Ann Arbor

Here are a few things I learned on my trip to the 47th Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival. If you're ever in Ann Arbor you might want to remember these handy tidbits:

-Balconies are better.
-Women with dice for bracelets can be mean.
-Free drinks are better than balconies.
-Don Hertzfeldt is a dick.
-When up north in "springtime", bring socks.
-Drinks from a backpack on a balcony are the best.
-Hot dog stands sell lobster bisque.
-Mark Hosler is not a dick.
-If your projector breaks mid-Festival, rent a new one.
-Don't eat the lobster bisque.


Here's the real review:

This past week a group of us set out to take part in the Ann Arbor Film Festival, an aptly titled fest that focuses on experimental works from around the world. Highlights of the festival in order of appearance:

-Western Spaghetti by PES
-Clear Glasses by Sam Green
-P.R. by Bryan Leister
-Adventures In Illegal Art presentation by Mark Hosler
-Operated By Invisible Hands by Nicole Brending
-Steeling Magnolias by Juan Carlos Saizarbioria & Patrick Hasson
-The Bond by Michael T. Connell
-La Battue by Guy Edion
-I Live In The Woods by Max Winston
-Permutation by Viktoriya Gruzdyn & Katerina Friday
-Love Child by Daniel Wirtberg
-My Happy End by Milen Vitanov
-Automorphosis by Harrod Blank
-Marilyn Times Five by Bruce Conner with Arline Hunter
-RiP: A Remix Manifesto by Brett Gaylor
-O'er the Land by Deborah Stratman

If you get a chance to see any of these I highly recommend you seize the opportunity, you won't regret it. Overall it was an insane week full of great films, technical difficulties, parties, yelling in the theater, and parties. One thing that bothered me all week long was the unbelievably bad programming. Placing things in order by color and shape works with geometric, colored blocks meant for children, but it shouldn't be applied to organizing works of art for public viewing. By putting films that were stylistically similar in the same program, the festival directors ensured that audience members could not give the necessary respect and attention to each piece. This was especially true in screenings dedicated to the abstract or meditative. Griping aside, I had an amazing trip. The "student summit" gave us a chance to see what is going on in some more film based programs and it also reiterated the huge lack of real arts funding we have here at UTSA. GO RUNNERS! So, go to Ann Arbor next year if you have to chance, and don't go to UTSA if you have the chance.

Luminaria

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Project #2

In conjunction with the Delumination's second installment, I will be offering handmade goods to people for no cost. VHS tape mash-ups with limited edition covers, buttons, stickers, posters, drawings etc. Some of these items will be made by me and others.