Independent Exposure - Spring Edition 2005
May 13th, 2005 8:00 pm
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Independent Exposure - Spring Edition 2005
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WHAT: Independent Exposure Spring 2005 Edition
Presented by Microcinema International
WHEN: Friday, May 13th, 8pm, .00
WHERE: The Axiom, 2524 McKinney, Houston
MORE INFO: Details, images from www.microcinema.com
Patrick: 713-412-5120, patrick@microcinema.com
Microcinema International kicks off spring with a beautiful and eclectic program of short films and videos. From animation to documentary and experimental to dramatic narrative, this eclectic and diverse collection of shorts ushers in spring with beauty, creativity, life, and possibility…like a field of wildflowers.
The program of 12 films includes:
• The Ramones and I (Chicago), a coming of age documentary about a teenage boy who finds salvation from the suburbs with the help of New York's greatest punk band.
• In Coda (New York), a single violent incident becomes an apocalyptic catalyst in the lives of five prep school boys, disfiguring each emotionally.
• Spam Letter + google image search = entertainment matches each word of a spam letter with one of hundreds of available online images that have been linked, in some way, to that word.
• In the Beginning (San Francisco) is short experimental film will play on theories of evolution and aging.
• Starlet (Los Angeles) is a short documentary that not only challenges every little girl’s dream of being a movie star, but it decimates the line between fiction and documentary, reality and fantasy, aspirations and delusions of grandeur.
• Birdon (San Francisco) is a beautifully animated film about the life of a bird in its cage.
• Undressing my Mother (Ireland) is a poignant documentary that explores a woman’s unique take on her overweight and aging body.
• Limosa (Alabama) studies data mapping and information design through computer animation.
• 5am (The Netherlands) is a video that plays a refined game with slices of time in the city of Rotterdam.
• Exploring the tension between humans’ awe of nature and our compulsion to manipulate it, The Beautiful and the Fine (Portland, OR) documents three “bio-collectors.”
• A busy businessman eats an elegant sit-down meal in the middle of a busy downtown Intersection (San Francisco).
• Five people state their Definition of Art (Switzerland)
For all the details, including images click here:
http://www.microcinema.com/programResult.php?program_id=376
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Axiom Theatre
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Organization Type: Microcinema |
Seating Capacity: 100 |
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Contact: Patrick Kwiatkowski |
Position: Founder |
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Description:
Infernal Bridegroom Productions was founded in 1993, in order to develop new audiences for the arts through the production of plays unlike any others being produced in Houston, Texas. Over the course of its ten year, forty-one production history, the company has been recognized for excellence in various local and national publications, including American Theatre, Stage Directions, Dallas Morning News, The Houston Chronicle and The Houston Press, which, in their annual “Best of Houston” editions, has issued the company awards including Best Theater Company, Production, Original Show, New Play, Actress, Actor, Director, Set Design, Light Design, Costume Design, Curtain Speech and Christmas Show. IBP has introduced Houston audiences to the works of Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks, Brian Jucha, Sarah Kane, Richard Foreman, Wallace Shawn, Mac Wellman, Heiner Müller and Bernard-Marie Koltès, and has mounted eleven original plays and twenty regional premieres. The original music the company has created receives regular radio play on various college radio stations around the country. And in its recent residency at The Axiom, IBP has returned the legendary warehouse district nightclub to its roots as a mecca for the most vital, exciting live music in town.
Five years ago, IBP was an all-volunteer, homeless company. The company now boasts its own theater with a full time staff of five and a resident company of eighteen and pays fees to all its artists. It’s Outreach and Education programs have reached hundreds of area high school and college students. And, though blessed with a loyal following among traditional arts patrons, fully half of IBP’s audience does not regularly attend cultural arts events of any description. IBP has received substantial financial and in-kind support from various foundations, corporations, arts organizations and private donors.
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