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911 Media Arts Center is Washington's only non-profit media center
supporting film, video and multimedia artists with new technology tools,
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Monday, September 9th, 8pm
$1 (cheap)
Like an oral tradition among aborigines, Open Screening is modern storytelling for those huddled around a video monitor. Bring your VHS tapes. Open Screening rules!
911 is proud to present the touring show The Best of the ASIFA East at September's social. ASIFA, an international support group for animators, curates a yearly compilation of the very best shorts from its members. Highlights of the show include John Dilworth's, The Chicken from Outer Space, Bill Plympton's, How to Make Love to a Woman, Mo Willems, My Dog Can Talk and many other wacky titles. 911 members are encouraged to bring their animation on VHS for exhibition as well.
911 welcomes REI, the new kid on the block. 911 and REI members are welcome to come and enjoy Stonedance and Voices from the Rock. Featured in Climbing magazine and winner at the Telluride Mountain Film Festival, Stonedance, focuses on the spirited Yosemite free climbers of the 70's. Lee Goss' Voices from the Rock reveals the tales of the original American women climbers.
Trent Harris is perhaps best known as the writer/director of Rubin and Ed. His strange, poignant and funny films have won him hero status among cult movie enthusiasts. We invite you to join us in welcoming Trent from Utah as we present a weekend of his esteemed works.
Sean Penn called Trent Harris his favorite director! Crispin Glover said it was his all time favorite performance! Now you can see the secret tape that inspired both Penn and Glover to don black leather and blonde wigs to become Olivia Newton John!
Come and observe a collection of three pieces about a young man and his obsession with Olivia Newton John. First there was the documentary that couldn't be shown. Then came the Sean Penn video based on the documentary and, finally, the Crispin Glover film version called The Orkly Kid.
"Outrageous... Nancy Drew on acid"
"Rocky Horror meets the Mormons"
Plan 10 from Outer Space premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to sold out crowds and rapturous audience response. It has since gone on to create quite a stir, popping up in theaters around the country. The film's plot revolves around Lucinda Hall (Stefene Russell) and her obsession with a century-old book authored by mad Mormon prophet and notorious drunk, Norman Talmage. Lucinda deciphers this odd artifact and, like Alice in Wonderland, is sucked into a strange world filled with even stranger characters. Spacemen, polygamists, even angels appear as she pursues lead after lead hoping to uncover the 'secret of the bees.' What Lucinda finally discovers is a diabolical conspiracy led by Nehor (Karen Black), a peeved alien from the planet Kolob. This sci-fi comedy is not rated but is probably a PG-13.
Nice Soft Rutabaga is the hardest working experimental film and video show on public access. Come and see the 'baga's best!
SEATTLE'S CREATIVE INDEPENDENTS
CELEBRATE OPEN HOUSE
Friday, September 20th at 8:00 pm at 911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale
The last few months have seen unprecendented organizational activity among Seattle's independent film and video makers and various arts organizations. More than ever before, local talent, producers, and organizers are sharing resources, networking, press responsibilties, and audiences. It is with this communal power in numbers in mind that the recently formed Seattle Independent Film and Video Consortium (SIFVC) and the more veteran Media Coalition announce the first shared Open House to be held on Friday, September 20th at 8:00 pm at the 911 Media Arts Center (117 Yale, across from the new REI in downtown Seattle).
The Open House will bring together for the first time media mavens and producers of Seattle's hottest independently run festivals, screenings, on and off-line zines, pirate radio stations, and media literacy and activist groups. The Open House aims to provide a unique and art-filled forum in which promotional ventures can be discussed and expanded. More than forty art groups are slotted for the occasion and F.U.C.C. 89.1 FM will broadcast live readings from the new poetry book by Real Change, the homeless newspaper. Nice Soft Rutabaga will lead off the evening with a video shorts extravaganza and Citizen Vagrom's well-known kiosk will be on display. The Open House promises to be a rare and unique treat. Come and celebrate the incredible diversity and excitement of independent media.
Out of Isolation is an experimental work exploring disabilities, intimacy and enclosure. Join Frank from Frisco as he presents what Richard Schenchner described as "one of the most erotic things I've ever seen."
If you like intense drama, sex, and a healthy dose of magic and religion, then the latino soap opera is for you. Come, explore Latin America's most popular form of entertainment. Ponchonovela , by Coco Fusco, is the first bilingual, bicultural Chicano soap opera to capture the humor and madness of life in East Los Angeles. Dona Rona discovers that her son is dating the wrong kind of girl and enlists the help of the neighborhood witch to sort things out. Olga Sanchez's Yesler Way begs the question, "Who are these people and what could happen in the next episode?"
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