Calendar
WATER AND POWER DVD: the long anticipated DVD release of Pat O'Neill's "Water and Power," a 2008 Library of Congress National Film Registry inductee and 1989 Sundance winner. Restored digital remaster in stereo for the first time. Includes the additional track 'Easyout.'
SEVEN THREE SIX TWO DVD: featuring six early film works: By the Sea (1963) B&W, sound; Bump City (1964) color, sound; Seven Three Six Two (1968) color, sound; The Last of the Persimmons (1973) color, sound; Easyout (1973) Color, Sound; Sleeping Dogs (Never Lie) (1978) B&W, color, sound.
NEW BOOK:
Young, Paul and Duncan, Paul (Ed.). Art Cinema. Taschen, 2009.
Earle, David P. The Open Daybook, Random House, 2010.
Art Catalogues will be hosting a book release event at the LACMA on Sunday, December 5th, 4 - 6pm.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Site As Symbol, curated by Survey West Collaborative, Fellows of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA.
April 9 - June 4, 2011 | Opening reception: Sat. April 9, 6 - 9pm
Exhibition includes a new sculpture and video: 'Thornhill Spring in Garfield Fall'
Fellows of Contemporary Art
970 N Broadway # 208
Los Angeles, CA 90012-1784
(213) 808-1008
http://www.focala.org/
Panel Discussion in conjunction with MOCA:
Remnants of the Avant Garde: Experimental Films
Tuesday, April 19, 7 pm
Ray Kurtzman Theater at Creative Artists Agency (CAA)
Join us for a panel discussion organized by MOCA Contempories and moderated by Adam Hyman of LA Film Forum. Panelist will include experimental filmmaker Pat O'Neill, Mark Andrews of the production house Digital Kitchen, and filmmaker Penelope Spheeris.
INFO 213.633.5348
Tickets $40 per person; all proceeds benefit MOCA
Evening of Projections, in conjunction with "Site As Symbol" featuring new video videos by Pat O'Neill at Pat's Pasadena Studio.
Sunday May 1st, 2011 | 3 - 6 pm | Limited seating, RSVP to foca@focala.org
Screening: 'Trouble in the Image' and two new videos: 'Cone' & 'Thorn Hill Spring in Garfield Fall'
Optical Architect: An Evening with Pat O'Neill at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Hollywood, CA
Hosted by Academy Film Scholar David E. James.
April 21st, 2011 - 8pm, doors open at 7pm
Featuring an onstage conversation with Pat O'Neill, followed by the premiere of a newly preserved print of 'Water and Power' (1989) from the Academy Film Achives.
For more informatin and tickets visit oscars.org
Watching Abstraction in Hollywood: The Work of Pat O'Neill
April 21 - June 21, 2011 in the foyer of the Linwood Dunn Theater
Admission is free. Public viewing hours are Sat and Sun from noon to 6 pm and whenever public programs are held at the Linwood Dunn Theater.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
1313 Vine Street
Hollywood, CA 90028
RECENT PRESS:
Dargis, Manohla. ‘Hitchcock Would’ve Had a Web Site,’ NYTimes, November 24, 2010 (reproduction)
James, David E. 'Imposing Technologies," Artforum, May 2010, pp. 103-104 (reproductions)
Harvey, Doug. 'Movies Gone Bad,' LA Weekly, May 7 - 13, 2010, p. 40 (reproduction)
'50 Best Films of the Decade' & Top 50 Filmmakers,' Film Comment, May-June 2010, pp. 14 -15
Muenzer, David. 'Art in Chinatown north - the Good, the Bad and the Slippery,' The Artblog, March 12, 2010 (reproduction)
Tucker, Theodore. 'Border Crossings,' Machete, Vol. 1 No. 7 April 2010 (reproduction)
PAST EVENTS:
'Crises 2 Films'
De Cinema Experimental Dans Les Collections Cinedoc/Paris Films Coop
Au Centre Georges Pompidou
Les 19, 20, et 21 Novembre 2010
www.cinedoc.org/index_en.asp
Los Angeles Film Forum presents:
Symposium on Postwar Experiental Film at USC, November 12 - 14, 2010
http://lafilmforum.org/index/Symposium.html
'21st Century Limited' series, co-curated by Mark McElhatten and Gavin Smith of the 'Views from the Avant Garde' festival at Film Society at Lincoln Center
www.filmlinc.com
July 18 - time TBA
Film screening: Horizontal Boundaries
Exhibition at Screening Philadelphia, PA featuring Horizontal Boundaries
March 5 - May 2, 2010
Film screening at RedCat organized by Steve Anker, Los Angeles, CA
May 10, 2010 - time TBA
LA Debut of new video works: Open the Window, Hold out My Hands, Starting to Go Bad
Film screening: Horizontal Boundaries
Film Screening at Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
February 24, 2010
Screening: The Decay of Fiction
University of Colorado, Bouldor, CO
March 1, 2010 - time TBA
Pat O'Neill will give a Q&A after the film.
"Crises de Films: 35th Anniversary of Cinema of the collections of Cinedoc/Paris Film Coop," Centre Pompidou, Paris
November 27 - 19, 2009
Screening: Horizontal Boundaries, Bump City, and Foregrounds
The 21st Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival, Chicago, IL
June 18 – 21, 2009
Screening Horizontal Boundaries
Seattle International Film Festival, Seattle, WA
May 21 – June 14, 2009
Screening Horizontal Boundaries
University of Chicago: DOC Films, Chicago, IL
May 22, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Screening The Decay of Fiction
Pat O'Neill will give a Q&A after the film.
Jeonju International Film Festival, Seoul, South Korea
April 30 – May 8, 2009
Screening Horizontal Boundaries
Wisconsin Film Festival, Madison, WI
April 2 – 5, 2009
Screening Horizontal Boundaries
Cornell University Cinema, Ithaca, NY
April 2009
Screening Horizontal Boundaries
Ann Arbor Film Festival, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
March 24 – 29, 2009
Screening Horizontal Boundaries
Rotterdam Film Festival, Rotterdam
January 27 – February 7, 2009
Screening Horizontal Boundaries
Sundance Film Festival, UT
January 15 – 25, 2009
Screening Horizontal Boundaries
Viennale, Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna
October 17 – 29, 2008
Screening Horizontal Boundaries
Water and Power chosen for the Library of Congress National Film Registry, 2008