ART SEEN

80 mins

ART SEEN

November 10, 2016 7:30 pm Not Available

Description

The ART SEEN section of the Nitehawk Shorts Festival explores the relationship between art and film in the cinema. The program features new documentaries on Ed Ruscha and Vito Acconci as well as narrative shorts and artist films.

Thursday, November 10 at 7:30pm. Q&A with filmmakers.

Part of Nitehawk Cinema’s signature series ART SEEN. Programmed by Caryn Coleman (Nitehawk Cinema).

In This Program

MY HOLY GHOST

Megan Clement / USA / 2016 / Video Essay / 4 1/2 mins
A video essay inspired by INFINITE JEST about the difference between art and the artist.
SOFT FLOOR, HARD FILM: 50 YEARS OF THE LONDON FILM-MAKERS CO-OP

Matthew Noel-Tod / United Kingdom / 2016 / Documentary / 10 mins
A frieze video that looks back on 50 years of the London Film-makers Co-op, a group that played a crucial role in establishing moving image as an art form in the UK and internationally.
WASTED BEAUTY

Martin Paves / USA / 2016 / Art, Narrative / 16 mins
Refusing to give up on her dreams, a beautiful young girl who at first glance could be Hollywood's next ingenue, finds herself on the streets where her life hits an unimaginable low.
REMIND THEM

Andrea McGinty / USA / 2016 / 1 mins
REMIND THEM gives new life to poetic text borrowed from McGinty’s twitter account layered over stock footage of a violent lightning storm...
WHERE WE ARE NOW (WHO ARE WE ANYWAY?)

Zachary Heinzerling / USA / 2016 / Documentary / 11 mins
Titled after one of Vito Acconci's iconic artworks, WHERE WE ARE NOW (WHO ARE WE ANYWAY?) is a new short film by director Zachary Heinzerling that follows Vito and Maria Acconci, and Klaus Biesenbach in the days prior to the opening of his solo exhibition of early works at MoMA PS1.
THE LATECOMER

Albert Choi / USA / 2015 / Narrative / 7 mins
A visit from an old friend.
OBJECT CINEMA

Darren Banks / United Kingdom / 2015 / Artist Film / 5 1/2 mins
Inspired by "Who Goes There?", a short story written in 1932 by John W. Campbell, this artist film about the many iterations of THE THING is a moving film sculpture without beginning or end.
ED RUSCHA: BUILDINGS AND WORDS

Felipe Lima / USA / 2016 / Documentary / 7 1/2 mins
Commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles on the occasion of their 2016 gala event in tribute to Ed Ruscha and his 60 years of contribution to the arts.
PREMIUM

Ed Ruscha / USA / 1971 / Artist Film, Narrative / 24 mins
Featuring perhaps one of the greatest appearances by salad in art history, Ed Ruscha's short film stars fellow L.A. art icon Larry Bell on a hilarious and absurd late-night adventure. Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery.