Kevin Jerome Everson – Free Films and Live Appearance @ Club SAW
The AVAILABLE LIGHT SCREENING COLLECTIVE and SAW VIDEO present KEVIN JEROME EVERSON
OTTAWA PREMIERE
OTTAWA – February 8, 2010 – With the Embassy of the United States of America and Black History Month Ottawa, the Available Light Screening Collective and SAW Video present Virginia‐based filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson for an evening of his films and an afternoon artist talk. This is Everson’s first visit to Ottawa. He is currently at the 2010 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
On Friday, February 19th, Available Light presents a programme by DIM Cinema of Everson’s work. Following the screening will be a Q&A session and a public reception presented by the Embassy of the United States of America.
On Saturday, February 20th, SAW Video presents an artist talk by Kevin James Everson entitled “Materials, process, procedure and subject”. Everson will present excerpts from relevant short films and features and photographic images and discuss his longtime dedication to the primacy of the subject, culled from early training in ’70s sculptural art discipline and practice.
Instead of standard realism I favor a strategy that abstracts everyday actions and statements into theatrical gestures, in which archival footage is re‐edited or re‐staged, real people perform fictional scenarios based on their own lives and historical observations intermesh with contemporary narratives. The films suggest the relentlessness of everyday life—along with its beauty—but also present oblique metaphors for art‐making. ‐ Kevin Jerome Everson
Kevin Jerome Everson’s prolific body of film work engages with, and responds to, the history and culture of working-class Black Americans and people of African descent. His short gestural films challenge simplistic expectations of ethnographic documentary, poetic narrative, or theatrical drama. He stitches archival footage, scripted sequences, verité documents, and abstract aural and visual minutiae into textured portraits of people, places, economics, and ephemera.
The films of KEVIN JEROME EVERSON
Friday, February 19, 7:30pm
Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, ON
Free admission
An artist talk with KEVIN JEROME EVERSON
Saturday, February 20th, 2pm‐4pm
Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, ON
Free admission
Kevin Jerome Everson (b.1965) is a filmmaker, originally from Mansfield, Ohio, now living and working in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. Everson’s three feature films and over 50 short films and videos have been exhibited at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, Redcat in Los Angeles, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Armand Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, Whitechapel Gallery in London, and many other venues worldwide. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, two NEH Fellowships, two Ohio Arts Council Fellowships, and an American Academy Rome Prize.
For further information about Kevin Jerome Everson: http://people.virginia.edu/~ke5d.
DIM Cinema is a monthly evening of contemporary short-form moving images and cinematic collaborations. DIM is focused on expanding the visibility of Canadian and international experimental artists and their practices in the cinema; and seeks to illuminate underground moving image culture in Vancouver, BC.
DIM is programmed by Amy Lynn Kazymerchyk through the Pacific Cinematheque Pacifique.
Available Light Screening Collective is an Ottawa, Ontario‐based artists’ collective committed to the curated exhibition of experimental film and video art for local audiences. Support for Available Light’s activities is received from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the City of Ottawa.
SAW Video is an artist‐run‐centre committed to support ground breaking artistic production, presentation and programming of independent video and media art. SAW Video provides many services to its membership including affordable technical facilities, and a wide range of programmes designed to create an atmosphere that will inspire production through the exchange of ideas around form, content and style. Support for the centre is received from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the City of Ottawa.
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For more information :
Christopher Rohde
Available Light Screening Collective
availablelightcollective@gmail.com
Denise MacDonald
SAW Video
denise@sawvideo.com / 613:238:7648
Resolution 2010 – New Works from SAW Video Members
Join us to celebrate the New Year with RESOLUTION 2010, the anticipated annual screening of new works from SAW Video members. The event will be held on Thursday, January 28th, at Mayfair Theatre, 1074 Bank Street, at 7:00pm. Admission is $5.
Featuring independent works produced in 2009, the programme is comprised of eleven short videos created by SAW Video’s prolific membership. Media artists Izabel Barsive, Deniz Berkin, Phil Caron, Pixie Cram, Ed Folger, John Graham, Penny McCann, Rehab Nazzal, Theo Pelmus, Tasha Waldron, and Eric Walker represent the diversity of our members, featuring a range of styles and interests from dramas to documentaries to experimental videos.
The party will continue down the street at Patty’s Pub, 1186 Bank Street, after the screening. Join us as we tip our hats to the creativity of SAW Video’s members and support local artists!
Programme:
Phil Caron :: Tammy Teardrop :: 4 min. 17 sec.
Izabel Barsive :: Lustrale :: 9 min.
Pixie Cram :: Prometheus in Five Directions :: 15 min.
Tasha Waldron :: La Petite Mort :: 4 min.
John Graham :: Hidden Cities :: 2 min.
Rehab Nazzal :: A Night at Home :: 4 min.
Deniz Berkin :: Late Nights and Green Lights :: 4 min. 15 sec.
Penny McCann :: The Professor and the Blind Girl :: 7 min. 8 sec
Theo Pelmus :: Liquid for the Fall :: 10 min.
Eric Walker :: Up in Smoke :: 1 min. 49 sec.
Ed Folger :: Water Light and Chaos: Art by Juan Geuer :: 20 min. 9 sec.
SAW Video : Centre for the media arts
67 Nicholas St. Ottawa ON K1N 7B9
T: (613) 238-7648
SAW Video is an artist‐run‐centre committed to support ground breaking artistic production, presentation and programming of independent video and media art. SAW Video provides many services to its membership including affordable technical facilities, and a wide range of programmes designed to create an atmosphere that will inspire production through the exchange of ideas around form, content and style.
Rappel – Concours Festival de Cannes 2010 – dernier jour!
Êtes-vous enthousiaste de film avec une bonne maîtrise du français?L’Ambassade de France, SAW Vidéo et Zoom Productions VOUS INVITENT AU FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2010 !
Venez vivre un moment inoubliable au Festival de Cannes, le plus célèbre des festivals de cinéma. En compagnie de jeunes francophones du monde entier, vous pourrez découvrir la région Côte d’Azur, assister à des projections, rencontrer des professionnels du cinéma et mener la vie excitante de festivalier pendant 10 jours!
Date-limite de participation : le 1er décembre 2009
Dates du séjour à Cannes : du 14 au 23 mai 2010
Pour participer au concours, vous devez :
- Avoir la nationalité canadienne
- Résider dans les régions de l’Outaouais et Est ontarien
- Avoir entre 18 et 40 ans
- Avoir une bonne maîtrise du français
- Être intéressé par le cinéma
- Fournir un CV et une lettre de motivation en français pour nous convaincre que c’est VOUS que nous devons choisir pour partir à Cannes.
L’envoi de contenu audiovisuel est recommandé, sous forme :
d’un autoportrait vidéo (de préférence format DVD ou MiniDV)
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d’une vidéo ou film court récemment réalisé (de préférence format DVD ou MiniDV)
1er PRIX : voyage + logement + repas + assurance du 14 au 23 mai 2010 au Festival de Cannes, offerts par l’Ambassade de France
2è PRIX : 1 caméra vidéo offerte par Zoom Productions
3è PRIX : 1 atelier vidéo de votre choix à SAW Vidéo
4è PRIX : Livres sur le cinéma et DVDs
Envoyez votre candidature à :
Judith Zeller
Ambassade de France au Canada
Service culturel
464 rue Wilbrod, Ottawa ON
KIN 6M8
Reminder: 2010 Cannes Festival Contest – last day to enter!
The French Embassy, SAW Video and Zoom Productions want to send YOU to the 2010 Cannes Festival!
Spend 10 days in Cannes on the Côte d’Azur in France and participate in the famous film festival. In the company of young francophones from all parts of the world, discover the region, attend film screenings, and live the life of the festival-goer!
Deadline for applications : December 1st, 2009
Travelling dates: 14- 23 May 2010
1. To apply you must be :
Of Canadian nationality
Reside in the Outaouais or East Ontarian region
Between 18 and 40 years of age
French speaking
Have an interest in film
2. Send a CV and a letter of motivation in French telling
us why we should send YOU to the Cannes Film Festival.
3. Support material is recommended and will be accepted in the form of:
Recently produced video/ lm short (DVD or MiniDV preferred)
A short video interview of yourself (DVD or MiniDV preferred)
4. Why apply?
Prize #1: Travel and Accommodations to the Cannes Film Festival!
Prize #2: Video production equipment (TBD) from Ottawa University’s ZOOM Production
Prize #3: SAW Video Workshop of your choice
Prize #4: Books and DVDs on cinema
5. Send applications to:
Judith Zeller
The Embassy of France
Cultural Services
464 rue Wilbrod, Ottawa
ON KIN 6M8
More information: www.sawvideo.com
