Fwd: Re: Bruce McClure in Portland

From: Artcite / Media City (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Sep 06 2005 - 13:12:59 PDT


  I mean, 2005! What year is it, anyway?

>>I'll have to agree with Patrick. However, by my estimation,
>>Phenomenal is a gross understatement! For those interested, Mr.
>>McClure will also be performing at the Detroit Film Center.
>>9/24/06!!!
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>>See you there,
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>>Oona
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>>>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
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>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
>>>>
>>>> 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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