Media Remix

Fri, Sep 16
7:30pm-9:30pm
$7-$20

Filmmakers reinterpret media to create humorous, touching,
politically relevant works. Featuring Ice/Sea Vivian Ostrovsky's
latest tour-de-force combines her signature style of montage cinema-
mixing found footage with her own shot footage. Ice/Sea offers a
hyperactive and hilarious seaside romp from Patagonia to Odessa, Rio
to Viet Nam, and elsewhere. The rollicking at a channel-surfing pace
proves experimental cinema can have a joyous edge and a sense of
humor. The soundtrack has an ingenious tidal flow of found and
created sound that propels this rambling document of sheer, sandy
fun. Ostrovsky, who grew up in Rio de Janeiro, has captured the
essence of how life is a beach-the commingling of families, couples
and playmates, the languorous sun-worshiping repose, the irresistible
compulsion for leering, the cavalcade of characters, and the
surprises beyond the inevitable sand-in-your-suit. The celebrated
avant-gardist has wryly advised, "Wear your flip flops." Watch for a
cameo appearance by fellow filmmaker Ulriche Ottinger. boop-oop-a-
doop In her observation of daily life, Sachiko Hayashi plays with
three elements: the creation of identity, media culture, and our own
desire to be somebody else. By focusing on two prominent figures in
mass media culture, Marilyn Monroe and Betty Boop, the video
demonstrates how these three elements intermingle. Periodical (Sarah
Christman) It's June 2004 and the cicadas are ascending after their
17-year hibernation. Meanwhile, Ronald Reagan dies, Smarty Jones
loses his big race, and the war plods on. Using various animation
techniques, this is one woman's frame-by-frame account of a very hot
week.

Venue:

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

This venue is at Valencia and 21st Street. Take Bart to 24th Street.
Or Mission or Valencia buses to 21 Street.

Additional Info:

415 436-9523
http://www.madcatfilmfestival.org