From: Kate . (email suppressed)
Date: Thu Mar 26 2009 - 18:42:34 PDT
THE APRIL FOOL’S CINEMA SHOW:
Screening of works directed by Robert Banks – With introduction by the artist
Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 9pm
West Lecture Hall
Oberlin College Science Center
119 Woodland St.
Oberlin, OH 44074
FREE!
Please join Pioneer Species and The Oberlin Independent
Film Series in welcoming the Cleveland-based, cult-cinema-inspired
filmmaker Robert Banks to Oberlin for a retrospective screening of his
unique oeuvre, which includes multiple award-winning films. A
self-described “moving graffiti” artist, Banks has been a champion of
emulsion-based cinema for many years, inspiring and challenging
audiences with politically and culturally conscious commentary on the
film medium. Working in 16mm and 35mm formats, Banks uses found
footage, new footage, and hand-manipulated film to question the
intentions of the motion picture industry over that last several
decades.
ABOUT ROBERT BANKS:
Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Robert Banks specializes in avant-garde
structuralist filmmaking. He attended the Cleveland Institute of Art,
and has taught film at Cuyahoga Community College, the Cleveland
Institute of Art, and Cleveland State University. Banks’ films have
shown at the Sundance Film Festival, the New York Underground Film
Festival, and the Black Mariah Film & Video Festival, among others.
Over the course of his career Banks has garnered numerous awards, was
named Filmmaker of the Year at the Midwest Filmmakers Conference in
2001, and in 2000 was the honored guest filmmaker at the BBC British
Short Film Festival in London. His best-known work is the 1992 film,
X: The Baby Cinema, a 5-minute, 16mm film that chronicles the
commercial appropriation of the image of Malcolm X. An instant
underground classic, the film was selected for inclusion on the video
compilation, The Best Of The New York Underground: Year One.
THE APRIL FOOL’S CINEMA SHOW
LINEUP:
X, THE BABY CINEMA
MY FIRST DRUG, THE IDIOT BOX
MPG: MOTION PICTURE GENOCIDE
JADED
OUTLET
EMBRYONIC
GOLDFISH & SUNFLOWERS
AUTOPILOT
A.W.O.L.
FAITH N CHAOS
ROCK N’ ROLL BLVD
MERCENARY
WOMAN IN CIRCLES
ABOUT PIONEER SPECIES:
Pioneer Species is a micro-cinema screening alternative, independent,
and experimental media every Wednesday night at various locations in
Oberlin, Ohio. Often, visiting artists and curators will be present to
introduce their programs. The micro-cinema is managed by students of
the Oberlin College CINE 323: Exhibition Practices in the Media Arts
course.
ABOUT THE INDEPENDENT FILM SERIES :
The Independent Film Series (IFS) is an organization whose purpose is
to expose the Oberlin community to unique films and film events
unavailable within the constraints of other venues of exhibition. IFS
focuses on cultivating an understanding of the independent filmmaker’s
place in the larger dialog of cinematic culture, and stresses that
fringe cinema is relevant, culturally informative, and important to
keep alive in the digitally focused present.
The April Fool’s Cinema Show is presented by Pioneer Species and with
support from the Oberlin Independent Film Series. These entities are
working together to bring a greater diversity of alternative,
independent, and experimental media to the community of Oberlin, with
the goal of creating a broader awareness of non-mainstream media and
media making. Watch for further updates and events!
Visit us on the web:
http://www.pioneerspecies.net/
Join the Pioneer Species Facebook Group:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=53023558433
Or, with more questions, contact: email suppressed
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For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.