PERFORMANCE and NOT (Bayennale screening)

Thu, Aug 4
8:00pm
$5

A collection of uncanny video shorts from around the globe.
Program:
Run Yourself For President, 2004, USA, (trt: 3:20 min.).
A pro bono public performance by local Bayarea artists Lowell Darling =20=

in Berlin, Germany.

Videoworks by Mladen Stropmik, Slovenia. Through several short pieces =20=

a glimpse of everyday absurdity unfolds. Including one music video. =20
"B2" (16 sec), "f3" (27 sec), "fgm" (3:21 minutes), "gij3" (5 sec), =20
"infuzija" (13 sec), "pa ne me jebat" (1:30 minutes), "party" (29 =20
sec), "rook" (7 sec).

Videoworks by Niklas Goldbach, 2002-2003, Germany (trt: 10:50 min). =20
Inspired by Voyager's greetings to the universe, Niklas Goldbach =20
takes us on a journey through greetings in 63 different languages.
Also: Ceasefire (trt: 4:20 min)
Loewenhardt - Looping music video (trt: 4:16 min).

Exerpts from "The Acidhouse Kabaret" (trt: 3:32) and "The Enchanted =20
Boy" (trt: 3:20) by Tania Llinares, Germany.

"Peace Activists vs. Israeli Tank", 2002. A six minute long video =20
clip that has the struggle on the ground as its main focus, features =20
a group of peace activists trying to hinder the progress of an =20
Israeli tank in the occupied territories. The footage is kept raw and =20=

unedited, accompanied by monotonous electronic music. Aside from this =20=

dramatic stand-off "Peace Activists vs. Israeli Tank" gets its =20
strength from its recontextualization of what we normally understand =20
as news footage. The venue, the display, the soundtrack, and the =20
sheer duration of the piece all play a part in concocting a drama =20
unlike anything we've ever seen on television. (trt: 6.00 min).

"The 20th Century on Visit in the 21st" (trt: 1:33) artist unknown.

"Hero" a video installation by Jessica Lapino (trt: 3:20).

"A.A.A.B.A.M Upstairs". Upstairs Gallery, Clerkenwell, EC1 27th =20
February 2005 A.A.A.B.A.M Representative, Calum F. Kerr Footage by =20
Carina Thor=E9n (trt: 2:00).

And morehelliphellip

The 2005 Bayennale is slated to take place in over 40 venues =20
throughout the Bay Area July 22- August 7, 2005. The festival was =20
instigated by California artist Lowell Darling and London artist Bill =20=

Allen, and has been organized by a volunteer committee comprised of =20
Port of Oakland Public Art Committee (PAC) coordinator Geoff Dorn, =20
PAC members Gregory Wiley Edwards, Jen Loy and Juan Carlos Quintana, =20
BorderZone Arts' Tressa Berman, and Oakland Cultural Affairs =20
Commissioner Devin Satterfield, under the direction of Elisabeth Beaird.

Venue:

Artists' Television Access
992 Valencia Street @ 21st
San Francisco
(415) 824-3890
http://www.atasite.org

Additional Info:

http://www.bayennale.com