Avant to Live: Becker + Scott + New Experimental Works

Join us at Artists' Television Access for "AVANT TO LIVE," a program of new short films that celebrate radical expression and experimental cinema.

“A polymorphous program that honors radical expression and innovative film-form, this evening of New Experimental Works promises a fresh bouquet of more than a dozen cine-initiatives! Tommy Becker personally introduces the world premiere of his single-channel Prefer Not to Say, on the disappearance of privacy amongst intrusive bureaucracies, Alex Mejia is in the house with Canceled Cyanos, on the deep history of plant-chemistry cinema, Kelly Sears bestows on us the West Coast debut of her airy The Call, Mike Plante's The Polaroid Job exposes his fascinating family history with in-store photo-ops in holiday costumes, and Jake Parker Scott blazes up from CalArts to unveil his Javanese gong-smithing piece Transformation by Fire. PLUS Nik Nerburn's exquisite doll-house miniature Bad Weather, Max Oginz' monumental Center Surface Signal, and brief bits of cinema brilliance from Bryan Boyce, James Sansing, Peter Lichter, and John Cannizzaro (in person?)... all leading to the latest mind-melt from that unstoppable SoCal sensation Damon Packard! Free pencils.” – Program notes

7:45 Purchase tickets at ATA
8:00 Film program starts
10:00 Afterwards we will visit Radio Habana Social Club (1109 Valencia at 22nd St.) for refreshments and conversation.