CINEMATEXAS' PARALLAX VIEW: THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF IMAGES TO FEATURE ALEXANDER COCKBURN, RICHARD PORTON, ROBBIE CONAL AND ERIC DROOKER
Dissident journalist Alexander Cockburn and artists/activists Eric Drooker and Robbie Conal, will present radical messages and artwork as a part of Parallax View, the political sidebar for the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival, which will run September 16th-21st. From film/video, performance, micro-radio, community initiatives, and the international grassroots arena, Parallax View highlights work that takes a critical position on contemporary political issues.
PARLLAX VIEW 2003 SCHEDULE
(ALL EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
Psychogeography: The Battle for Public Space
- September 16th-21st at Creative Research Lab (within Flatbed Press)
- Reception Sat. Sept. 21st from 6:00-8:00pm. Regular gallery hours: Tues.-Sat. 12-5 pm
Artists/activists Eric Drooker and Robbie Conal will present an exhibition of posters used in guerilla street actions to counter the psychic corruption of corporate marketing and its "legal" invasion of public space.
Can the Media Tell the Truth About Anything, Ever?
- Friday September 19th at Burdine 106 (on UT campus)
5:00-6:20pm
The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins. Directed by Geoff Bowie, A National Film Board of Canada Production. 76 min.
6:30-8:00pm
Alexander Cockburn, dissident journalist and veteran radical, will talk about the situation we find ourselves in here in the United States.
Under the Codes of Tyranny
- Saturday September 20th at FAC 21 (on UT campus)
11:00-12:00pm
Radical Subjectivity: Wilhelm Reichs Connection of Politics and Meteorology presented by Christoph Keller
12:00-12:30pm
Production Notes Directed by Jason Simon. 28 min.
1:00-2:00pm
Robbie Conal
2:00-3:00pm
Eric Drooker
*Both artists will present slides of their illustrations and speak about public art and engagement. Originals of their work will also be shown.
3:00-3:30pm
A conversation between the artists
3:30-6:00pm
Richard Porton, film critic and author of "Film and the Anarchist Imagination" will present the following films:
- Winstanley Director & Script: Kevin Brownlow & Andrew Mollo. England. 1975. 96 min. B&W
- The Liberal War Directed by Nick MacDonald. 33 min. B&W
6:00-8:00pm
Parallax View Reception at Creative Research Lab
From Globalization to War
- Sunday September 21st at FAC 21 (on UT campus)
12:00-1:00pm
CANBAZ (Turkey/2003, 81min.) Micah Magee presents a 20 min. preview and discussion: Turkish Politics in East Anatolia "If you can't shoot 'em, drown 'em."
1:00-1:30pm
We Interrupt This Empire... presented by David Martinez, is a collaborative work by Video Activist Network, many of the Bay Area's independent video activists, which documents the direct actions that shut down the financial district of San Francisco in the weeks following the United States' invasion of Iraq. 30 min.
1:30-2:00pm
Notes From the Resistance video footage from the first intifada presented by Julianna Fredman and Dan O'Reilly-Rowe
2:00-3:15pm
The 4th World War by the directors of This is What Democracy Looks Like and Zapatista. Big Noise's new opus is a tour of the world to find the world in which all worlds exist. 70 min.
3:15-4:00pm
Parallax will screen footage collected from the Fifth World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference held in Cancún, Mexico from September 10th-14th 2003, The screening will be followed by open forum discussions with activists that participated in the protests.
For more info on Parallax Featured Guests, see Festival 2003 and scroll down to Parallax
View: The Political Economy of Images.
September 19th at Burdine 106
September 20th and 21st at FAC 21
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