Adopting the Avant Garde: The New School
Saskatchewan Filmpool, Regina.
May 20, 1989
This program coincided with the Canadian Film Studies Conference which happened in 1989. Half a dozen 16mm movies were shown at the Sask Filmpool, Regina’s film co-op, to an enthusiastic crowd of makers and lookers. All the movies were made by orphans, including Stan Brakhage, Mike Cartmell, Tim Rivers, Lisa Miles and Stephen Butson.
Originally presented at Saskatchewan Filmpool, Regina, May 20, 1989
This program coincided with the Canadian Film Studies Conference which happened in 1989. Half a dozen 16mm movies were shown at the Sask Filmpool, Regina’s film co-op, to an enthusiastic crowd of makers and lookers. All the movies were made by orphans, including Stan Brakhage, Mike Cartmell, Tim Rivers, Lisa Miles and Stephen Butson.
Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre presents: Adopting the Avant Garde: The New School
Frame of Mine by Tim Rivers
Hitori by Lisa Miles
Isis by Stephen Butson
Yeelen by Lisa Miles
In the form of the letter ‘X’ by Mike Cartmell
Cartouche by Mike Cartmell
Weaned from the uneven erosions of the Escarpment School, Canada’s newest phenom, the Adoptees, are a gaggle of eye jocks whose blood lines have been cut from birth. All have been adopted, all live beneath an uncertain name and history. They hold these beliefs to be self evident: that film is not meant to make money but to spend it, that architecture never sleeps, that genius is not a gift but the way out one invents in desperate cases, that for those who can’t change their whole life or occupation even a change in dress is a relief. Reach for relief this Saturday with the Adoptees, Canada’s newest rage.
Accompanied by a talk from Mike Hoolboom. Saturday May 20, 1989, 8pm. Saskatchewan Filmpool, 1100 Broad Street, Main Floor, Regina. Admission is free.
