Inner Space & Outer Space: 16mm Experimental Films from Los Angeles
4122 NE Sandy Blvd
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About This Screening
From the Academy Film Archive in LA, Cinema Project is excited to bring curator and archivist Mark Toscano for two evenings of rare and classic psychedelic and experimental film. With the film industry and three major film schools (USC, UCLA, and Cal Arts) all within the city's reach, LA experimentalists had more than the usual level of access to the kind of filmmaking equipment that made highly expressive and transformative image-making possible. Spanning just over a decade of work, from 1965 to 1977, night one's program starts by looking inward with intense, ethereal, and abstract films that are meant to evoke a hallucinogenic drug trip, including pieces from Chick Strand, James Whitney, and Pat O'Neill. Night two serves as a counter point, examining the surrounding Southern California environment, from forms found at Muscle Beach, to footage of car crashes, and supermarkets, including work from Thom Andersen, Gary Beydler and more. Academy Film Archive is dedicated to the preservation, restoration, documentation, exhibition, and study of motion pictures. Both nights will present work exclusively in 16mm, including some recent archival prints by AFA.
Program Details
March 12
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Inner Space: Psychedelic Visions and Expanded Consciousness
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Les angeS Dorment
1965, 16mm, color, sound, 9 min.
by Felix Venable -
Lapis
1966, 16mm, color, sound, 9min.
by James Whitney -
Waterfall
1967, 16mm, color, sound, 3 min.
by Chick Strand -
Evolution of the Red Star
1973, 16mm, color, sound, 7min.
by Adam Beckett -
Binary Bit Patterns
1969, 16mm, color, 3min.
by Michael Whitney -
Terminal Self
1971, 16mm, color, sound, 8min.
by John Whitney Jr. -
Coming Down
1968, 16mm, color, sound, 4min.
by Pat O'Neill -
Pulse
1969, 16mm, b&w, sound, 9min.
by Peter Spoecker/B.Y.M. Productions -
Aether
1972, 16mm, color, sound, 4min.
by Daina Krumins -
Twelve (The First Three Parts...)
1977, 16mm, color, sound, 9min.
by Beth Block -
Tanka
1976, 16mm, color, sound, 9min.
by David Lebrun -
The Star Curtain Tantra
1969, 16mm, color, sound, 14min.
by Peter Mays
March 13
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Outer Space: Physical Graffitis and Geographies
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Angel Blue Sweet Wings
1966, 16mm, color, sound, 3min.
by Chick Strand -
By the Sea
1963, 16mm, b&w, sound, 10min.
by Pat O'Neill & Robert Abel -
Throbs
1972, 16mm, color, sound, 7min.
by Fred Worden -
Venusville
1973, 16mm, color, sound, 10min.
by Chris Langdon & Fred Worden -
Hand Held Day
1975, 16mm, color, silent, 5.5min.
by Gary Beydler -
Future Perfect
1978, 16mm, color, sound, 11min.
by Roberta Friedman and Grahame Weinbren -
A Film for Log Hill Dogs
1974, 16mm, color, silent, 2min.
by Diana Wilson & David Wilson -
Film for Log Hill Dogs: The Log Hill Story
1976, 16mm, color, silent, 2min.
by Diana Wilson -
Shoppers Market
1963, 16mm, color, sound, 22min.
by John Vicario -
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1966-67, 16mm, color, sound, 12min.
by Thom Andersen & Malcolm Brodwick
Screenings This Season
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Feb. 21
In the Absence of Light, Darkness Prevails Feb. 28 + 29
Is It My Body: Conversions, Transgressions, and Representations Mar. 12 + 13
Inner Space & Outer Space: 16mm Experimental Films from Los Angeles Apr. 17 + 18
Rock & Religion: The Medium of Worship May. 15 + 16
Show and Tell: The Work of Dani Leventhal May. 24
The Animals and Their Limitations Jun. 8
Thirteen Summers