Alternative Visions

November 3, 2009 - December 1, 2009

In Comparison, December 1
© Harun Farocki, 2009

The avant-garde in your backyard: PFA’s Tuesday evening showcase brings new works by Ute Aurand, Harun Farocki, and others to Berkeley. Of related interest are Eleanor Antin’s The Man Without a World, Abraham Ravett’s Everything’s for You, Ken Jacobs’s Urban Peasants, presented in the series Jesters and Gestures: Performing Yiddish Culture from Silent Cinema to Avant-Garde Film.

Tuesday, November 3, 2009
7:30 p.m. Brief Recollections: Films by Ute Aurand
(Germany, 2004–2009). Ute Aurand in person. Three personal, poetic works by this German filmmaker explore the sensuous details of daily life and pay homage to family, friends, and mentors. (60 mins)

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
7:30 p.m. Altered States: Recent Experimental Cinema
Vincent Grenier, Jim Jennings, Vanessa O’Neill, Ben Russell, Sylvia Schedelbauer, Jonathan Schwartz, Fred Worden (U.S., 2007–2009). Vanessa O’Neill in person. New works evoke altered states, whether observing phenomena of the physical world or contemplating interior transformations. (60 mins)

Tuesday, December 1, 2009
7:30 p.m. In Comparison
Harun Farocki (Germany/Austria, 2009). Farocki’s latest film considers the brick, that foundational unit of construction, as object, metaphor, and product of labor. (61 mins)

PFA’s avant-garde showcase is curated by Kathy Geritz. The fall season of Alternative Visions is presented in conjunction with the UC Berkeley course Avant-Garde Film, taught by Jeffrey Skoller.