Saturday, April 29, 2006 @ 9:00 PM
The 5th Peripheral Produce Invitational
The Peripheral Produce invitational is an annual rock-em-sock-em film showdown that is widely considered the World Championship of experimental cinema. The qualifying artists are selected up to a year before the event and invited to make a new project for competition. Some artists complete their films months in advance, while others cloak themselves in mystery and work on their piece right until the final moment. All the competing artists must be in attendance, and there is a ten-minute time limit. To cap it all off, bingo is played during the evening’s format changes.
In 2005, history was made as Vladimir became the first ever Back-to-Back winner. In similar fashion as ‘04, Vladimir showed up to the theatre with 400 view-masters in tow, distributed them amongst the capacity crowd, and conducted her signature “communal view-master experience” with disks that she photographed, cut-out, and glued together by hand.
The Invitational has proven to be the perfect platform for non-conventional film presentation. PPI 2001 featured Craig Baldwin and Bill Daniel simultaneously running twelve 16mm film projectors. 2001 also featured an Animal Charm live video mix as well as Melinda Stone and Kate Haug incorporating the audience to supply the soundtrack for their film. The 2002 Invitational featured film-projector-performances from Sandra Gibson and Louis Recoder as well as the Distance Formula. In 2004, Reed Harkness shot a Super 8 film at the theatre as the audience was arriving, and then quickly processed the film in the men’s restroom and projected it during the second half of the show. In ’05 Eric Ostrowski taped film to the sidewalk in front of the theatre for days leading up to the event, and then spliced it together and projected it with an accompanying live soundtrack.
What will happen this year? Who will walk away with the trophy? Tune in to find out.
The PPI V roster of competitors:
Returning champion: Vladimir : Portland
Chel White : Portland
David Gatten : New York
Ryan Jeffery : Portland
Martha Colburn : New York
Julie Orser : Los Angeles
Jalal Jemison : Portland
Anne McGuire : San Francisco
Jim Blashfield : Portland
Alex Mackenzie : Vancouver, BC
Karl Lind : Portland
Ted Passon : Philadelphia
Orland Nutt : Portland
Salise Hughes : Seattle
plus surprises