Events And Programs for the Festival

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Friday, November 9, 2007 8pm


(party planet by Thunderhorse)


THE EVENT HORIZON
OPENING OF SELECT MEDIA FESTIVAL 6
November 9, 2007 8pm
Location: Co-Prosperity Sphere ::
3219-21 South Morgan St.
Chicago Il 60608
773.837.0145
Admission: $10 suggested donation

The Co-Prosperity Sphere turns into a flexigonic space colony called CPS1 hosting a number of group exhibitions and installations accompanied by performance art, videos and music. The colony structures and sculptures act as Space_Craft installations and also serve as micro-venues for festival performance programs. Please come to the colony in proper space person/being/alien attire.

CPS1: A Space Colony
CPS1: A Space Colony is a group exhibition using the entire 5,000 sq ft gallery and display windows of the Co-Prosperity Sphere. The mostly black lighted show contains works, murals and sculptures by: Juan Angel Chavez, Michael T. Rea, Thunder Horse, Terry Plumming, Ed Marszewski, Rachael Marszewski, Nicholas Camargo, Michelle Faust, Sarah Kenny, Jeremy Tubbs, Vlado Ketch, Melanie Johnson, Jennifer Lorraine, Jon Song, and Nat Ward. Beware of black hole in the basement. (See project descriptions for more details of some of the works in the CPS1 Colony) (open throughout the festival)

Reuben Kincaid Artist Management Showroom
Reuben Kincaid has been advising and managing artists, musicians and writers for the past decade. He has finally opened up a secret showroom tucked away in the heart of the Co-Prosperity Sphere. This mini-group show features work by Reuben's roster of clients including: Seripop, Paper Rad, Dungeon Magesty, Jennifer Juniper Stratford, Michael T. Rea. Rachael Marszewski, Aron Gent, Rand Sevilla, Marie Harten and Bill Mackey. (open throughout the festival)

Performance Program:
The ambitious program features performance art, pop rock, presentations, space jams and ends with the infamous OCDJ.


above: Brilliant Pebbles

9pm performances by:

Happy Salmon
Happy Salmon is one of our new favorite chicago bands and thy are members of Sly Fox and kick your ass.

Rome
Rome are the future spacerockers from the past who were darlings of Chicago's Thrill Jockey label. Greetis from the darchestra.

The Earthman (Tx)
the Earthman is coming to the Community of the Future, Bridgeport. EarthMan is a self-contained, self-sustaining bio-environment survival suit featuring the Air Terrarium BackPack Oxygen/Air Survival System®.  Theoretically, it can maintain a human in oxygen free, contaminated or otherwise extreme  environments, in outer space, and even in the most polluted and unlivable environments on Earth.

Brilliant Pebbles
Polish drama chinese spacedance poprockers

Telefantasy Studios
The Hollywood based producers of Dungeon Magesty and other amazing tv shows will present their recent research project>

Evolution Revolution (NY)
EVOLUTION REVOLUTION is a multimedia project involving explorations of what is animal and what is human. Includes power, gender, species classifications, incantations. Current live act is rhythmic voice processing by solo wolf/human hybrid in ceremonial speedos trying to make contact with an entity. A greyhound or lioness hybrid may join the ceremony for a wrestling match at the altar near the conclusion of the rite. (read more in Projects)

Jennifer Lorraine
A series of new installations inspired by Miss Drumsticks, Texie Watterman and space. Legs Legs Legs.


OCDJ (MD) ocdj is a bear cub dan gaeta making sounds on laptop, guitar, kalimba, euphonium, and more things like that. he also makes some videos kevin o'meara from videohippos sometimes bangs drums at shows and shakes things. and is in charge of video projection cause ocdj/dan doesn't know what the hell he is doing. ever. with anything.

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Saturday, November 10, 2007 9pm

REACTION KINETICS
November 10, 2007 9pm
The Hide out
1354 W Wabansia Ave
(773) 227-4433
Admission: $8 ($5 after midnight)

Select likes to party at the Hideout. Come by for great video works, live performances and dance party.

Program includes:



8PM Select Space Cuts :: Video Screening
In order to create the perfect Select Media Festival shorts program that relates to our theme of "Space" we introduce new works by some of the galaxy's most important filmmakers and animators. We also throw in a dose of some our shining stars from past festivals. This program thanks to Ton Meijdam and his recent "Kick Ass" video program. Videos by: Mike Miles, Jan Van Nuemen, Usama Alshaibi, Floris Kaaykm, Tyrone Davies, and Bernard Gigounon.

10 PM Performances

Lagrange Point
Space midi moog guitar freak out

Mbulu
Mbulu is the congotronic incarnation that invades Chicago eve season, Don't miss the beats.

Midnight:

DJ Hunter Hussar
Man of Mahjongg onthe puter with::

Dj Logan Bay Chicago has been sleeping for too long.

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Video programs, a zine, dvds, space corn and beverages will be served. Featuring the release of "Sandwitch". Get a free of the new media zine with entry.

ABOUT SANDWITCH.
A new media-zine that will serve as the main DVD distribution arm for loaf-i productions. Every few months, a new DVD, or set of DVDs will be available on loaf-i.com . These DVDs will almost always be a part of the SANDWITCH zine. Experimental videos, documentaries, music videos, animations and feature films are just a few examples of the kind of work that each SANDWITCH DVD might contain. The Lost Media Archive, a depository for strange and forgotten media works, will also produce DVDs of truly unusual archival and "found" footage for some issues of SANDWITCH. In addition to video, SANDWITCH issues will commonly contain CDs that bear the works of loaf-i bands and other forward-thinking musicians. All this, and an occasional written article will serve as the meat, tomato, lettuce and pickles on the best new media-zine named after a food that anyone ever consumed.

8:30 pm Intermission: Special program tba



9 pm: Interkosmos (71 minutes, 2006, written and directed by Jim Finn)
Jim Finn's Interkosmos, a retro gust of Communist utopianism, returns to Chicago. " A cosmonaut romance set aboard a 1970s East German space mission to colonize the moons of Saturn and Jupiter, Interkosmos weaves together lovingly faked archival footage, charmingly undermotivated musical numbers, propagandistic maxims ("Capitalism is like a kindergarten of boneless children"), stop-motion animation (of a suitably crude GDR-era level), a Teutonic (and vaguely Herzogian) voiceover, and a superb garage-y Kraut-rock score (by Jim Becker and Colleen Burke). Finn's deadpan is immaculately bone-dry, and his antiquarian fastidiousness is worthy of Guy Maddin" - Village Voice
http://www.interkosmosmovie.com/

 

last minute addition...
after the movies (at 10:30):
NARWALZ (OF SOUND)

MINCEMEAT OR TENSPEED
rhythmic, fuzzed-out noise from philly... remember when he killed it at the pitchfork/mahjonng afterparty at the ol' kar-loft (RIP)?

SUDDENLY SUSAN
noizy dance music bron on a car ride in missouri. makes bartenders kick nice girls in the stomach... feat zach from CAVE, rotten milk & dan from waterbabies.

KYLE H. MABSON
cool dude from california who is on tour with those other dudes.

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TRANSMISSIONS 2
November 13, 2007 8pm
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219-21 S Morgan St
773.837.0145
Admission: $3 suggested donation

Films and videos selected for the festival. And a special late nite session to contact orbiting space junk.

8 pm TLVSN :; Made for Holland (45 minutes, US/NL (2005-2007)
Select Media Festival and our sister festival, Version make DIY tv shows that run on Cable Access Network 19 here in Chicago. We often run all the videos and works that play at the festival on CAN tv so that they reach the widest possible audience. The Made for Holland is a highlights program that we prepared for our Dutch cholos a few months ago. We believe everyone must make TLVSN and here is one reason why. Featuring videos by Takeshi Murata, Paper Rad, TV Sheriff and Dungeon Magesty.

9pm Alphaville (99 minutes, France/Italy (1965) Jean-Luc Godard
Alphaville is a 1965 black-and-white French science fiction film directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Its original French title is Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution (Alphaville, a Strange Adventure of Lemmy Caution). The film stars Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Howard Vernon and Akim Tamiroff. The film won the Golden Bear award of the Berlin Film Festival in 1965.

Alphaville combines the genres of dystopian science fiction and film noir. Although set far in the future on another planet, there are no special effects or elaborate sets; instead, the film was shot in real locations in Paris, the night-time streets of the capital becoming the streets of Alphaville, while modernist glass and concrete buildings represent the city's interiors. In addition, the characters refer to twentieth century events; for example, the hero describes himself as a Guadalcanal veteran.
Eddie Constantine plays Lemmy Caution, a trenchcoat-wearing secret agent. Constantine had already played this role in dozens of previous films; the character was originally created by British pulp novelist Peter Cheyney. However, in Alphaville, director Jean-Luc Godard moves Caution away from his usual twentieth century setting, and places him in a futuristic sci-fi dystopia, the technocratic dictatorship of Alphaville.

11pm: Select Space Cuts :: (55 minutes, US/NL (2005-2007)
In order to create the perfect Select Media Festival shorts program that relates to our theme of "Space" we introduce new works by some of the galaxy's most important filmmakers and animators. We also throw in a dose of some our shining stars from past festivals. This program thanks to Ton Meijdam and his recent "Kick Ass" video program. Videos by: Mike Miles, Jan Van Neumen, Usama Alshaibi, Floris Kaaykm, Tyrone Davies, and Bernard Gigonoun.

Midnight : Leo
Think satellites, space stations, and well, space is only for NASA and other large entities? Well think again, there is literally tons of debris that were placed in orbit by and for the weirdo common folk like amateur radio operators. Come drink all night and lurk via radio as our favorite Low Earth Orbit (LEO1s) satellites pass by in the heavens and listen to common ground dwellers operate this really cool and low-fi equipment. At optimum visual times see with your own eyes what a bit of your tax dollars have placed up there. (According to the past predictions, looks like early in the morning)

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Thursday, November 15, 2007



THE INNERCOURSE CANTINA
November 15, 2007
Innercourse
3143 S Morgan St
$5 suggested donation

Local Community of the Future gallery, Intercourse, hosts a cabaret meets open mic meets gong show talent extravaganza.
Witness puppet shows, space fashion runway walks, Show all of your friends and community members your secret talent. Tap dance, play the unrequited lovesongs you wrote to your first crush, put on a play, juggle, whatever. Everyone looks good in sequined leotards. It's time to shine. The evening will be hosted by Vinnie, the Bridgeport Comedian.

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Friday November 16, 2007

RETURN FLIGHT
November 16, 2007
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219-21 S Morgan St
773.827.0145
$8 suggested donation

We re-open the CPS1 colony. The party planet ride, Black hole and other interactive installations will be open.

Performances by:

Cave
The new Monsters of rock

Lost Legs (MNPLS)

U.S. Girls (Portland)
Broken instruments, the cheapest money can buy. making it alright.

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November 17, 2007, 8pm

HIGH FRONTIERS
November 17, 2007, 8pm
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219-21 S Morgan St.
Admission: $8 suggested donation

Closing Nite for Select Media Festival 6. COme join us for a very special evening of outstanding musical performance.

9pm Performances by:

Mathew Nicholas

Literally Wicked
Warhammer 48K's little sister's band.

Lovely Little Girls

Mahjongg
Making music for robots androids and future people.

DJ The Mummy
The soul magician form milwaukee

Also::!
AN UNREASONABLE MAN
November 17th, 2PM
Claudia Cassidy Theatre
Chicago Cultural Center
78 E. Washington St.
FREE ADMISSION

Guest Speaker:
Joel Bleifuss, Editor, In These Times magazine

Film Synopsis:
For over 40 years Ralph Nader has worked tirelessly as a consumer advocate, building a legislative record the rival of any contemporary president. Yet today, many consider him merely an egomaniac and a "spoiler." AN UNREASONABLE MAN takes an unsparing look at one of the most important and controversial political figures of our time.
(Presented by Select Media Festival, In these Times, ITVS, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and WTTW Channel 11.)