Schnitzer Cinema continues its look at American experimental media and the history of American avant-garde film with the winter/spring season.
Curated by Cinema Pacific director Richard Herskowitz, all films begin at 7 p.m. at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art on the University of Oregon campus and include free popcorn and soda.
The series begins February 11 with “Animations” by Laura Heit and continues on March 11 with the documentary “Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton.” In April, Schnitzer Cinema looks at the work of avant-garde film legend Jonas Mekas in two programs on April 15 and April 29. The series closes with the return of the Black Maria Film and Video Festival on May 13. “We’re pleased to be introducing the JSMA audience to pioneering filmmakers, like Jonas Mekas and James Broughton, and contemporary artists like Laura Heit, who have boldly experimented with cinematic language and drawn inspiration from visual art and poetry,” says Herskowitz.
March 11, 2015
A Skype conversation with guest artist Stephen Silha will accompany the screening of “Big Joy: The Adventures of James Broughton,” on Wednesday, March 11. This spirited documentary exploring the life of James Broughton, a pioneer of experimental cinema, visionary poet, and bard of Gay Liberation. For more information, please visit the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art website.
April 15, 2015
April brings two programs on legendary filmmaker and writer Jonas Mekas. On Wednesday, April 15, gallerist Deborah Colton explores the diaries and film portraits by the artist. On Wednesday, guest speaker Scott MacDonald, screens “Walden (Part One), Mekas’ first diary film, as the opening night of Cinema Pacific. Both Mekas events are in conjunction with the installation “Frozen Film Frames: Portraits of Filmmakers,” on view in the JSMA’s Artist Project Space from April 1 to June 7, 2015.
May 13, 2015
On Wednesday, May 13, The Black Maria Film and Video Festival, an international juried competition with a mission to exhibit and reward cutting-edge works from independent film and video makers returns to the JSMA for the sixth year. This year’s festival will emphasize new experimental media, along with documentary, animated, and narrative shorts.
About the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
The University of Oregon's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is a premier Pacific Northwest museum for exhibitions and collections of historic and contemporary art based in a major university setting. The mission of the museum is to enhance the University of Oregon’s academic mission and to further the appreciation and enjoyment of the visual arts for the general public. The JSMA features significant collections galleries devoted to art from China, Japan, Korea, America and elsewhere as well as changing special exhibition galleries. The JSMA is one of six museums in Oregon accredited by the American Association of Museums.