkworm.com Janet Galore has a long standing commitment to art and technology. She is on the board of directors at CoCA, and on the advisory board for the Media Communications and Technology program at Bellevue Community College. Janet is also a Creative Director for Honkworm International, an online entertainment studio.

Joel S. Bachar - Founder Microcinema, Inc./Blackchair Productions Microcinema.com Joel S. Bachar founded Blackchair Productions in Seattle in 1992. Blackchair curates and promotes Microcinema, a venue for independent video, film, and digital artists from 91 cities in 39 states and 13 countries. Recently, Bachar formed Microcinema, Inc. a traditional and internet distributed video company at microcinema.com.