Sunday, August 15, 2010, 8:00 pm, $6, $6
The American landscape is examined in distinct ways in these recent experimental films. Jeremy Menzies’ Between the Lines uses time lapse and night photography to observe the human-built environment in a series of exquisitely composed takes. Rick Bahto’s Still Life depicts an arrangement of potted plants situated in locations around their native environment that have been transformed by human activity. John Palmer explores real and imagined fragments of the California landscape through a variety of alternative techniques in his Landscape Quartet. Finally, Shauna McGarry and Lorna Turner present alternate views of the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles in short Super 8 portraits.
Between the Lines, Jeremy Menzies, 20 minutes, silent, 16mm, 2008
Landscape Quartet, John Palmer, 12 minutes, silent, 16 mm on video, 2008
Still Life, Rick Bahto, 17 minutes, silent, Super 8, 2010
Performing Marmarth, Rick Bahto, 3 minutes, silent, Super 8, 2010
Story Lines, Shauna McGarry, 3 minutes, silent, Super 8, 2010
Untitled, Lorna Turner, 3 minutes, silent, Super 8, 2010