Works from the Eisner Awards Competition

The Eisner prizes are the highest awards given at the University of California for creativity in the arts. The 1998 Eisner prizes in film and video were awarded to Jason Byers and Eric Lin. This year's film jury, Berkeley faculty members Marilyn Fabe, Kathy Geritz, Russell Merritt, and Kevin Radley, and curator Steve Seid, has selected seven entries to be screened this evening in addition to the prize-winning works. Attention Target Team Members by Irene Stevens (1998, 5 mins, Color, Video): Piggy employs the use of fuzzy logic in the workplace. Nulle (1-3) by Jay Chung (1997-98, 14 mins, Color, Video): These films are neither documentation nor celebration of an act, but collections of signifiers, referring to nothing but articulation itself. Ubiquitous Melodrama by Steve Sun (1998, 5 mins, Color, Video): The film focuses on the presence of melodramatic elements in American popular films of various genres. Darkness There by Jimmy Tsai (1998, 12 mins, Color, Video): A modern interpretation of a classic tale by Edgar Allen Poe. Bikini Explosion by Tamarind Rosetti-Johnson (1996, 4.5 mins, Color, Video): Bikinis explode onto the scene-as bathing suits and atomic bomb tests. My Mother Is Not Chinese by Huy Chau, Ronnie Cheung, Joan Huang, Maryam Kashani, Sabrina Lin, Thyrale Thai (1998, 30 mins, Color, Video): An exploration of hate crimes against Asian Americans. Querida Ma?ae by Lara Miranda (1997, 5 mins, B&W/Color, Video): The artist explores her memories and grieving process after her mother's death. Eisne Film Prize Winners:Carassius Auratus by Jason Byers (1998, 4 mins, B&W, Silent, Super 8): A glimpse at the dynamic relationship that unfolds when a fish confronts an image of itself for the first time. Meditation on Wonder by Jason Byers (1998, 4 mins, B&W, 16mm): An exploration into the psychosexual complexities of prepubescent notions of masculinity. The Fairy Tale by Eric Lin (1998, 14 mins, B&W/Color, Betacam): Once upon a time, there was a princess who came to realize the power she thought was hers actually belonged to someone else.-Notes by the artists

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