I Am So Into You
Favorite Selections from Five Years of the Small Change Film Screening Series
2004 to 2009
November 21, 2009
7pm
We’re excited to bring fellow Philadelphia curators from Small Change to the Flickering Light!
In February of 2004 the Small Change film screening started with the mission of bringing underground contemporary experimental films and videos to Philadelphia. For the past five years we have curated programs and hosted touring filmmakers from around the US and abroad in a range of venues including art galleries, warehouses, parks, funeral parlors, and rollerskating rinks.
In 2008 and 2009 we hit the road and took work by Philadelphia-based experimental filmmakers on tour through the US and Canada. This program comprises a wide range of some of our most favorite works that we’ve exhibited in the past five years. This is a rare opportunity to see these amazing films and videos; many of which are not available otherwise. We are so into them and we are so into you.
“La Ardilla” by: Jim Finn. 2:00. video. The lovestruck filmmaker courts a skittish amour.
“Where’s My Boyfriend” by Gretchen Hogue 2:00 video. 2005 A biological clock explosion! Penises and Fetuses…. this one’s for the ladies. Can you hear the ticking?
“The First Day is the Hardest” by: Brett Neiman 6:00 video. 2006 Built around a recording made by a then 12-year old kid named Derrick Freeman, who made audio tapes while in middle school (circa 1987) to listen to while he slept, in hopes of hypnotizing himself into having what most middle-school aged boys wish for: less acne, less awkwardness, and the girl of his dreams.
“Private Movie” by: Naomi Uman 16mm. 2000 This love story in three parts recounts the amorous journeys of one woman, in love with places, pets, men and nostalgia.
“Strongest Man” by: Jeremy Bailey 4:32. 2003 The artist turns the camera on himself. Things get sexy.
“Taco Monde” by: Phillipe Blanchard 2:30 video. 2004 An animated, absurdist exploration of North American popular culture and fast food. It deals ironically with themes like sensory overload and the obsession for interactivity. Made for the 5th anniversary of the Bookmobile Project.
“The Strip Mall Trilogy” by: Roger Beebe 9:00 super 8mm on video. 2002 A look straight into the heart of the most postmodern of architectural forms, the strip mall, shot in a mile-long parking lot that could be Anywhere, USA. “He has actually managed to bust apart the mind-controlling code of relentlessly commercial space and reconfigure it into a landscape of beautiful colors and forms. It is a remarkable piece of Super 8 alchemy.” –David Finkelstein, Film Threat
“Hong Kong (HKG)” by: Gerard Holthuis 14:00. 35mm on video. 1999 Holthuis films the approach and the passing by of the airplanes in the middle of a city. An observation at the end of this century. Music by David Byrne.
“The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal” by: Matt McCormick 15:00. 16mm/video 2001
Emerging from the human psyche and showing characteristics of abstract expressionism, minimalism and Russian constructivism, graffiti removal has secured its place in the history of modern art while being created by artists who are unconscious of their artistic achievements.
“Buffalo Common” by: Bill Brown 20:00. 16mm 2001 Bill Brown is one of our most favorite filmmakers. In this film Bill travels to North Dakota researching the psyches of the townsfolk who lived among armed missile silos for thirty-five years. In ’99 half of them were decommisioned. Bill’s stream of consciousness narration takes the road from the landscape into the off-ramp of the national psyche.
“Eventide” by: Cassandra C. Jones. 5:00. video 2004 Made from 1,391 found photographs of the sunset this film is a re-animation and a global collaboration. The photographs that are included in Eventide came from around the world and are taken by different photographers, mostly amateur. I collect them from friends, family, colleagues, acquaintances, strangers, image banks, photo exchanges, thrift stores, libraries, private collections, want adds, eBay and the public domain archives of the US Army, NOAA and NASA.
