Another eXperiment by Women Film Festival (AXWFF) promotes and screens moving images in any media, made by women, that encourage critical thinking and dialogue.
ANOTHER EXPERIMENT BY WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL (AXW for short) GIVES WOMEN’S WORK A REAL TIME & SPACE IN NYC!!
Presented through NEW FILMMAKERS NEW YORK
Wednesday November 19 , 2014 — 7:00pm
Anthology Film Archives, 2nd Avenue & 2nd Street, New York, NY
admission: suggested donation $6
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GARDEN of DeLIGHT
TRT: about 60 minutes
Curated by Lili White
THE D-BLOK SNAG; Joey Huertas (AKA Jane Public); 16mm Bolex in-camera editing; TRT: 5.10 min
A short film that examines poverty and inner-city landscape by a study of one single deplorable residential block in the South Bronx. Torched stolen cars, abandoned mutt dogs and dirty laundry are a few of the visual anchors that mold this “location study” together.
BLACK RECTANGLE; rhayne vermette; 16MM to digi; TRT: 1.30 min
This film documents a tedious process of dismantling and reassembling 16 mm found footage. Roused by Kazimir Malevich, the film collage imitates functions of a curtain, while the recorded optical track describes the flm’s subsequent destruction during its first projection.
FULL OF FIRE; rhayne vermette; 16MM to digi; TRT: 2.15 min
There are few alternatives for exiles. The homecoming may be postponed to an indeterminate future; one could settle for a replacement; and lastly, there is always madness.
SHE LEARNS TO LUNGE; Katya Yakubov; TRT: 6.40
How many shapes do the terrors of the mind take? Several transformation lead to an awakening between a modern house and a dark forest.
READ David Finkelstein’s review on Katya Yakubov’s film RETREAT: http://www.hi-beam.net/hi-beam/finkelstein.html
SWEETMEATS; Denise Iris; digi; TRT: 4.40
A meditation on illness. A flash of presence. A moment of what Robinson Jeffers calls “falling in love outward.”
TURQUOISE BEADS; Lili White; Sound: BUSHMEAT aka Thomas Stanley (with voices of: Marcel Duchamp, Langston Hughes, Krishnamurti); TRT. 38.14
Composed of landscapes from the cities of Chaco Canyon and the streets of New York after 9/11, portrayed in a atmospheric manner. Chaco Canyon was a major center of a thriving Indian culture from AD 850 to 1250, where, turquoise, a stone mythically born from the marriage between sky and earth, was traded extensively. The complexity of its community life, the high level of its social organization, and its far-reaching commerce created a cultural vision unlike any other seen before.
