Film
Egypt reels
“I find it outrageous that the corporate-sponsored media are saying things like ‘people in Cairo are tired of all the protests,’” said a red-haired lady, looking genuinely affronted as her voice cut through the hush of a retrofitted Victorian living room. »
Man with a Movie Projector
It’s a typically warm July evening and the chairs at the South Side Community Arts Center are filled with strange bedfellows. For organizer Michael W. Phillips Jr., though, this ragtag attendance is validation for his latest endeavor, a roving film series called South Side Projections. »
A dream that I can speak to
“You have no idea how bad it really was—you’re just seeing a film.” As she spoke, the blonde filmgoer stood and motioned to the projection screen, her wide eyes flitting over the black and white faces surrounding her. »
The crystal method
This was Huyghe’s second appearance at the UofC. He has emerged as one of the hottest new figures on the conceptual art scene, with works appearing at the Venice Biennale and in the Tate Modern Gallery. »
New Age
With the words,"This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius, the age of Aquarius!" ringing in your head, images of bell-bottomed hippies dancing atop the University of Chicago’s Cobb Hall can’t help but come to mind. »
Sound it out
With talent drawn from the deliciously obscure Midwestern avant-noise/free music scene, “Pictures and Sounds” revisited the live soundtrack tradition of early silent film. »
Problem Child
Did you suck your thumbs as a child? Even if you didn’t, imagine being a thumb-sucking child. Then, imagine seeing images of other thumb-suckers having their thumbs brutally removed from their hands and devoured. If you were a character in Dream Theatre’s upcoming play, “Devilish Children and the Civilizing Process,” this would be your... »
From Russia with Love
Acclaimed art critic and film director Amei Wallach stood in front of an audience of about 30 last Thursday at the University of Chicago’s Film Studies Center to present clips from her work in progress, “How to Make a Paradise.” It was the first time Wallach had shown her clips publicly, and viewers were... »
