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7/5/2011

Radical Light

The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA, New York

Curated by Kathy Geritz and Steve Seid

To celebrate the publication of Radical Light: Alternative Film and Video in the San Francisco Bay Area, 1945–2000, the Department of Film has invited editors Steve Anker, Kathy Geritz, and Steve Seid to curate three programs of films and videos, largely drawn from MoMA’s collection, that explore the themes and movements and trace the chronology of alternative film and video in the Bay Area.

The rich history of Bay Area avant-garde cinema goes back to the 1940s, when Frank Stauffacher began the influential film series Art in Cinema, followed soon after by Sidney Peterson’s collaborative film workshops. Some artists, such as Leslie Thornton, made works during relatively brief stays around San Francisco, while others, such as Bruce Conner, James Broughton, Gunvor Nelson, and George Kuchar, developed long-term careers in the area. Many began as poets, painters, and sculptors, but as the 1960s moved into the 1970s, more and more came to identify themselves primarily as film- or videomakers. The wave of artists who adopted the emerging technology of video as their principal tool of expression included Max Almy, Doug Hall, Ant Farm, and Marlon Riggs.

The curators and some of the artists and contributors to the book will be present at selected screenings. Three additional programs in this series will be presented at Anthology Film Archives.

Curated by Kathy Geritz and Steve Seid, Film and Video Curators at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive, and Steve Anker, Dean of the School of Film/Video at California Institute of the Arts.

Organized for MoMA by Jytte Jensen, Curator, Department of Film, and Barbara London, Associate Curator, Department of Media and Performance Art.

Upcoming
Film Screenings & Events
Bay Area Landscape

A Trip Down Market Street. 1906. USA. Directed by the Miles Brothers. 12 min.
Sausalito. 1948. USA. Directed by Frank Stauffacher. 10 min.
North Beach. 1958. USA. Directed by Dion Vigne. 5 min.
Golden Gate Bridge Exposure: Posed for Parabolas. 2004. Directed by Lynn Marie Kirby. 5 min.
All My Life. 1966. USA. Directed by Bruce Baillie. 3 min.
Pacific Far East Line. 1979. USA. Directed by Abigail Child. 12 min.
Degrees of Limitation. 1982. USA. Directed by Scott Stark. 3 min.
Side/Walk/Shuttle. 1991. USA. Directed by Ernie Gehr. 41 min.

Sunday, May 8, 2011, 2:00 p.m., Theater 2, T2 (Introduced by Kathy Geritz, Steve Anker, Abigail Child, Ernie Gehr)
Film Screenings & Events
Authority, Figures

Oh Dem Watermelons. 1965. USA. Directed by Robert Nelson. 11 min.
Report. 1965. USA. Directed by Bruce Conner. 13 min.
reEVOLUTION: Notes for the Invasion—Mar Mar March. 1972–73. USA. Directed by Paul Kos. 12 min.
Media Burn. 1975. USA. Directed by Ant Farm. 23 min.
Babalu. 1980. USA. Directed by Tony Labat. 10 min.
The Perfect Leader. 1983. USA. Directed by Max Almy, Chris Robbins. 4 min.
These Are the Rules (segment of Songs of the ’80s). 1983. USA. Directed by Doug Hall. 5 min.
Anthem. 1991. USA. Directed by Marlon Riggs. 9 min.

Monday, May 9, 2011, 5:00 p.m., Theater 2, T2 (Introduced by Kathy Geritz, Steve Anker, Steve Seid )
Film Screenings & Events
Modern Mondays: Stories Untold

Followed by a conversation between the tour curators and artists from the Bay Area and New York about differences in style, support, and filmmaking environment on the two coasts.
The Bed. 1968. USA. Directed by James Broughton. 19 min.
Visit to Indiana. 1970. USA. Directed by Curt McDowell. 10 min.
I, an Actress. 1977. USA. Directed by George Kuchar. 10 min.
Easy Living. 1984. USA. Directed by Chip Lord, Mickey McGowan. 19 min.
Peggy and Fred in Hell: The Prologue. 1984. USA. Directed by Leslie Thornton. 21 min.
Futility. 1989. USA. Directed by Greta Snider. 9 min.
Chronicles of a Lying Spirit (by Kelly Gabron). 1991. USA. Directed by Cauleen Smith. 5 min.

Monday, May 9, 2011, 7:00 p.m., Theater 2, T2 (Discussion with Kathy Geritz, Steve Anker, Steve Seid, Abigail Child, Leslie Thornton )

Image: The Bed. 1968. USA. Directed by James Broughton

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Casey Fitzpatrick
casey_fitzpatrick@moma.org

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