BRUCE MCCLURE:
DELIBERATE OBSTRUCTIONS & CALCULATED AIMLESSNESS—CRIB AND SIFT
(2002 - 2004)

SAT SEPT 10, 4 PM
Guild Theatre

Simultaneously using multiple 16mm projectors, Brooklyn-based filmmaker/architect Bruce McClure re-envisions the tradition of “expanded cinema.” Intervening in the trajectory of light from the source to the spectator, McClure creates on-screen cinematic projections that only exist in the uniqueness of each individual performance. For his first Portland exhibition, McClure will present two programs of his most recent work, including the CRIB AND SIFT series: a four-part project devoted to an original ink sneeze printed on four film strips and projected with four modified projectors using brass plates, colored gels, focus manipulations and sound effects pedals. “It’s a study that devotes itself to the process of disintegration in highly developed structures. After all, wreckage is often more interesting than structure.”—BM. (60 mins.)

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HANS WEIGAND :
JERRY COTTON, THE PORTLAND EPISODES
(2005)

SAT SEPT 10, 6 PM
SUN SEPT 11, 6 PM
Guild Theatre

In COTTON 2001 Austrian artist Hans Weigand began a cross-cultural look into the pop genre of B-movies, which he based on a popular series of 50’s German dime-store novels called Jerry Cotton. The novels reflected a European post-war perspective and perpetuate an invented American utopia guarded by the follies of ‘50s era G-men. Riffing off traditional spy movies, Weigand’s on-going, multi-episodic film often eschews craft to reveal raw edges while poking at the sides of our perceptions. Filmed on location and on the fly during his travels, past “episodes” span the globe from Vienna to Los Angeles. For TBA, Weigand screens his latest edit including a segment shot in Portland during a recent residency at PICA. COTTON stars a fast growing cast of friends and art world luminaries including Albert Mayer, Raymond Pettibon, Kembra Pfahler, Corey Lunn, Nina Erber, Marjorie Myers, Justin Oswald and Colin Deland. Intrigue and comedy exist simultaneously as the crime/sex/drug adventures of a modern-day spy reveal the hilarity and contradiction of Jerry Cotton’s America. (55 mins.) Mature audiences.

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BRUCE MCCLURE:
APPARITIONS IN COMMON TIME — CHRISTMAS TREE STAND, PREAMBLE AND
PARTS I-III
(2004 - 2005)

SUN SEPT 11, 4 PM
Guild Theatre

Portland has long been known as an incubator for emerging musical talent, as the ascendance of bands like Sleater-Kinney, The Decemberists and The Shins can attest. Though partnership between musicians and filmmakers in Portland is hardly new—Jim Blashfield, Gus Van Sant, and Chris Slusarenko, to name a few, have all worked extensively in the genre—but the last year has seen an rapid increase in these collaborations. Tonight’s program showcases music videos that easily hold their own as short films in their own right, including: Sleater Kinney’s Jumpers (Matt McCormick), Bright Eyes’ At the Bottom of Everything (Cat Solen), Panther's You Don’t Want Your Nails Done (Whitey), Okkervil River’s For Real (Zak Margolis), The Thermals’ This is How We Know (Greg Brown), the Shins’ Past and Pending (Greg Brown and Matt McCormick), Ratatat’s Cherry (E*Rock), and more.

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SUNG HWAN KIM & NINA YUEN:
AN IMAGINARY RELATIONSHIP WITH OURSELVES
(PROGRAM I)

WED SEPT 14, 7:30 PM
Guild Theatre

Though the two are currently based in Amsterdam, Sung Hwan Kim (who was born in Korea) and Nina Yuen (who is from Hawaii) met in Boston. There, the two began to work both collaboratively and individually on video and performance projects while studying under artists Isaac Julien, Alfred Guzzetti, and Joan Jonas. In a few short years, the two have amassed a stunningly original body of work focusing on themselves as the subjects/performers in their pieces. Through these humorous, bizarre, and sometimes troubling vignettes they address the complexities of identity and biography, and question our notions of truth and fiction. In the first of two programs, Yuen and Kim will discuss their recent work including, HER (2003), a fictional video essay about an imaginary relationship and a war that has yet to take place; HAVE A NICE DAY PAUL F. BARRETT (2003), an inquiry into the notion of identity spurred by an elevator inspection certificate; and SO THIS IS THE PROBLEM WITH MY MOTHER (2004), a mother/daughter relationship curiously dissected on camera. (60 mins.)

(PROGRAM II)

THUR SEPT 15, 7:30 PM
Guild Theatre

Created by the collaborative team, Sung Hwan Kim and “A Lady from the Sea,” the program includes the U.S. premieres of FLAT WHITE ROUGH CUT (2004), 12 MINUTES (2005) and LECTURE AGAINST WHITE (2005). In these collaborative works, Yuen and Kim translate and transform the ideas and perspectives of one another to create a tangled portrait of the Frailty of human relationships and emotions. (60mins.)

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ALAIN BUFFARD:
MY LUNCH WITH ANNA
(2004)

SAT SEPT 17, 2 PM
SUN SEPT 18, 2 PM
Guild Theatre

When French choreographer Alain Buffard set out to create a film about the legendary American choreographer Anna Halprin, the pair staged a series of lunches on sites that were used for her performances, including Washington Square in San Francisco, the Berkeley Art Museum and Stinson Beach in Marin County. The result is a move away from the documentary form and merely a film about dance and the initiation of a dialogue between two artists of different generations and geographies. More than a performance or a film, the project is an extended interview with astonishing moments of exchange. Buffard will discuss his work following the screenings.
(52 mins.)

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HOW WE INVESTIGATE:
PORTLANDERS PONDER PERCEPTION, MOTION AND PROCREATION

SAT SEPT 17, 4 PM
SUN SEPT 18, 4 PM
Guild Theatre

“In media that ranges from 3D PowerPoint to digital photos, microscopes, personal ads, celluloid, animation, time lapse, and night vision, these artists turn deftly comment on our wierdly transformative world. Falling airplanes mutate into a fantasyland of human touch, porn magazine cutouts turn from titillating to taunting, and aliens grow cruelly alienated by their contact with Earth. Following the program of shorts Mike Wilder, PowerPoint lecturer extraordinaire, presents his newest examination of how humans perceive the world. Hold on to your 3D glasses!”—Morgan Currie, Curator. The program includes: AT THE BOTTOM OF EVERYTHING (2005) HOME SWEET LEAN-TO (2004), Shawna Ferreira; TWENTY-SIX (2004), Randall Wakerlin; GOING TO OCEAN (2001), Matt McCormick; WHERE’S MY BOYFRIEND (2005), Gretchen Hogue; HELLO, THANKS (2005), Andy Blubaugh; CONTINUUM (2004), Ryan Jeffrey; WHERE’S EDDIE (2004), Jalal Jemison; EVENTIDE (2005), Cassandra C. Jones; and SAND, FIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF VISUALIZATION: TECHNOLOGIES FROM LEEUWENHOEK TO THE MARS PROBE (2005), Mike Wilder. (90 mins.)

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