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05/29/2013 - Film Screening: The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni, by
Rania Stephan
Posted: 29 May 2013 04:00 PM PDT
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In conjunction with the exhibition Words and Places: Etel Adnan, the Wattis
Institute, and the graduating class of the Graduate Program in Curatorial
Studies at the California College of the Arts present a series of talks and
film screenings that examine issues called up by AdnanâÂÂs practice, and
expand its frame of reference.
Wednesday, May 29
A public screening and conversation between Minoo Moallem, Professor of
Gender and Women's Studies at UC Berkeley and Antonia Marsh, one of the
curators of Words and Places: Etel Adnan. A discussion of issues
surrounding female identity in the Middle East will follow a screening of
Lebanese filmmaker Rania Stephan's documentary The Three Disappearances of
Soad Hosni (2011). This event will be held at the Kadist Art Foundation,
3295 20th Street, San Francisco.
Words and Places: Etel Adnan is the first large-scale institutional
exhibition of work by the Lebanese writer, poet, and painter Etel Adnan,
spanning six decades of her artistic practice. Born in Beirut in 1925 to a
Christian Greek mother and a Muslim Syrian father, Adnan has spent her life
between placesￜ"Beirut, Paris, and the Bay Areaￜ"negotiating their
different cultures and languages, as well as her distinctive position among
them. This experience of displacement deeply informs her work, which
similarly ranges between mediums and formats. Her work has recently been
included in dOCUMENTA (13) (Kassel, Germany, 2012) and the Serpentine
Gallery Map Marathon (London, 2010).
For more information on this event and the exhibition, please visit the
Wattis website at [www.wattis.org].
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05/30/2013 - Countdown Celebration
Posted: 30 May 2013 08:00 AM PDT
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You're invited to four festive days kicking off SFMOMA's expansion and our
launch into off-site exhibitions and programs.
Museum admission is free to all, Thursday, May 30, through Sunday, June 2!
Thursday, May 30, 10:00 a.m. - 9:45 p.m.
Friday, May 31, 10:00 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Saturday, June 1, 10:00 a.m. - Sunday, June 2, 5:45 p.m.
Festivities include a celebratory kickoff party, 24-hour live art variety
show, all-night gallery access, Family Day, and more.
For more information, go to www.sfmoma.org/countdown.
RSVP now for your chance to receive a limited-edition SFMOMA On the Go
deluxe tote bag!*
http://countdowncelebration-sfmoma.eventbrite.com
The fine print:
* RSVP does not guarantee entry. Entry into the museum is dependent on
capacity. Crowds and lines should be expected.
* Tote bags can be picked up on-site at the tote bag pickup table on
Thursday, May 30, 10:00 - 4:00 p.m.; Friday, May 31, 10:00 a.m. - 5:45
p.m.; Saturday, June 1, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.; Sunday, June 2, 10:00 a.m.
- 5:00 p.m. While supplies last. Bag quantities are limited.
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05/30/2013 - Playland After Dark
Posted: 30 May 2013 08:00 AM PDT
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Thursday, May 30th
Playland After Dark ￜ" Grown-up Game Night
(Adult Admission Only $10)
Join us for a date night like no otherￜ"Playland After Dark's Grown-up
Game Night featuring board games galore (or you can bring your favorite!)
and all the unique exhibits, classic carnival games and free-play pinball
always available at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach, without the kids.
Playland-Not-at-the-Beach is a nonprofit Museum of Fun. Designed and built
entirely by volunteers, the 20+ interactive exhibits celebrate the magic
and history of America's bygone amusements -- circuses, carnivals, magic,
side shows, penny arcades, amusement devices, pinball arcades, haunted
houses, and beautiful art everywhere. Our goal is to educate newer
generations about the bygone days and allow those who remember Whitney's
Playland and the Sutro Baths the opportunity to recapture the glorious
sights and sounds of that marvelous era.
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05/30/2013 - The H18 Project: Chuck Sperry Print Release in Collaboration
with Varnish Fine Art
Posted: 30 May 2013 04:00 PM PDT
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Join Varnish Fine Art + represented artist, Chuck Sperry for an evening
reception + sale of art prints, including his latest, âÂÂArgentinaâ at
the Hangar 18 Studio. H18 Project is an ongoing collaboration + pop-up
gallery where we present collectors with the unique experience of visiting
the iconic Bay Area artist Chuck Sperry + viewing his artwork in his
Oakland screenprinting studio. SperryâÂÂs new art print will be released
live at this event, followed by a release online at an undisclosed time on
May 31st via Sperry's website.
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05/30/2013 - Transmedia for Brands, Ads and Campaigns: Reaching Your
Customers in a Multi-Screen World
Posted: 30 May 2013 04:00 PM PDT
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Multi-screen has gone mainstream. From soccer moms, to power executives, to
all teens everywhere ￜ" we are all accessing multiple devices and screens
throughout our day ￜ" often at the same time. This multi-screen phenomena
is also forcing advertisers, brand managers and marketing communications
experts to reformulate their strategies and go-to-market plans to become
transmedia so as to optimize for and take advantage of this growing trend.
This month our panelists and presenters from Walmart, AKQA, PushPoint
Mobile and Propane Studios will explore how transmedia and the multi-screen
phenomena are changing the way they communicate with their customers and
stakeholders. We will examine new tools and techniques, case studies and
best practices and try to predict what we can expect in the future of
advertising and business communications.
http://tmads.eventbrite.com/
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05/30/2013 - The H18 Project: art print release
Posted: 30 May 2013 04:00 PM PDT
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Join us for an evening reception and sale of art prints by Chuck Sperry,
including his latest, "Argentina" at the H18 (Hangar 18) studio. This
collaboration between Varnish Fine Art and represented artist Chuck Sperry
showcases his artwork in the unique setting of Sperry's screenprinting
studio in Oakland where you can meet the artist in person. The H18 Project
is an ongoing pop up gallery where we present collectors with a unique
studio experience, visiting the iconic Bay Area artist Chuck Sperry. This
new Chuck Sperry art print will be released LIVE at this H18 event on
Thursday May 30th, followed by release online at an undisclosed time on
Friday May 31st via Sperry's website. Please contact us for more
information.
Art print to be released at this event:
"Argentina" by Chuck Sperry (2013)
Edition of 100
21" x 24"
7 colors on archival cream paper
Signed and Numbered
Varients will also be available.
Presented by Varnish Fine Art
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05/30/2013 - Upgrade! SF presents - a talk by Brooklyn-based artist,
Ricardo Miranda Ziga
Posted: 30 May 2013 05:00 PM PDT
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Join us for âÂÂPhysical TracesâÂÂ, a free public presentation by
Brooklyn-based artist, Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga. He will discuss his art
practice and his upcoming workshop on creating rotoscope animations about
public spaces and gestures.
_______________________________
About the Artist:
Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga approaches art as a social practice that seeks to
establish dialogue in public spaces. Having been born of immigrant parents
and grown up between Nicaragua and San Francisco, a strong awareness of
inequality and discrimination was established at an early age.
Themes such as immigration, discrimination, gentrification and the effects
of globalization extend from highly subjective experiences and observations
into works that tactically engage others through populist metaphors while
maintaining critical perspectives.
Ricardo has established a socially investigative creative practice that
utilizes whatever media possible to present content in a manner that may
generate interaction and discussion by others.
http://ambriente.com/
_______________________________
âÂÂPhysical Tracesâ is produced by Upgrade! San Francisco, a regular
programming series with speakers and socializing designed to foster
community around new media arts in the bay area.
www.upgradesf.org
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05/30/2013 - Oddball Films Presents - Formidable Conformity: The System
Fights Back
Posted: 30 May 2013 06:00 PM PDT
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Oddball Films and curator Kat Shuchter bring you Formidable Conformity: The
System Fights Back, a program of films about man's struggle against the
status-quo. With vintage cartoons, industrial films, PSAs and avant-garde
breathtakers, this is one night the "system" never saw coming. The
laughable Plastics Council sponsored film, How To Infiltrate the
Establishment (1960s), seeks to recruit young hip surfers and rockers to
the plastics industry by making it look groovy to get a job. Michael
Keaton attempts to change employers' minds about hiring the handicapped in
a musical-comedy all-star extravaganza A Different Approach (1978). A
single butterfly valiantly attempts to bring beauty into the sterile world
of a dystopian factory in Jan Habarta's incredible film No. 000173 (1969).
There was a time when the concept of female authority was so novel, they
needed to prep men with primers so that they could deal with it, like the
cartoon I've Got a Woman Boss! (1977). One man goes up against the
Hollywood system in the silent low-budget experimental triumph The Life and
Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra (1928). Hipsters must die in Vera
Linnecar's British cartoon The Trendsetter (1969). Hippies square-off
against the police in a football game in the hilarious documentary (later
turned into an Afterschool Special starring Patrick Swayze) The Pigs vs The
Freaks (1960s). Polish artist Jan Lenica gives us an animated adaptation of
Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros (1965). With Eli Wallach in The Dehumanizing
City...And Hymie Schultz (1967) for the early birds, the trailer for
dystopian classic Logan's Run and other surprises, stick it to the man and
get over to Oddball.
Date: Thursday, May 30th, 2013 at 8:00PM
Venue: Oddball Films, 275 Capp Street, San Francisco
Admission: $10.00 Limited Seating RSVP to: 415-558-8117 or
***@oddballfilm.com
Featuring:
How to Infiltrate the Establishment (Color, 1960s)
Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Benjamin: Yes, sir.
Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?
Benjamin: Yes, I am.
Mr. McGuire: Plastics.
Benjamin: Just how do you mean that, sir?--The Graduate (1967)
In the 1960s radical culture a âÂÂplasticâ person was considered shallow
and soulless. Not to be outdone by the social politics of its time the
Plastics Education Foundation (Wha?) sponsored this mind-boggling display
of protest demonstrations and 60s rock bands, cut up with stupefying
surfers, NASCAR races and even spaceflight to give our youth a helping hand
as they journey into the material world of petroleum based industrial
culture. A laugh riot!
A Different Approach (Color, 1978)
Michael Keaton heads an all-star cast in a PSA musical comedy spectacular
designed to sell employers on the idea of hiring the disabled. Nominated
for an Academy Award and featuring a Busby Berkeley-esque wheelchair
number, co-stars Betty White, Rue McLanahan, Norman Lear, Jim Neighbors,
Charlotte Rae and directed by Fern Field (The Day My Kid Went Punk).
No. 00173 (Color, 1969)
Rare and brilliant, this experimental film by Polish director Jan Habarta
portrays a fictional factory with Metropolis-esque workers in radiation
suits. In the midst of this grey atmosphere, one butterfly tries to arouse
a touch of beauty.
The Trendsetter (Color, 1969)
Cool British animation from the great Vera Linnecar portrays a little man
who is annoyed with the little hipsters who ape and one up his every move.
Illustrates how the trendsetters depend on others for their sense of self
worth.
IâÂÂve Got a Woman Boss! (Color, 1977)
Quick boys, hide the porno! The Hatchet Lady is coming! With WomenâÂÂs Lib
and the ERA, whatâÂÂs a man to do when his higher ups hire a girl to do a
manâÂÂs job? Learn all about how to deal with a woman in a position of
power in this delightful corporate education cartoon from the age of bra
burning and glass ceilings.
The Life and Death of 9413: A Hollywood Extra (B+W, 1928)
Expressionistic miniatures interspersed with close-up photography of actors
tells the story of a young hopeful actor defeated by the ruthless Hollywood
star system. After he dies, he rises to heaven, where hisnumber is removed.
According to director Robert Florey the total expenditure of the production
was $97.00. The breakup of which is as follows: Negative ... $25.00 Store
Props ... $3.00 Development and Printing ...$55.00 Transportation, etc. ...
$14.00 This low cost was possible due to the use of set made using toys and
cardboard buildings. Most of the filming was indoors. The actors Jules
Raucort and Voya George did not get immediate payment for their work and
were supposed to be compensated with benefits which might latter accrue.
Florey went on to direct 60+ features before moving to television,
Vorkapich edited montage sequences for Hollywood films in the 30â²s, and
assistant cinematographer Gregg Toland later shot Citizen Kane and The
Grapes of Wrath.
The Pigs vs. The Freaks (Color, 1960s)
After several violent clashes between the police and the long-hairs of East
Lansing Michigan, one hippy had the novel idea to challenge the police to a
friendly football game. 16,000 people showed and The Freaks won, two years
in a row. This film documents the third annual game. Will the pigs finally
be able to triumph over their long-haired opponents, or will the hippies
take the title for a third time? Directed by Jack Epps Jr and Jeffrey
Jackson.
Rhinoceros (Dir. Jan Lenica, Color, 1965)
Filmmaker and multitalented artist Jan Lenica's checkered career has
encompassed excursions into music, architecture, poster-making, costume
design, children's book illustration, and all aspects of filmmaking. It is,
however, for his animation that he is best known, particularly his collage
and "cutout" films, which have their roots in the art of Max Ernst and John
Heartfield. The films have influenced the work of Jan à  vankmajer and Terry
Gilliam. In this clever short, Lenica utilizes cutouts to create a very
cool animated version of Eugene Ionesco's absurdist play about the dangers
of conformity.
For the Early Birds:
The Dehumanizing City... and Hymie Schultz (1967)
Cut from the darkly comedic feature film, The Tiger Makes Out, (not
available on VHS or DVD) starring Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson. Waking up
one morning to the all too familiar frustrations and callous impersonality
of big city life a mailman decides to fight back. He will be a one man army
against complex bureaucratic machinery, anonymous no longer, taken
advantage of no further. Nobody knows who he is, or cares. His co-workers
superficially acknowledge him, and the citizens whom he serves see him only
in terms of his function. The particular day starts off gloriously when the
leg of his neighborâÂÂs wife comes crashing through his ceiling, and our
hero tries without success to get his landlady to make repairs. He then
tackles the Housing Authority, where equally thwarted clerks treat him like
a number. But today our hero refuses to be assigned any old place - he
wants to be heard, at once! The bureaucracy proves more stubborn than he.
Defeated and helpless, one individual lost among many, his angry campaign
only led to more frustration.
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05/31/2013 - Live Music and Local Fun at Public Market Emeryville's Feature
Friday
Posted: 31 May 2013 04:00 PM PDT
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All ages are welcome to enjoy a fun-filled, energetic night of live music
and art at Feature Fridays at Public Market Emeryville. As part of its May
Feature Fridays event, the Public Market will present the funky, folksy
original songs of Damond Moodie, from his new album "Wrestling With
Giants." Following Moodie is Java Jazz, a smooth quartet that deftly blends
bebop, Latin jazz and acoustic music.
The event will also showcase the work of two local artists, curated by the
Firehouse Art Collective: Leon Kennedy and Journey Coward. Both artists are
emerging talents based in the East Bay.
Feature Fridays is a monthly celebration of music, art, community and
delicious food at the Public Market, which is one of the Bay Area's most
treasured spots for enjoying independent food from all over the world.
The ongoing events offer Bay Area folks a chance to kick off the weekend
with local entertainment, enjoy dinner at one of the more than 20
restaurants housed within the Public Market and peruse new shops such as
the Guitar Center and Urban Outfitters.
The event is free for everyone and families welcome!
Schedule of Performances:
6 pm -Damond Moodie
7 pm -Java Jazz
Presented by Public Market Emeryville
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05/31/2013 - 'Carmen'
Posted: 31 May 2013 06:00 PM PDT
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"CARMEN"
Cinnabar Theater presents "Carmen"
Music by Georges Bizet / Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Based on the novella by Prosper Mérimée
Performed in English
Passionate, sexy and dangerous and one of the most celebrated operas of all
time ~ Georges Bizet's classic opera, "Carmen," is presented at Cinnabar
Theater for the first time in its 40-year history. The French opera
(performed in English in this Cinnabar Theater production) recounts the
ill-fated love affair between an obsessive, irrational and hot-tempered
soldier, Don José, relentlessly seduced by Carmen, a beguiling, free
spirited gypsy girl.
Musical direction by Mary Chun
Directed by Elly Lichenstein
WHEN: May 31 - June 16, 2013
8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays;
and 2 p.m. Sundays June 9 and June 16.
TICKETS: $25 to $35
$35 General; $32 Seniors 65 + Over; $25 Age 22 + Under
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05/29/2013 - Film Screening: The Three Disappearances of Soad Hosni, by
Rania Stephan
Posted: 29 May 2013 04:00 PM PDT
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In conjunction with the exhibition Words and Places: Etel Adnan, the Wattis
Institute, and the graduating class of the Graduate Program in Curatorial
Studies at the California College of the Arts present a series of talks and
film screenings that examine issues called up by AdnanâÂÂs practice, and
expand its frame of reference.
Wednesday, May 29
A public screening and conversation between Minoo Moallem, Professor of
Gender and Women's Studies at UC Berkeley and Antonia Marsh, one of the
curators of Words and Places: Etel Adnan. A discussion of issues
surrounding female identity in the Middle East will follow a screening of
Lebanese filmmaker Rania Stephan's documentary The Three Disappearances of
Soad Hosni (2011). This event will be held at the Kadist Art Foundation,
3295 20th Street, San Francisco.
Words and Places: Etel Adnan is the first large-scale institutional
exhibition of work by the Lebanese writer, poet, and painter Etel Adnan,
spanning six decades of her artistic practice. Born in Beirut in 1925 to a
Christian Greek mother and a Muslim Syrian father, Adnan has spent her life
between placesￜ"Beirut, Paris, and the Bay Areaￜ"negotiating their
different cultures and languages, as well as her distinctive position among
them. This experience of displacement deeply informs her work, which
similarly ranges between mediums and formats. Her work has recently been
included in dOCUMENTA (13) (Kassel, Germany, 2012) and the Serpentine
Gallery Map Marathon (London, 2010).
For more information on this event and the exhibition, please visit the
Wattis website at [www.wattis.org].
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05/30/2013 - Countdown Celebration
Posted: 30 May 2013 08:00 AM PDT
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You're invited to four festive days kicking off SFMOMA's expansion and our
launch into off-site exhibitions and programs.
Museum admission is free to all, Thursday, May 30, through Sunday, June 2!
Thursday, May 30, 10:00 a.m. - 9:45 p.m.
Friday, May 31, 10:00 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.
Saturday, June 1, 10:00 a.m. - Sunday, June 2, 5:45 p.m.
Festivities include a celebratory kickoff party, 24-hour live art variety
show, all-night gallery access, Family Day, and more.
For more information, go to www.sfmoma.org/countdown.
RSVP now for your chance to receive a limited-edition SFMOMA On the Go
deluxe tote bag!*
http://countdowncelebration-sfmoma.eventbrite.com
The fine print:
* RSVP does not guarantee entry. Entry into the museum is dependent on
capacity. Crowds and lines should be expected.
* Tote bags can be picked up on-site at the tote bag pickup table on
Thursday, May 30, 10:00 - 4:00 p.m.; Friday, May 31, 10:00 a.m. - 5:45
p.m.; Saturday, June 1, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.; Sunday, June 2, 10:00 a.m.
- 5:00 p.m. While supplies last. Bag quantities are limited.
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05/30/2013 - Playland After Dark
Posted: 30 May 2013 08:00 AM PDT
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Thursday, May 30th
Playland After Dark ￜ" Grown-up Game Night
(Adult Admission Only $10)
Join us for a date night like no otherￜ"Playland After Dark's Grown-up
Game Night featuring board games galore (or you can bring your favorite!)
and all the unique exhibits, classic carnival games and free-play pinball
always available at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach, without the kids.
Playland-Not-at-the-Beach is a nonprofit Museum of Fun. Designed and built
entirely by volunteers, the 20+ interactive exhibits celebrate the magic
and history of America's bygone amusements -- circuses, carnivals, magic,
side shows, penny arcades, amusement devices, pinball arcades, haunted
houses, and beautiful art everywhere. Our goal is to educate newer
generations about the bygone days and allow those who remember Whitney's
Playland and the Sutro Baths the opportunity to recapture the glorious
sights and sounds of that marvelous era.
///////////////////////////////////////////
05/30/2013 - The H18 Project: Chuck Sperry Print Release in Collaboration
with Varnish Fine Art
Posted: 30 May 2013 04:00 PM PDT
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/squidlist/~3/w5HX_sZwiEA/index.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Join Varnish Fine Art + represented artist, Chuck Sperry for an evening
reception + sale of art prints, including his latest, âÂÂArgentinaâ at
the Hangar 18 Studio. H18 Project is an ongoing collaboration + pop-up
gallery where we present collectors with the unique experience of visiting
the iconic Bay Area artist Chuck Sperry + viewing his artwork in his
Oakland screenprinting studio. SperryâÂÂs new art print will be released
live at this event, followed by a release online at an undisclosed time on
May 31st via Sperry's website.
///////////////////////////////////////////
05/30/2013 - Transmedia for Brands, Ads and Campaigns: Reaching Your
Customers in a Multi-Screen World
Posted: 30 May 2013 04:00 PM PDT
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/squidlist/~3/VjyuhxgM0y8/index.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Multi-screen has gone mainstream. From soccer moms, to power executives, to
all teens everywhere ￜ" we are all accessing multiple devices and screens
throughout our day ￜ" often at the same time. This multi-screen phenomena
is also forcing advertisers, brand managers and marketing communications
experts to reformulate their strategies and go-to-market plans to become
transmedia so as to optimize for and take advantage of this growing trend.
This month our panelists and presenters from Walmart, AKQA, PushPoint
Mobile and Propane Studios will explore how transmedia and the multi-screen
phenomena are changing the way they communicate with their customers and
stakeholders. We will examine new tools and techniques, case studies and
best practices and try to predict what we can expect in the future of
advertising and business communications.
http://tmads.eventbrite.com/
///////////////////////////////////////////
05/30/2013 - The H18 Project: art print release
Posted: 30 May 2013 04:00 PM PDT
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Join us for an evening reception and sale of art prints by Chuck Sperry,
including his latest, "Argentina" at the H18 (Hangar 18) studio. This
collaboration between Varnish Fine Art and represented artist Chuck Sperry
showcases his artwork in the unique setting of Sperry's screenprinting
studio in Oakland where you can meet the artist in person. The H18 Project
is an ongoing pop up gallery where we present collectors with a unique
studio experience, visiting the iconic Bay Area artist Chuck Sperry. This
new Chuck Sperry art print will be released LIVE at this H18 event on
Thursday May 30th, followed by release online at an undisclosed time on
Friday May 31st via Sperry's website. Please contact us for more
information.
Art print to be released at this event:
"Argentina" by Chuck Sperry (2013)
Edition of 100
21" x 24"
7 colors on archival cream paper
Signed and Numbered
Varients will also be available.
Presented by Varnish Fine Art
///////////////////////////////////////////
05/30/2013 - Upgrade! SF presents - a talk by Brooklyn-based artist,
Ricardo Miranda Ziga
Posted: 30 May 2013 05:00 PM PDT
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/squidlist/~3/kWbvCaT5cco/index.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Join us for âÂÂPhysical TracesâÂÂ, a free public presentation by
Brooklyn-based artist, Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga. He will discuss his art
practice and his upcoming workshop on creating rotoscope animations about
public spaces and gestures.
_______________________________
About the Artist:
Ricardo Miranda Zúñiga approaches art as a social practice that seeks to
establish dialogue in public spaces. Having been born of immigrant parents
and grown up between Nicaragua and San Francisco, a strong awareness of
inequality and discrimination was established at an early age.
Themes such as immigration, discrimination, gentrification and the effects
of globalization extend from highly subjective experiences and observations
into works that tactically engage others through populist metaphors while
maintaining critical perspectives.
Ricardo has established a socially investigative creative practice that
utilizes whatever media possible to present content in a manner that may
generate interaction and discussion by others.
http://ambriente.com/
_______________________________
âÂÂPhysical Tracesâ is produced by Upgrade! San Francisco, a regular
programming series with speakers and socializing designed to foster
community around new media arts in the bay area.
www.upgradesf.org
///////////////////////////////////////////
05/30/2013 - Oddball Films Presents - Formidable Conformity: The System
Fights Back
Posted: 30 May 2013 06:00 PM PDT
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/squidlist/~3/rQ_KzEtsZZ4/index.php?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email
Oddball Films and curator Kat Shuchter bring you Formidable Conformity: The
System Fights Back, a program of films about man's struggle against the
status-quo. With vintage cartoons, industrial films, PSAs and avant-garde
breathtakers, this is one night the "system" never saw coming. The
laughable Plastics Council sponsored film, How To Infiltrate the
Establishment (1960s), seeks to recruit young hip surfers and rockers to
the plastics industry by making it look groovy to get a job. Michael
Keaton attempts to change employers' minds about hiring the handicapped in
a musical-comedy all-star extravaganza A Different Approach (1978). A
single butterfly valiantly attempts to bring beauty into the sterile world
of a dystopian factory in Jan Habarta's incredible film No. 000173 (1969).
There was a time when the concept of female authority was so novel, they
needed to prep men with primers so that they could deal with it, like the
cartoon I've Got a Woman Boss! (1977). One man goes up against the
Hollywood system in the silent low-budget experimental triumph The Life and
Death of 9413: a Hollywood Extra (1928). Hipsters must die in Vera
Linnecar's British cartoon The Trendsetter (1969). Hippies square-off
against the police in a football game in the hilarious documentary (later
turned into an Afterschool Special starring Patrick Swayze) The Pigs vs The
Freaks (1960s). Polish artist Jan Lenica gives us an animated adaptation of
Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros (1965). With Eli Wallach in The Dehumanizing
City...And Hymie Schultz (1967) for the early birds, the trailer for
dystopian classic Logan's Run and other surprises, stick it to the man and
get over to Oddball.
Date: Thursday, May 30th, 2013 at 8:00PM
Venue: Oddball Films, 275 Capp Street, San Francisco
Admission: $10.00 Limited Seating RSVP to: 415-558-8117 or
***@oddballfilm.com
Featuring:
How to Infiltrate the Establishment (Color, 1960s)
Mr. McGuire: I want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Benjamin: Yes, sir.
Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?
Benjamin: Yes, I am.
Mr. McGuire: Plastics.
Benjamin: Just how do you mean that, sir?--The Graduate (1967)
In the 1960s radical culture a âÂÂplasticâ person was considered shallow
and soulless. Not to be outdone by the social politics of its time the
Plastics Education Foundation (Wha?) sponsored this mind-boggling display
of protest demonstrations and 60s rock bands, cut up with stupefying
surfers, NASCAR races and even spaceflight to give our youth a helping hand
as they journey into the material world of petroleum based industrial
culture. A laugh riot!
A Different Approach (Color, 1978)
Michael Keaton heads an all-star cast in a PSA musical comedy spectacular
designed to sell employers on the idea of hiring the disabled. Nominated
for an Academy Award and featuring a Busby Berkeley-esque wheelchair
number, co-stars Betty White, Rue McLanahan, Norman Lear, Jim Neighbors,
Charlotte Rae and directed by Fern Field (The Day My Kid Went Punk).
No. 00173 (Color, 1969)
Rare and brilliant, this experimental film by Polish director Jan Habarta
portrays a fictional factory with Metropolis-esque workers in radiation
suits. In the midst of this grey atmosphere, one butterfly tries to arouse
a touch of beauty.
The Trendsetter (Color, 1969)
Cool British animation from the great Vera Linnecar portrays a little man
who is annoyed with the little hipsters who ape and one up his every move.
Illustrates how the trendsetters depend on others for their sense of self
worth.
IâÂÂve Got a Woman Boss! (Color, 1977)
Quick boys, hide the porno! The Hatchet Lady is coming! With WomenâÂÂs Lib
and the ERA, whatâÂÂs a man to do when his higher ups hire a girl to do a
manâÂÂs job? Learn all about how to deal with a woman in a position of
power in this delightful corporate education cartoon from the age of bra
burning and glass ceilings.
The Life and Death of 9413: A Hollywood Extra (B+W, 1928)
Expressionistic miniatures interspersed with close-up photography of actors
tells the story of a young hopeful actor defeated by the ruthless Hollywood
star system. After he dies, he rises to heaven, where hisnumber is removed.
According to director Robert Florey the total expenditure of the production
was $97.00. The breakup of which is as follows: Negative ... $25.00 Store
Props ... $3.00 Development and Printing ...$55.00 Transportation, etc. ...
$14.00 This low cost was possible due to the use of set made using toys and
cardboard buildings. Most of the filming was indoors. The actors Jules
Raucort and Voya George did not get immediate payment for their work and
were supposed to be compensated with benefits which might latter accrue.
Florey went on to direct 60+ features before moving to television,
Vorkapich edited montage sequences for Hollywood films in the 30â²s, and
assistant cinematographer Gregg Toland later shot Citizen Kane and The
Grapes of Wrath.
The Pigs vs. The Freaks (Color, 1960s)
After several violent clashes between the police and the long-hairs of East
Lansing Michigan, one hippy had the novel idea to challenge the police to a
friendly football game. 16,000 people showed and The Freaks won, two years
in a row. This film documents the third annual game. Will the pigs finally
be able to triumph over their long-haired opponents, or will the hippies
take the title for a third time? Directed by Jack Epps Jr and Jeffrey
Jackson.
Rhinoceros (Dir. Jan Lenica, Color, 1965)
Filmmaker and multitalented artist Jan Lenica's checkered career has
encompassed excursions into music, architecture, poster-making, costume
design, children's book illustration, and all aspects of filmmaking. It is,
however, for his animation that he is best known, particularly his collage
and "cutout" films, which have their roots in the art of Max Ernst and John
Heartfield. The films have influenced the work of Jan à  vankmajer and Terry
Gilliam. In this clever short, Lenica utilizes cutouts to create a very
cool animated version of Eugene Ionesco's absurdist play about the dangers
of conformity.
For the Early Birds:
The Dehumanizing City... and Hymie Schultz (1967)
Cut from the darkly comedic feature film, The Tiger Makes Out, (not
available on VHS or DVD) starring Eli Wallach and Anne Jackson. Waking up
one morning to the all too familiar frustrations and callous impersonality
of big city life a mailman decides to fight back. He will be a one man army
against complex bureaucratic machinery, anonymous no longer, taken
advantage of no further. Nobody knows who he is, or cares. His co-workers
superficially acknowledge him, and the citizens whom he serves see him only
in terms of his function. The particular day starts off gloriously when the
leg of his neighborâÂÂs wife comes crashing through his ceiling, and our
hero tries without success to get his landlady to make repairs. He then
tackles the Housing Authority, where equally thwarted clerks treat him like
a number. But today our hero refuses to be assigned any old place - he
wants to be heard, at once! The bureaucracy proves more stubborn than he.
Defeated and helpless, one individual lost among many, his angry campaign
only led to more frustration.
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05/31/2013 - Live Music and Local Fun at Public Market Emeryville's Feature
Friday
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All ages are welcome to enjoy a fun-filled, energetic night of live music
and art at Feature Fridays at Public Market Emeryville. As part of its May
Feature Fridays event, the Public Market will present the funky, folksy
original songs of Damond Moodie, from his new album "Wrestling With
Giants." Following Moodie is Java Jazz, a smooth quartet that deftly blends
bebop, Latin jazz and acoustic music.
The event will also showcase the work of two local artists, curated by the
Firehouse Art Collective: Leon Kennedy and Journey Coward. Both artists are
emerging talents based in the East Bay.
Feature Fridays is a monthly celebration of music, art, community and
delicious food at the Public Market, which is one of the Bay Area's most
treasured spots for enjoying independent food from all over the world.
The ongoing events offer Bay Area folks a chance to kick off the weekend
with local entertainment, enjoy dinner at one of the more than 20
restaurants housed within the Public Market and peruse new shops such as
the Guitar Center and Urban Outfitters.
The event is free for everyone and families welcome!
Schedule of Performances:
6 pm -Damond Moodie
7 pm -Java Jazz
Presented by Public Market Emeryville
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05/31/2013 - 'Carmen'
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"CARMEN"
Cinnabar Theater presents "Carmen"
Music by Georges Bizet / Libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy
Based on the novella by Prosper Mérimée
Performed in English
Passionate, sexy and dangerous and one of the most celebrated operas of all
time ~ Georges Bizet's classic opera, "Carmen," is presented at Cinnabar
Theater for the first time in its 40-year history. The French opera
(performed in English in this Cinnabar Theater production) recounts the
ill-fated love affair between an obsessive, irrational and hot-tempered
soldier, Don José, relentlessly seduced by Carmen, a beguiling, free
spirited gypsy girl.
Musical direction by Mary Chun
Directed by Elly Lichenstein
WHEN: May 31 - June 16, 2013
8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays;
and 2 p.m. Sundays June 9 and June 16.
TICKETS: $25 to $35
$35 General; $32 Seniors 65 + Over; $25 Age 22 + Under
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