From: programming (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Sep 06 2005 - 12:00:08 PDT
Hi All,
I STRONGLY recommend these shows to all in Portland (and to all within
driving/bus/train distance - they're worth the trip).
Bruce's shows in Chicago and his performances at the Media City Festival
this past February were phenomenal.
Go!
Best,
Patrick Friel
On 9/3/05 4:15 PM, "weekly listing" <email suppressed> wrote:
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> SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2005
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> 9/10
> Portland, Oregon: Cinema Project
> http://www.cinemaproject.org/
> 4:00pm, 829 SW 9th Avenue
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> BRUCE MCCLURE: DELIBERATE OBSTRUCTIONS AND CALCULATED AIMLESSNESS
> Program I: Crib and Sift Series. Simultaneously using multiple 16mm
> projectors, Brooklyn-based filmmaker and architect Bruce McClure is
> re-envisioning the tradition of "expanded cinema." Intervening in the
> trajectory of light from the source to the spectator, McClure creates
> on-screen cinematic projections that really only exist in the uniqueness
> of each individual performance. For his first Portland exhibition,
> McClure will present two programs of his most recent work, including the
> Crib and Sift series: a four-part project devoted to an original ink
> sneeze printed on four film strips and projected with four modified
> projectors using brass plates, colored gels, focus manipulations and
> sound effects pedals. "It's a study that devotes itself to the process
> of disintegration in highly developed structures. After all, wreckage is
> often more interesting than structure." Crib and Sift Series [Parts 1-4]
> [2002-04, 16mm x 4, color, sound, 60 min]. Co-Presented by PICA/TBA
> Festival and Northwest Film Center.
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> SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2005
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> 9/11
> Portland, Oregon: Cinema Project
> http://www.cinemaproject.org/
> 4:00pm, 829 SW 9th Avenue
>
> BRUCE MCCLURE: DELIBERATE OBSTRUCTIONS AND CALCULATED AIMLESSNESS
> Program II: Christmas Tree Stand. McClure's newest piece, Christmas Tree
> Stand is a piece for film loops using a combination of two and four 16mm
> projectors retro-fitted with punched metal plates and mesh grids
> installed at variable angles between the lens and gate. The use of
> obstructions to the light path and filtering the sound with guitar
> effects pedals transforms the flicker loops of three black frames to one
> clear frame into an immersive atmosphere of color, motion and sound.
> Christmas Tree Stand: Preamble & Parts I-III [2002, 16mm x 4, color,
> sound, 80 min]. Co-Presented by PICA/TBA Festival and Northwest Film
> Center.
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