Columbia College MFA Music Composition for
the Screen students accompanying silent films from the
late 19th/20th century $5 donation
THE ACTUALITY SHOW
Fundamentals of Cinema in Tracking Shots, Nature and
Kissing (1893 - 1905).
With live musical accompaniment by students of
Columbia College's MFA Music Composition for the
Screen program.
'Actuality film': the crude, unorganized footage of a
real place, event, thing, etc., generally referring to
the first decade of cinema's creation, when filmmakers
weren't filmmakers but "operators" who captured nature
and the modern world using hand-cranked cameras.
Hovering between the mundane (workers leaving a
factory) and the extraordinary (President McKinley
makes a personal appearance), these fragments often
reveal inadvertent truths about the manipulations
inherent to both documentary and fiction filmmaking.
Actualities are thought of as static, grainy, boring,
primitive (Gorky's "Kingdom of Shadows"); taking a
closer look, they contain the ambition of a modern
cinema that finds virtue in the simple observation of
the world's splendor (contemporary masters such as Hou
Hsiao-hsien and Abbas Kiarostami come to mind).
THE ACTUALITY SHOW takes a look at three phenomenon of
actualities from 1893- 1905: the invention of the
tracking shot by mounting cameras to trains and other
movable machinery; the unpredictable, astonishing
presence of nature and wildlife that found its way
into the early cinema frame as a testament to the
power of documentary; and the human kiss as an
electrifying presentiment of the potential of a new
art form to inspire love and change.
Original music composed and performed by:
Elon Arbiture
Jordan Balagot
Duncan Blickenstaff
Joseph Cooper
Mae Crosby
Andrew Edwards
Victor Hernandez-Sumpfhauser
Robert Ramos
Marjorie Rusche
Nathaniel Smith
Michelle Tyler
Program runs approximately 90 minutes with brief
pauses between films. DVD projection.
DOCTOR NINJA (the Ol’ Dirty Mental Retard)
& MUDBOY (the Doctor of Experimental Organomics) proudly present:
NOAH LYON & RAPHAEL LYON in THE LYON FAMILY CIRCUS
Inspired by great works of art like Todd Browning’s “Freaks”, John Waters’ “Cavalcade of Perversion”, the brotherly love of punk rock workaholics the Ramones, and the collective sound mastery of the Wu-Tang Clan family; notorious east coast ringmasters Noah & Raphael Lyon said “Gooba-gabba, gooba-gabba, hey ho, let’s go, Chicago!”.
The main event opens at Heaven Gallery on February 22, 2008
Harold Arts presents "Birds of Prey"
Opening Reception Friday January 25th - 6pm
Screening of video works Saturday January 26th - 8pm
Heaven Gallery
1550 N Milwaukee, 2nd Fl.
Chicago, IL 60622
Featuring new works by:
Clara Alcott - Thomas Macker -
Jason Ajemian - Curtis Mann -
Justin Berry - Jessye McDowell -
Janine Biunno - Clare Parry -
Jonathan Bush - Marc Riordan -
Melissa Damasauskus - Paul Roux -
Ben Driggs - Jamie Solock -
Natalia Duncan - Greg Stimac -
Stephen Eichhorn - Julie Troost -
Maggie Haas - Jacob Wick -
Jason Lazarus - Nicholas Wylie -
Allie Yasukawa
Birds of Prey is an exhibition of works created by the 2007 Harold Arts Residency Program participants. Each July, Harold Arts invites new, emerging and mid-career artists and musicians to a tree farm in Ohio's Appalachian foothills to collaborate and create new works in a pastoral landscape.
Harold Arts is a nonprofit organization based in Chicago whose mission is to cultivate creative opportunities for new, emerging and mid-career artists and musicians through its annual artist residency, exhibitions, and concerts.
More information on Harold Arts and other events available at www.haroldarts.org
SMILE an installation by Aay Preston-Myint
Friday, January 4, 7-11pm
Show runs from January 4th through January 19th
SMILE is a participatory installation in which viewers can use props,
backdrops and costumes to stage photos predicting the mutating beings
and environments that will soon populate our future wastelands.
DRESS TO THRILL - THE END IS NIGH
Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee
2nd Floor
Chicago, IL
Gallery hours are Saturdays from 1-5pm or by appointment.
"Hercrotchules" Presented by Zach McLuckie
Opening Friday, November 9th from 7-10pm
Performances November 9th from 10pm-12am with a $5 dollar donation
Show runs from November 9th through November 24th
Featuring drawing, painting, stage design, sculpture, and animation by:
Allison Branahm, Anne Wells, Cansifiss Foote, Carol Keitz, Channing Kennedy, Cooper Crain, Dan Browning, Daniel Lutz, Drew Zeigler, Emily Foster, Gabe Viles, Giavana Accuruso, Greg Lewis, Jason Reemer, Jeremy Freeze, Jeremy Knappel, Jill Wait, Kathrin Newyork, Malia Cort, Marci Cole, Mark Arcuri, Mark Treise, Randall Christopher Bailey, Rex McMurry, Sean Weitzman, Sheena Coffee, Steven Haslag, Terry Rice, Tim Keiser, Zach McLuckie
Performances by:
CAVE (includes members of Warhammer 48K, Mah Jongg)
David Diarrhea
Flowers
Marc Arcuri
Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee
2nd Floor
Chicago, IL
"Going To Bed" Presented by Justin B. Williams
Opening Friday, October 12 from 7-11pm.
Show runs from October 12-27, 2007
A group art installation curated by Justin B. Williams
Featuring drawing, painting, sculpture, sound, and animation by:
Amy Lockhart (CAN), Andrew Dick (CAN), Blami (SPAIN), Dirk Knibbe (USA), Eddie Martinez (USA), Elizabeth Jaeger (USA), Ghazal Hashemi (USA), Hollie Dzama (CAN), Huskmitnavn (DEN), Jesse McManus (USA), Julia Rich (USA), Justin Schaefer (USA), Justin B. Williams (USA), KAM (CAN), Kevin Hooyman (USA), Mike Swaney (CAN), Ola Vasiljeva (NED), Paulina Mäkelä (FIN), Putrid (USA)
Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee
2nd Floor
Chicago, IL
featuring art by:
Andrew Pommier, Angela Boatwright, Blaine Fontana, Blek le Rat, Books llll, Caia Koopman, Chris Yormick, Cody Hudson, Dalek, David Choe, Eye One, Francesco LoCastro, J. Shea, James Jean, Jeff Soto, Joshua Krause, Kofie, Mel Kadel, Michael Sieben, Mike Giant, R. Grimes, Rammellzee, RETNA, Ron English, Sage Vaughn, Sam Flores, Tim McCormick, Travis Millard
Opening event:
Friday, July 13th, 2007 7pm-11pm
Artists in attendance: Ron English & Dalek
Music provided by DJs Intel & Duane Powell
Show runs:
7/13/07-7/25/07
Heaven Gallery
1550 North Milwaukee, 2nd Floor
Chicago, IL 60622
