From: KJ Mohr <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Farocki in Chicago APRIL 3
CONVERSATIONS AT THE EDGE
@ Gene Siskel Film Center
presents
Harun Farocki in person!
THE CREATORS OF THE SHOPPING WORLDS (Die Schöpfer der Einkaufswelten)
2001, Harun Farocki, beta, 72'
In cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Inter Nationes Chicago
Thursday, April 3, 8:00 pm
Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State St.
Provocative, political and poignant, acclaimed German filmmaker Harun
Farocki has made over 90 films since 1966, in addition to
installations, writings and teaching posts around the world.
Conversations is honored to present the Chicago premiere of Farocki's
latest feature DIE SCHÖPFER DER EINKAUFSWELTEN (THE CREATORS OF THE
SHOPPING WORLDS) (2001, 72'). In this new film essay, Farocki shows
how shopping malls are designed- commercially, architecturally and
visually- in order to entice regular customers and influence their
emotions. He systematically recorded discussions and brainstorming
sessions with designers and financiers as they assessed plans for new
construction. From the overall concept of the shopping space to the
way a cake is positioned in a display, nothing is left to chance.
(excerpts courtesy of the Walker Art Center)
--
KJ Mohr
Program Coordinator, Conversations at the Edge
Department of Film, Video & New Media
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
112 S. Michigan Ave, Rm 510
Chicago, IL 60603
phone: (312) 345-3588
fax: (312) 541-8070
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From: Daniel Morgan <[log in to unmask]>
"Teenage Cinema":
Cinemas in Transition, 1908-1919
Graduate Student Conference
Saturday, April 5, 2003
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m. Screening
The University of Chicago
Cobb Hall 307
Much scholarship over the past two decades has looked at the early
years of cinema, focusing roughly on the period between 1895-1908.
The concept of the "cinema of attractions" has been articulated,
challenged, and developed, and there have been ongoing investigations
into early narrative forms and genres, the composition of audiences
in the nickelodeons, and so on. However, the period immediately
following--the cinema of the 1910s--has not yet received similar
sustained attention. This one-day conference has been organized to
contribute towards our knowledge of this period, drawing together
current research being done at the graduate student level.
Conference Schedule:
9:00-9:30: Coffee
9:30-10:45: Film, Science, and Technology:
* Oliver Gaycken (University of Chicago): "'Perpetual Transformation and a
Disconcerting Ubiquity': The Serial Film's Vernacular Scientific Aesthetic";
* Louis Pelletier (Concordia University): "'A Joyful Combination': The Talking
Machine Industry Reacts to the Advent of Moving Pictures";
*Charles Tepperman (University of Chicago): "Gauging the Transition: Pathé's
28mm Format and the Non-Theatrical Film."
11:00-12:15: Stylistic Transformations:
* Vincent Bohlinger (University of Wisconsin): "Characterizing Russian
Symbolist Film: A Case Study of Evgenii Bauer's Daydreams (1915)"
* James Cantarella (University of Chicago): "Transition to What? German
Multi-Reel Films of the Teens"
* Alyson Hrynyk (University of Chicago): "Kuleshov and Classicism: Engineer
Prait's Project and the Russian Reception of American Cinema"
12:15-1:30: Lunch Break
1:30-3:00: Reception and Production:
* Michel Beaulieu (Lakehead University): "Chicago: Canadian Filmic Muse?"
* Paul Moore (York University): "Film-going as Part of Toronto's Home Front
War Effort, 1914-1918"
* Rebecca Swender (University of Wisconsin): "Daring Maids vs. Working
Elephants: The Effects of Censorship on Story in the Nickelodeon Era"
* Billy Budd Vermillion (University of Wisconsin): "From Posters to the Post:
Early Cinema Advertising, 1909-1915"
3:15-4:30: Character and Performance:
* Arno Bosse (University of Chicago): "Figurative Gestures: Histrionic
Metaphors in Emerich's Die Sühne"
* Maria San Filippo (UCLA): "The Girl Who Never Grew Up: Mary Pickford's
Frustrated Femininity"
* Katherine Spring (University of Wisconsin): "A Fool's Revenge: Operatic
Adaptations and the One-Reel Cinema"
4:45-6:00: The keynote speaker, Ben Singer (University of
Wisconsin-Madison), will be presenting, "Variety Programs, Feature
Films, and the Crisis of the Late Nickelodeon."
6:00-8:00: Dinner Break
8:00-10:00: Screening with live piano accompaniment by David Drazin:
An Aeroplane Disaster Near Paris: May 21, 1911 (Gaumont) 3m
Suspense (??? & Lois Weber, 1913) 10m
Shipping Live Fish in Sealed Bottles (Edison, 1917) 3.5m
The Woman in Grey, episodes 9 & 10 (Serico, 1919) c. 20m
When the Clouds Roll By (Victor Fleming, 1919) 67m, starring
Douglas Fairbanks Sr.
For further information, contact Dan Morgan: (773)643-4014,
[log in to unmask] Persons with a disability who believe they
will require assistance can contact Julia Gibbs (702-1118).
Co-sponsored by the Adelyn Russell Bogert Fund of the Franke
Institute for the Humanities,
the Committee on Cinema and Media Studies, and the Mass Culture Workshop.
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