Friday, August 29, 2008. 8PM $6

ZOMBIES OF EUREKA

Taking advantage of Humboldt County's dynamic local music scene, filmmaker Jon Olsen spent two and a half years shooting music videos for indie rock bands in the remote northern town of Eureka, California.  The fifteen completed videos have one thing in common: zombies! 

With a thin narrative premise loosely based on actual events (the unaccountable disappearance of uranium fuel rods from Humboldt County's deactivated nuclear power plant) the videos in Zombies of Eureka combine, Voltron-style, into an epically low-fi apocalyptic musical motion-picture event.  In fact, Zombies of Eureka may just be THE underground musical motion-picture event of the year. 

Featured bands include The Ian Fays (recently transplanted to the San Francisco music scene), The Invasions, The Buffy Swayze, The Monster Women, Dynamite Sweater, The Ravens, The Professional Superheroes, and Von Richter. 

Also playing:

A.D.D. Generation, Directed by Von Richter

A.D.D. Generation is a gleefully subversive aggregate of video absurdity lampooning a plethora of cultural chestnuts and fads, including religion, YouTube, hippies, and the recent tiger attacks at the San Francisco Zoo. 

Saturday, August 30, 2008. 8PM $6

"Activism through Documentary Film"

Mental-Rev Productions is dedicated to the production of edgy, visceral documentary that challenges American indoctrination and motivates people into action.  Join us as we show a series of short films- followed by an early screening of "Struggle" and the premiere of "Equality".  All of which are followed by a discussion with those involved in the making of.

"Struggle" is a street level view of the broad conspiracy enacted in 2004 to ensure George W. Bush maintain control of the White House. This time the focus is on how the swing state Ohio was won by fraudulent and criminal activity.  We view the entire 2004 "election" process as an exercise in maintaining Social Control.  By examining this period of history, without the assistance of mainstream media but as grass roots journalists, we not only unmask a conspiracy that shames Water Gate, but also get a feel for the daily pressures the American Social Structure enacts upon its more oppressed citizens and residents.

"Equality" begins as a class project to gauge people's opinions on the issue of gay marriage. Quickly the film finds itself amidst the efforts of opposing movements to deny or access marriage rights for same sex couples.  May 2008: a monumental supreme court decision in California opened the door for same sex couples to gain legal marriage rights under state law. June 2008: Gay and Lesbian couples arrive at City Hall's and alters around the country to have their marriages recognized by the state November 2008: an election which includes Proposition 8- an amendment to California's State Constitution that would explicitly remove the legal recognition of a Gay or Lesbian couple's marriage is on the ballot.

Video is our tool of choice in the fight for radical social change, Power to the People.

For more check out www.mentalrev.com

Tuesday, August 19, 2008. 8PM $6

Ismael Saavedra 's "Jiwasa"

You, I, nosotros, todos, a musical journey through Bolivian Identity

Ismael Saavedra in person

Through an experimental montage of captivating images former political prisoner, lawyer, rocker, professor, pilot, and most importantly, filmmaker, Ismael Saavedra offers a fresh look at Bolivia's political transformation and his own personal story of coming to terms with torture and political persecution.

Ismael Saavedra's experience and knowledge of his native Bolivia were formed through his careers first as an Air Force pilot, then as a student of law and law professor, and eventually through his film career. Mr. Saavedra received his Bachelor's degree in Law at the University of San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia in 1977 where he went on to receive his doctorate in Political Science and Law in 1980. After leaving Bolivia in 1980, Mr. Saavedra committed himself to his work in ethnographic and documentary film production. Among his many film credits, he worked as editor/co-editor of Panama Deception (Academy Award, 1992), The Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo (Academy Award nomination, 1984), Chuquiago (a classic Bolivian ethnographic film, 1976), and Landscapes of Memory (prizes at Sundance and Berlin Film Festivals, 1997). In addition to his work as a documentary editor, Mr. Saavedra is Academic Director for the School for International Training's study abroad program in Cochabamba, Bolivia. In 2006 he launched SIT's Lens on Latin America, a summer program for college students that focuses on video production in the Latin American context.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008. 7pm Door, 8PM screening $6

The Revival House Classic Queer Cinema

"Bijou" & "Bayside".

On Wednesday, August 20th The Revival House continues it's two-part hardcore program with an exploration into the sexual underground of 70's New York with two pieces by the innovative and visionary filmmaker Wakefield Poole: "Bijou" and "Bayside".    Frustrated by the bleak offerings of male erotic film in the late 60's & early 70's, and secure in the knowledge that he could do better, Wakefield Poole went on to create two seminal masterpieces of gay porn - "Boys in the Sand" and "Bijou" (U.S.A., 1972).

"Bijou" is a true classic which reimagines a kind of Alice in Wonderland fantasy trip with a hunky, N.Y. construction worker with an impressive endowement (really impressive!) in the "Alice" role, and a psychadelic, underground sex club standing in for "Wonderland". Often overlooked in favor of the Casey Donovan vehicle, "Boys in the Sand", "Bijou" is innovative filmmaking at its best - a feast for the eyes and the libido. Keep an eye out for a cameo appearance by BillCable (a.k.a. "Stoner" of COLT fame).     

"Bayside" (U.S.A., 1971) The first, and most compelling, installment of the three-part "Boys in the Sand". Starring Casey Donovan, this groundbreaking film was the first "all-male" movie to be reviewed by Variety and set the bar for future queer filmmakers seeking to merge high art and hardcore sex.

The Revival House is located in the Mission District at A.T.A. (Artists Television Access), 992 Valencia Street (@ 21st). We present classic, queer cinema on the 3rd Wednesday of every month. Doors open at 7:00, screening begins at 8:00. Admission is $6.00.

Thursday, August 21, 2008. 8PM $5

OpenScreening

LIFE

The theme for this month is LIFE and you can relate it in anyway.  e.g.     alterna-lifestyles/afterlives/internet life/ coming of age/changes (in your body?)/cosmos/gym memberships/culture shock/whatevs

Not a filmmaker? Come and hang out with us anyway. Enjoy the atmosphere, the art, the movies, the people, the refreshments

Submissions: Label all tapes w/ name, contact, title and length. Mail to: Openscreening, 992 Valencia, SF, 94110 1-2 week advance submissions strongly recommended. If not. . . it is all good. Max length: 15 min. Formats: DVD, miniDV/DVcam, VHS, beta, 8mm and 16mm All genres.

More Info: contact Matt & Richard at ataopenscreening@atasite.org

 ATA's open screening is the only monthly open submissions screening in the Bay Area. Get your work out there! Get feedback! Or just come and take it all in! One hour of shorts are accepted monthly on an open revolving basis, anything goes with the screened work, and the refreshments are pretty good too. $5, FREE admission for contributing artists. Door:7:30pm Projector: 8pm

Friday, August 22, 2008. 8PM $6

SHUTDOWN:

The Rise and Fall of Direct Action to Stop the War

This program includes:
1. First Casualty by Iraq Veterans Against the War 6 mins.
2. Interrogation by Nasser Rahmani Nejad 4 mins.
3. The Other Side of the Wall by Nasser Rahmani Nejad 5 mins.
4. With Us or Against Us by Sarina Khan Reddy 5 mins.
5. The Great Game: New World Order? by Sarina Khan Reddy 1:35 mins

In the winter of 2003, as the US was building up to attack Iraq, people around the world responded with a series of the largest protests in history.

In San Francisco, the response to the US's illegal and brutal attack was a mass uprising that forced the police to declare the financial district "shut down" the day after the war started.

Orchestrated by Direct Action to Stop the War (DASW), 20,000 people clogged the streets of downtown San Francisco with everything from brass bands and bicycles to mourning mothers and large-scale lockdowns, stopping business as usual. But neither the uprising nor DASW outlasted the occupation.

Created by organizers from within DASW, SHUTDOWN goes behind the scenes for a look at some of the difficulties and pitfalls of mass organizing, direct action and building a movement that lasts. 45 mins. Directed by Beca Lafore, Helia Rasti & Jonathan Stribling-Uss

Plus :

First Casualty by Iraq Veterans Against the War: Documents the direct action in Times Square, NYC by IVAW, with vets dressed in gear "detaining" volunteers, throwing them to the ground and taking them away. Interspersed with interviews with vets about their opinions about the war and their experiences on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Interrogation by Nasser Rahmani Nejad: An emotional and chilling portrayal of interrogation as a political prisoner.

The Other Side of the Wall by Nasser Rahmani Nejad: The horrors of war are portrayed in stark contrast to the glory of war through
images of war, The Vietnam War Memorial and Iris Dement lyrics.

With Us or Against Us by Sarina Khan Reddy: An artful investigation into the difference between Freedom Fighters and Terrorists,
depending on US foreign policy needs at the time.

The Great Game: New World Order? by Sarina Khan Reddy: explores colonization embodied in globalization, the current glorification of US war technology, the past glory of the British Empire and the glamorization of the 3rd Reich as expressed in Nazi propaganda film.

Saturday, August 23, 2008. 8PM $6-$10

STRANGE LIGHT

Paul Clipson-Jefre Cantu-Ledesma-Jim Haynes

Jim Haynes and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma perform live to two new Super 8mm films by S.F. filmmaker Paul Clipson, including figurative and abstract footage filmed over the summer in Moscow , St. Petersburg and Paris.

STRANGE LIGHT
  
Jim Haynes and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma perform live to two new Super 8mm films by S.F. filmmaker Paul Clipson, including figurative and abstract footage filmed over the summer in Moscow , St. Petersburg and Paris.
  
"San Francisco-based composer and multimedia installation artist Jim Haynes quite vividly describes his methodology as one of "rust"; to rust, that is, as a verb. Certainly the sonic equivalents to rust, decay and dereliction are at the heart of his sound art...The overall effect might make one think of some vast industrial zone slipping slowly into the organic processes of a primeval swamp, or of oceans rising slowly and gently in a gray, destructive - yet oddly alluring - haze." -Dusted Magazine
  
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma is a founding member of the band Tarentel and has been releasing long form work using string and wind instruments under his own name for the last few years. His work has been described by Aquarius records as everything from " stretched out and darkly glistening deep resonant tones" to " glowing tongues of distorted flame."

Paul Clipson's Super 8mm films are shot and largely edited "in-camera", in an improvised manner that brings to light subconscious preoccupations in the hope of allowing for un-thought, unexpected visual elements to reveal themselves. He works in Super 8mm, 16mm and video, often in collaboration with experimental music and sound artists, exhibiting his work in live performance, screenings and installation.

Sunday, August 24, 2008. 8PM $6

ABSTRACTION - LIGHT & SOUND

Music by: SUZAKU from Tokyo. All-girl, raw energy Rock and Roll. Featuring Japanese actress and music star SATORU on lead guitar.

Plus THE NIGIRI COMBO

Between 1860 and 1920 the Black residents of hundreds of U.S. cities, towns and entire counties were expelled from their homes. "Banished" vividly recovers the too-quickly forgotten history of racist "ethnic cleansing," when thousands of African Americans were driven from their communities by violent, racist mobs.

"Banished" raises the larger question:  Will the United States ever make meaningful reparations for the human rights abuses suffered, then and now, against its African American citizens? Can the long and terrible history of racism and national oppression be overcome without them? 2007, 84 min.

Friday, August 15, 2008. 8PM $6

IMPROVISED MUSIC - live and on video

Saturday, August 16, 2008. 8PM $6

Grizzly Road

Directed by Sabrina Alonso (in person)

It is estimated that 10,000 grizzly bears once roamed the ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Golden State. But in just 30 short years, the California Grizzly was on the brink of extinction, and in 1908, the last wild grizzly was recorded to have been shot. The call of Manifest Destiny for westward expansion sealed the great Grizzly Bear's Fate…and with it, an eternal mythologizing of its past.

Historical figures like Grizzly Adams and William Randolph Hearst directly shaped our views of the grizzly bear, and so did the "inevitable" expansion of the United States. Monarch, a grizzly bear captured by Hearst sat in in captivity for 22 years. Shortly after Monarch's demise as the last known living grizzly in California, Ishi, the last member of the Yahi tribe, was discovered in Oroville. The destiny of both intersected in Golden Gate Park, where their own extinction was witnessed and recorded…foreshadowing modern man's future collision course with his manufactured landscape.

"Grizzly Road" is a feature documentary exploring the California Grizzly's unfortunate fate with Manifest Destiny. By exploring the historical treatment of the bear, our own subsequent landscape of the future is revealed.

Directed by Sabrina Alonso, "Grizzly Road" is a visual essay using the landscape of California with archival photographs, and paintings and film footage from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

The music is originally scored by Lauren Wooley as well as additional music from Corner Tour and the Darklings.

Sunday, August 17, 2008. 8PM $6

The Last Hurrah of the Clementines

Presented by The Missoula Oblongata

Late one night, a stranger knocks at the door of the Clementine residence (and laboratory…).  Industriously sending eggs into outer space, sharpening knives, and engaging in higher mathematics, Mr. and Mrs. Clementine are suddenly called to live up to their vow: "We will harbor any fugitive, and ask questions later."

When later finally arrives, these questions may include: 'Will Mr. Clementine retire?'; 'When did Mrs. Clementine know she would never play sports professionally?'; And most importantly:  'Is the fortune-cookie delivery-woman at the door really who she seems?'

The Missoula Oblongata is an experimental theater company dedicated to creating and touring original work that defies the conventions and constrictions of conventional contemporary theatre. The company's DIY approach to lighting, sound, and set creation combines refined performances with artfully assembled "found" design schemes which, in the words of The Edmonton Sun, "…transform the stage into a place of magic."

This summer, The Missoula Oblongata premieres 'The Last Hurrah of the Clementines', an original play by Madeline ffitch and Donna Sellinger, with a live musical score by Travis Sehorn of the band Pebblelight.

'The Last Hurrah of the Clementines'  will tour to the Berkshire Fringe Festival, Bedlam Theater in Minneapolis, Puppet Uprising in Philadelphia, and Baltimore's Whartscape and Artscape, before making its way west!

Artists' Television Access' Year-end Party and Benefit

Join us for a night of magic and mystery at the ATA Electric Revival
year-end party, as we invoke the wild spirit of invention and channel
dreams and delusions from the ether through various forms of technology...

Friday, December 7, 2007

8pm - Midnight, Admission $10-50.

All proceeds benefit ATA!

Artists' Television Access

992 Valencia Street (at 21st)

San Francisco, CA 94110

In the main gallery:

• DayV Jones, videollusionist extraordinaire, dazzles the house with
  images from his moving picture trove


• DJX-1138, the Bay Area's only all-analog sci-fi DJ, electrifies the
  atmosphere with his collection of far out tunes


• Lee Montgomery, founder of Neighborhood Public Radio, conjures old
  spectres in a new video installation, from the project "Broadcast
  Version"

Downstairs in the inner sanctum:

• Craig Baldwin, legendary mad cinema scientist, shares celluloid gems
  from the Other Cinema archive in his subterranean laboratory


• Low Speed Duplicating, free-spirited Japanese sound duo, beckon spirits
  from the earth with savage and sublime psychedelic noise

Catering provided by Lunch-In

New ATA Membership Program

This year when you donate to ATA, you not
only receive exciting gifts, including the 2007 DVD and CD compilations,
T-shirts and wall calendars, but you also become a member with access
to members-only benefits throughout 2008. Find out more and become a member!

2007 ATA DVD Compilation

Watch
the trailer (2mins 40sec) | Download (right-click to save video, 57MB))

False Friends, by Sylvia Schedelbauer

Get Good by Francois Marry and Rozi Plain

Paradise Drift by Martin Hansen

Hadacol Christmas by Brent Green

Death of Astro by Doug Katelus

A Dirndl, a
Poodle, a Trauma by Kerstin Honeit and Emma Cattell

Happiness: The Movie by Dikkert Grigoriy and
Lenka Kabankova

I Know What Girls Like by Men of Sport featuring Torsten
Kretchzmar

Echo Park by Paul Clipson

ATA Wall Calendar for 2008

Kenneth Lo

Paz de la Calzada

Deric Carner

James Reeder

Casey Logan

Stephen Slappe

Chad Stayrook

Kari Thorne

R.A. McBride

Shae Green

Ramekon O'Arwisters

Rebecca Frediani

a pyschogeographical exploration of everyday spatial practice