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Tuesday, Nov 3, 1998
Recent Films: Errantry and Purposeful Travel
Mary Tsiongas and Jim Roeber describe their film Going Cimarron as "about errantry, about its root in human relationship, about its antecedents, its points of departure and its unknown destinations." The term "cimarron" refers to members of nomadic tribes removed from civilization. The works on tonight's program include records of meanderings-Leslie Tran's Intermittent Suspension, an exploration of the Golden Gate Bridge's formal properties; Leighton Pierce's exquisite landscape film, Memories of Water; and Jennifer Reeves's We are going home, a haunting hand-processed and chemically treated film about love and loss. In Walid Raad's Secrets in the Open Sea, Lebanese political history is discovered in photos within photos, and mysterious disappearances are linked to travels at sea and drownings. Robert Fenz's beautifully photographed series Meditations on Revolution includes The Space in Between, intimate scenes largely shot while traveling in Brazil. Konrad Steiner's double-screen projection 19 Scenes Relating to a Trip to Japan premiered at this year's New York Film Festival. He describes it as a type of flower-arranging, in which he selected shots and "arranged them around each other in a pleasing fashion."-Kathy GeritzWe are going home (Jennifer Reeves, 1998, 10 mins, 16mm). Fowl Out (Leslie Tran, 1998, 2 mins, Silent, B&W, 35mm). Memories of Water, #21, #6, #27 (Leighton Pierce, 1997, 9.5 mins, Color, 3/4" video). Going Cimarron (Mary Tsiongas, Jim Roeber, 1998, 9 mins, Color, Super-8mm). Meditations on Revolution, Part 11: The Space in Between (Robert Fenz, 1998, 8 mins, B&W, Silent, 16mm). Intermittent Suspension (Leslie Tran, 1998, 1 min, Color, Silent, 35mm). Secrets in the Open Sea (Walid Raad, 1997, 4 mins, 3/4" video). 19 Scenes Relating to a Trip to Japan (Konrad Steiner, 1998, 15 mins, Color, 35mm).
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