Archive for June, 2011
Kuhle Wampe Revisited
With the New Yorker Collective Red Channels
How is it possible to invent new forms of solidarity in times of imposed capitalist absurdity? How can we define new spaces of struggle against the suffering of budget cuts, mass unemployment and nationalist threat? And not what is to be done, but how is it to be done?
“Kuhle Wampe, or Who Owns The World” was a communist avant-garde cinema project conceived in the Berlin summer of 1932, under an atmosphere of no money, no time, and extreme political oppression. Immediately censored after its release by both the German state and the Soviet Union, Kuhle Wampe explores the tension between the petite bourgeoisie family and the principle of collective solidarity.
We hope to facilitate a collective response to the film, open to all.
Using video as our primary means of documentation, we invite everybody to collaborate with us on this research project, which is open to any media or practice.
We want to reimagine, retrace, remix, reenact, and reload Kuhle Wampe. We want to film, perform, intervene, interrogate, walk, bike and sing Kuhle Wampe. We want to create a cinematic compilation of our collective responses to Kuhle Wampe.
Free. Bring equipment if you have it.
Languages: German, English, Denglish.
Sign up to participate: martyna@redchannels.org
Click here for details regarding time and place, and find more information about the event series “SUICIDE OR SOLIDARITY?” organized by Red Channels.
BBQ + SCREENING + PARTY @ PANKE
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S A V E by Roger Beebe
Before the screening we’ll have a barbeque in Panke’s garden by the canal in good weather, or in Panke’s roofed driveway if it rains. We’ll start at around 6pm, come early, meet the filmmakers, programmers, and organisers, and hang out! After the screening there will be a record release party of DZA, who will play a complete live set with support by the Finest Ego DJ’s Area Boy, Binh, Gordon & Puzzle. The night will host a broad sonic mixture between Hip Hop, Electronic, Dubstep, Wonky and Glitch. Find more info about the party here.
Please note, the screening will start at 8:30 sharp, so please be on time!
DZA's SUPERSHARKEP RECORD RELEASE PARTY
CUT + RUN and FLEX FEST
Published 11/06/2011 LaborBerlin Events , LaborBerlin News , LaborBerlin Recommends , LaborBerlin Related Leave a Comment
Irma by Charles Fairbanks
Cut + Run presents: The Autonomy of Place
Gathering by Robert Todd
How to Draw Clouds by Salise Hughes
SAVE by Roger Beebe
Irma by Charles Fairbanks
5 Lessons and 9 Questions about Chinatown by Shelly Silver
Cusps by Sara Zia Ebrahimi
Passeggiata by Rick Bahto
Best of FLEX (vol. 2)
2005 Census by Bryan Boyce
Varfix by Kotaro Tanaka
Head Garden by Lilli Carré
Beaver Skull Magick by Steve Reinke
Collide-o-scope by Naren Wilks
Tokyo-Ebisu by Tomonari Nishikawa
Destination Finale by Philip Widmann
Light from the Mesa by Paul Clipson
S A V E by Roger Beebe
Cut and Run began in early 2009 in San Francisco as a single screening event at Artists Television Access. It has since evolved into an annual traveling film festival, nationally and now internationally, featuring experimental and avant-garde cinema, both contemporary and past works. C + R celebrates works that deviate from mainstream and traditional cinema and opt towards authentic, brave, challenging, stylized, alternative and imagined subjects.
Light from the Mesa by Paul Clipson
Since its start in 2004, Flexfest has become one of the most important festivals for experimental media in USA, challenging us to rethink what ‘experimental’ means. Roger Beebe, who is the artistic director of Flexfest, and who is currently teaching a 5 week workshop at LaborBerlin, will present the program.
Tokyo-Ebisu by Tomonari Nishikawa
LaborBerlin 