Experimental Works @ Berkeley

Tonight's program reveals the possibilities of film and video as explored by Berkeley students from numerous disciplines. Selected from works completed in Film (Avant-Garde Cinema and the Language of Cinema), Art Practice, and Visual Studies classes, these films and videos engage the technologies of their respective mediums, challenging the traditional representations of film, photography, video, and sound. The ongoing dialogue regarding film and form encounters modern elements in the creations of these young directors. The ever-presence of technology and digital media in today's society does not go unnoticed as this program of student works juxtaposes turntables and photographs (This Is Not a Movie by Laurie Thomas), color and spirituality (Fringe by Roxanne MacNeil), and found footage and science (Infected Memory by Jesse Watt). Experimenting with production and presentation, documentation and recreation, and sound and visual aesthetics, these student artists explore the difficulties and the treasures of these representational modes. A program handout with full listings of films and videos to be shown will be available on the evening of the program.Maryam Kashani received her B.A. in Film and Art and Social Change. Jesse Rankin, a senior, is studying art and computer science.

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