FESTIVAL OF (IN)APPROPRIATION: A FESTIVAL OF EXPERIMENTAL FOUND FOOTAGE FILMS
Dir. Various, 2011-2013
USA, Canada, UK, Australia, 80 min.
MONDAY, MAY 19 – 8:00 and 10:00 PM
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
FESTIVAL OF (IN)APPROPRIATION (Various, 2011-2013) from Spectacle Theater on Vimeo.
“Whether you call it collage, compilation, found footage, détournement, or recycled cinema, the incorporation of already existing media into new artworks is a practice that generates novel juxtapositions and new meanings and ideas, often in ways entirely unrelated to the intentions of the original makers. Such new works are, in other words, “inappropriate.” This act of (in)appropriation may even produce revelations about the relationship between past and present, here and there, intention and subversion, artist and critic, not to mention the “producer” and “consumer” of visual culture itself. Fortunately for our purposes, the past decade has witnessed the emergence of a wealth of new audiovisual elements available for appropriation into new works. In addition to official state and commercial archives, resources like vernacular collections, home movie repositories, and digital archives now also provide fascinating material to repurpose in ways that lend it new meaning and resonance.
Founded in 2009, the Festival of (In)appropriation is a yearly showcase of contemporary, short (20 minutes or less), audiovisual works that appropriate existing film, video, or other media and repurpose it in “inappropriate” and inventive ways. The show is curated by Jaimie Baron, Lauren Berliner, and Greg Cohen.”
WALKING ON WATER by Celeste Fichter (US, digital video, 2012, 1:16)
STATEMENT BY JUSTIN LINCOLN (US, digital video, 2013, 3:37)
BLOOM by Scott Stark (US, 2012, 11:00)
LOOKING FOR JIRO by Tina Takemoto (US, digital video, 2011, 5:50)
PASSAGE by Cheryl Pagurek (Canada, 2007, 8:23)
THE RANCHER by Kelly Sears (US, 2012, 7:00)
PLEDGED by Celeste Fichter (US, digital video, 2012, 2:46)
MAGIC MIRROR MAZE by Gregg Biermann (US, digital video, 2013, 5:10)
THE TIME THAT REMAINS by Soda_Jerk (Australia, 2012, 11:55)
ARACHNE’S THREAD by Emma Osbourn (UK, 2012, 4:30)
TRIPTYCH B by Zoë Fothergill (Scotland/UK, 2013, 9:37)
DEATH DRIVE by Liz Rodda (US, 2013, 7:37)
CLIFFS QUARRIES BRIDGES AND DAMS by Josh Hite (Canada, digital video, 2012, 4:00)
FLY by Scott Stark (US, 2012, 3:00)
Special thank you to the filmmakers, Jaimie Baron, and the Festival of (In)appropriation.