Thursday, 9/14 Schedule + FILM Descriptions
"Standing Strong: Elizabeth Catlett" [56 min]
SCREENING:
Thursday, 9/14 at 10am
SYNOPSIS:
The struggles and triumphs of Elizabeth Catlett Mexican/American artist and political activist who was a pioneer in the Black Arts movement.
"Synchronism" [3 min]
SCREENING:
Thursday, 9/14 at 10am
Screening with "Standing Strong: Elizabeth Catlett"
SYNOPSIS:
Synchronism juxtaposes surfing and artist swimmers in the ocean, both performing in unison - a first ever of its kind. A surrealist journey, a hypnagogic state depicting fragments of the unconscious mind. A concurrence of dreamlike events, co-existing with the ocean. Where rhythmic relationships come together, not merely from coincidence. Reality is distorted when worlds combine simultaneity, both dancing to the rhythm of the sea.
"Under the Microscope" [7 min]
SCREENING:
Thursday, 9/14 at 10am
Screening with "Standing Strong: Elizabeth Catlett"
SYNOPSIS:
A sound and image collage using stop motion animation.
"Sueños De Mi Hija" [13 min]
SCREENING:
Thursday, 9/14 at 10am
Screening with "Standing Strong: Elizabeth Catlett"
SYNOPSIS:
Samantha is the strong-willed first-generation Latina daughter of an immigrant who is passionate about alternative punk rock music. Much to her mother's disapproval, she has a band performing at the local Battle of the Bands. Rosa is a stoic immigrant mother who has held various labor jobs in her lifetime and holds traditional Mexican values. Will Rosa ultimately accept and support her daughter's journey?
"Retratos Migrantes" [12 min]
SCREENING:
Thursday, 9/14 at 10am
Screening with "Standing Strong: Elizabeth Catlett"
SYNOPSIS:
Retratos Migrantes is a short dance film exploring the concept of belonging from the migratory perspective of the body. It deals with issues of identity specifically to women in migration, allowing a materialization of the many layers of this developing identity through a multimedia experience.
"Isa Hirano, Calligrapher"
"Isa Hirano, Calligrapher"
SCREENING:
Thursday, 9/14 at 10am
Synopsis:
A short film about Japan's top calligrapher and performance artist, Isa Hirano.
"Darwin Nix" [1hr 28min]
SCREENING:
Thursday, 9/14 at 2pm
SYNOPSIS:
Darwin Nix is an artist living and working in the small town of Evergreen, Alabama. Darwin grew up in Evergreen and has returned after living in Memphis, Philadelphia and Santa Fe as an accomplished fine art painter. His current work strives to subvert the overt confederate sentimentality he has witnessed since returning to the south. Living alone and with very few funds, Darwin has created a series of radical protest paintings and sculptures that reflect and antagonize what he deems to be a cultural inbreeding of ignorance and stupidity.
"Totem" [10 min]
SCREENING:
Thursday, 9/14 at 2pm
Screening with "Darwin Nix"
SYNOPSIS:
TOTEM is the latest work by award-winning director Javier Ideami for multidisciplinary artist Wallace Chan. The short film complements Chan’s eponymous sculpture exhibition, which launched during the opening week of the 59th Venice Biennale. TOTEM represents the visual exploration of the sculptures, looking at the relationship and dialogue between materials, space and time - a central theme in Chan’s work. Specifically, TOTEM looks at our interaction with nature and how human activities can disrupt the world’s delicate balance. The short film takes us on a dynamic journey across space and time, in which Chan’s creations are continuously unassembled and reinvented, as a way to mirror the fragility that society is currently experiencing.
Art + Wine Reception for Passholders
"Soul Providers"
SCREENING:
Thursday, 9/14 at 6pm
SYNOPSIS:
Filmmaker, Lisa Murray, takes us into the thoughts, inspiration, and creative process of five artists who live and work in Los Angeles.
"The Importance of Art" Panel
Presented by On Stage Vacaville + Ag & Art Magazine
Immediately following the screening of "Soul Providers", we will start "The Importance of Art" panel.
Panelists include:
Angela Arteritano - a Venezuelan American multidisciplinary artist, choreographer, and researcher
Renee Converse - a visual artist, art teacher, and Committee Chair at the Arts Advisory Committee in Vacaville
Dapo Torimiro - a Nigerian American Grammy-nominated, Platinum music producer/songwriter (John Legend, Justin Bieber)
Moderator:
Lisa Murray - Ag & Art Film Festival Director, filmmaker ("Soul Providers"), and publisher of the Ag & Art Magazine
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