Karawahn, an internationally recognized artist, performer, videographer, and photographer from Berlin, uses fire and pyrotechnics as his choice of artistic medium. He visits Seattle as part of CoCA's New Prometheans international fire festival (Sept. 28th - Oct. 7th). Karawahn will install a five-part video & audio art installation titled FIRES under FIRE using all of 911's storefront windows. Playing with fire, Karawahn burns books, candles, and live video cameras to ask the question: "how hot could it get if the internet is on fire?". The installation can be viewed dusk 'til dawn from 911's exterior.

On Thursday, Oct. 5th at 911, Karawahn will screen video documentation of past fire performances and discuss his work with the audience.

Saturday, Oct. 7th (at Sand Point), Karawahn debuts "fireselfmusicianized," a collaborative music and sound pyrokalyptic performance paying tribute to local son Jimi Hendrix and his first guitar ignition. Call CoCA at (206) 728-1980 for a complete schedule of New Promethans fire festival.

Open Screening! Yeah! Open Screening! Yeah! Bring your vids on VHS! Only a buck!

In celebration of the official opening of HAL (Hands-On Animation Lab) , we are delighted to present a weekend of screenings, workshops and activity-based show & tell. The fun begins on Friday night and goes through Sunday evening so there will be plenty to whet your creative appetite!

911 is pleased to kick off the weekend Animation Sensation with a collection of world class animation curated by the Northwest Film Center. The Animated Worlds program includes award winning works that will astound and inspire. Tonight is also an Animator's Social event. Bring your animated works on VHS and we'll show them after the main program.

AND SHE WAS
by Jim Blashfield
Selected as one of Rolling Stone's 100 Best Music Videos of All Time.

GREAT COGNITO
by Barry Bruce & Will Vinton
More grotesque than humorous, Barry Bruce's clay animation presents a stand-up comic whose shtick is mutating into the people he impersonates.

I THINK I WAS AN ALCOHOLIC
by John Callahan with Kelley Baker & Laura DiTrapani
Callahan exposes the history of his own drunken self-destruction and recovery with zero self-pity, sub-zero righteousness and maximum laughs.

GROWN-UP
by Joanna Priestley
Priestley does a brilliant job of reclaiming 40. Optimism, jokes, great drawings, good hands.

BRIDE OF RESISTOR
by Mark Gustafson
From the creator of Mr. Resistor comes this very clever sequel. This time the little electronic guy is looking for love in all the wrong places.

CREATION
by Joan Gratz & Will Vinton
The story of Genesis explodes on the screen with mesmerizing results.

PHOTOCOPY CHA CHA
by Chel White
The distinctively spectoral power of the photocopy machine illuminates a rhythmic dance macabre of bodies transformed by the machine's eye.

CERRIDWEN'S GIFT
by Rose Bond
This magical rendering of an ancient Celtic myth tells how the Welsh people received the gift of poetry and prophesy.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
by Jim Blashfield
Blashfield transforms a detective story about the mysterious disappearance of Herbert Emilio, Jr. into an investigation of time, space and domesticity gone awry.

MONA LISA DESCENDING A STAIRCASE
by Joan Gratz
This seamless survey of modern art takes the viewer on an astonishing journey through this century's greatest works by recreating them in "clay painting."

We are extremely excited and honored to host Yuri Norstein, one of the world's true masters of animation, in his first ever appearance in Seattle. At 2:00 pm, Mr. Norstein will screen his acclaimed cut-out animated films, including Tale of Tales and Hedgehog in the Fog, as well as scenes from The Overcoat, the incredible animated film that he has been working on for over 20 years. After the screening, at 4:00 PM, Norstein will present an intensive workshop to demonstrate his specialized technique of multi-plane, cut-out animation using the delicate paper puppets from his films. Don't miss this rare opportunity to participate in the workshop that has already inspired animators in Los Angeles and San Francisco (at Disney, DreamWorks, Pixar and other studios). Seating is extremely limited for both events and advance registration is highly recommended.

2:00 pm: Screening of films directed by Yuri Norstein, followed by Q&A.

4:00 pm: Master Workshop with Yuri Norstein, with live demonstrations of his animation techniques.

Join us for the official ribbon-cutting of the HAL animation studio. In addition to marveling at this tremendous new facility, we will be showing some great examples of work produced by our YPP students and an opportunity for you to have a 'hands-on' experience too! Councilmember Nick Licata is scheduled to launch us into the stratosphere, so be sure to be here to witness this exciting milestone in the history of the Center. We have also invited Pulitzer-prize winning political cartoonist, David Horsey, who will share his thoughts about the role of animation in the newspaper industry. Tasty food and beverages will be served.

Jennifer West is a prominent Seattle area artist who uses video projections in her innovative and visceral art installations. Coils / Episode 4, Skin So Thick, is the fourth installment in a body of work that waffles between seduction and repulsion. Five richly colored video projections pulsate in 911's five large storefront windows to create a strangely mesmerizing experience. In fleshy red landscapes, subterranean burrowers struggle to surface, emphasizing the poignancy of all strained or doomed endeavors. Jennifer West is curator of video art at Commencement Art Gallery in Tacoma, and is a visiting artist at Cornish College for the Arts and Evergreen State College. Her videos, films, and multi-media art installations have been exhibited internationally.

Tonight's event is co-presented by Rise Above It All, an organization committed to the extension of the Seattle Monorail system. More info: riseaboveitall.org or 206.632.8140

WHY NOT MONORAIL?
by Kim Pedersen (15 min)
People like monorail! Seattle voters want monorail! However, what about the arguments against it? Is it more expensive than light rail or subways? Does it block the light? What about emergency evacuation? "Why not Monorail" intelligently debunks each argument and reveals exactly why government, unions and contractors want light rail (street level trolleys) and expensive tunnels (Boston's Big Dig) instead. Learn the facts from this information packed video that shows monorail is being used for transit successfully, and has been doing so for many years in cities around the world. www.monorails.org

MOVING BEYOND AUTO AMERICA
by Transportation 2000 (28 min)
Moving Beyond Auto America questions America's dependence on the automobile and presents alternative transportation systems already in use around the globe. This fast-paced video features consumer advocate Ralph Nader and 17 of the nation's foremost transportation experts, who critically analyze our "love affair" with the auto and question how much longer we can rely so heavily on our sacred cars. The video leaves the viewer with the positive impression that there are realistic alternatives to improve transportation and in turn improve the quality of our lives.

The horror genre is so played out that its cinematic language has turned into parody. Even horror's latest twist, the funny-scary movie, is tired. Have we run out of things to fear in cinema? Tonight's program asserts that we should be afraid... very afraid. Terror has become un-dead in the form of media art. It lurks on the shadowy fringes of narrative. See your deepest fears projected onto the silver screen - isolation, addiction, aliens, predators. There's still plenty to be afraid of.

ROSWELL
by Bill Brown (20 min)
A secret diary of alien theories and alienated thoughts during one man's trek to Roswell, New Mexico. Bill is earthier than Hunter S. Thompson and spacier than J.D. Salinger as he searches for big answers to little questions along the enigmatic desert road. He ponders how time and travel connect in the form of flying saucers, love letters, and serial television shows. And then tackles the mystery of why in the world a UFO chose to land in Roswell.

LOVERDOSIS
by Andres Tapia-Urzua (15 min)
A poignant representation of alienated existences within a techno-scientific world where intimacy is lost because of lack of identity.

HARDHEAD FLAIR
by Erika Yeomans and Aaron Levine (5 min)
A journey that probes the darkest corners of the sexual psyche, Hardhead Flair portrays a three-way power-play that leaves the viewer wondering who is the abuser and who is abused.

LOVE STALKS
by Joseph Guindi (14 min)
A caustic narrative about a woman who confronts the man who's been following her, and the unexpected consequences that follow.

KILLER KRAPPER
by Armondo Munoz (6 min)
You were finally able to feel comfortable in the WC now that your Psycho-induced shower-anxiety has worn off. Well forget about it bub, there's a new horror in the head.