Queer Cinema is the Focus of Schnitzer Cinema’s Queer Productions Series
Schnitzer Cinema, the JSMA’s annual film series, showcases queer cinema as part of the year-long program “Queer Productions.” Supported by the English Department and the College of Arts and Sciences, “Queer Productions” includes film screenings at The Wayward Lamb, classes, guest artists and scholars, a symposium, and the exhibition “Relationship” by Zachary Drucker and Rhys Ernst. Programmed by Richard Herskowitz, director of Cinema Pacific and JSMA Curator of Media Arts, with the help of Professor Quinn Miller, all events are free. For more information, please visit the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art website.
Queer Film Series at The Wayward Lamb: Cheryl Dunye’s The Watermelon Woman
Tuesday, February 9, 7 p.m. Location: The Wayward Lamb, 150 W Broadway, Eugene
Cheryl Dunye’s film The Watermelon Woman explores thematic issues of historical investigation, self-discovery, romance, racial identity, and interpersonal relationships. More information on Queer Productions can be found on the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art website.
Schnitzer Cinema: Tender Fictions and Maya Deren’s Sink with Skype conversation with Barbara Hammer
February 10, 7 p.m. Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
An acclaimed pioneer of queer cinema, Barbara Hammer has produced more than 75 works, including early lesbian avant-garde films that remain of fundamental importance for a new generation of artists. Most recently, she was honored with retrospectives at MoMA (New York, 2010) and the Tate Modern (London, 2012). Innovative, funny, and historic, Tender Fictions is an autobiographical exploration of the search for and meaning of gay community, featuring a rich montage of home movies, experimental films, news footage, and personal photographs. Maya Deren’s Sink explores Deren’s concepts of space, time, and form through visits and projections filmed in her L.A. and New York homes. Schnitzer Cinema series is programmed by Richard Herskowitz, JSMA curator of media arts and director of Cinema Pacific, with the help of Professor Quinn Miller. Free admission and refreshments! The Queer Productions series is cosponsored by Academic Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences, and Department of English.
Schnitzer Cinema: Welcome to this House with Skype conversation with Barbara Hammer
February 11, 2 p.m. Location: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Welcome to this House will be shown in the museum at 2 p.m., with an additional Skyped talk with Barbara Hammer (2015) is a feature documentary film on the homes and loves of poet Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979), about life in the shadows, and the anxiety of art making without full self-disclosure. Hammer filmed in Bishop’s ‘best loved homes’ in the U.S., Canada, and Brazil believing that buildings and landscapes bear cultural memories. Interviews with poets, friends, and scholars provide “missing documents” of numerous female lovers. Schnitzer Cinema series is programmed by Richard Herskowitz, JSMA curator of media arts and director of Cinema Pacific, with the help of Professor Quinn Miller. Free admission and refreshments! The Queer Productions series is cosponsored by Academic Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences, and Department of English.