Friday, April 27, 2007 @ 10:00 PM
Last Refuge for the Senses or Noise Hippies Against All War
Filmmaker/Curator Ben Russell in attendance
“A new breed of noise/psychedelia has sprung up as the only rational response to an increasingly alienating form of global capitalism. Like the American psychedelic cinema of the 60’s and 70’s, this crop of contemporary 16mm films enunciates an emotional response to an overwhelming historical moment (now). Their use of analog technologies, of live soundtracks and camera-less processes is indicative of a DIY approach that has its political roots in resistance and its aesthetic roots in a gentler past. Geography has conspired to create a micro-movement, for these are all works from the same community - Providence, RI. The strength of these films lies in their denial of total escapism, in their collective decision to create a communal experience that can move beyond the screen and into the world outside. This is the cinema of deliverance, the theater of psychic hearts and radical love – bleeding your eyes and ears clean of the sorrow of the everyday, swelling your body full with hope for the possibilities of today.”
- Ben Russell, program curator or noise hippies against all war
Black and White Trypps Number Three
Ben Russell
11:30, 35mm, 2007
Paranoia Trilogy Part One: The Chemical Bath
Xander Marro
6:00, 16mm, 2001
Scream Tone
Jo Dery
3:00, 16mm, 2002
Echoes of Bats and Men
Jo Dery
7:00, 16mm, 2005
The Red and the Blue Gods
Ben Russell
8:00, 16mm, live sound, 2005
01/06
Matt Brinkman and Xander Marro
13:00, 16mm, 2006
The Great Exodus
Jo Dery
6:30, 16mm, 2007
L’Eye
Xander Marro
2:00, 16mm, 2004
Third Annual Roggabogga Motion Picture
Forcefield
6:30, 16mm, 2002