Canadian Curiosities! Daïchi Saïto and the Double Negative Collective

June 23rd, 2010 @ 8 o’clock
Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center

Co-founder Daïchi Saïto will be in Buffalo to present films and videos of the Montreal based art-collective Double Negative Collective, including his hypnotic collaboration with violinist Malcolm Goldstein, Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis. This screening has been generously supported by the Canadian-American Studies Program, the Department of Media Study at SUNY Buffalo and Hallwalls!

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The evening’s full line-up:

1. Chiasmus
   (Daïchi Saïto, 16mm, b&w, optical mono, 8min., 2003)
2. Chasmic Dance
   (Daïchi Saïto, 16mm, b&w, silent 24fps, 6min., 2004)
3. Blind Alley Augury
   (Daïchi Saïto, super-8, color, silent 18fps, 3min., 2006)
4. All That Rises
   (Daïchi Saïto, 16mm, color, optical mono, 7min., 2007)
5. Green Fuse
   (Daïchi Saïto, super-8, color, silent 18fps, 3min., 2008)
6. Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis
   (Daïchi Saïto, 35mm, 1.37:1, color, Dolby SR, 10min., 2009)
   (Due to the unavailability of a portable 35mm projector, this film willl be screened on miniDV)
7. Fracas
   (Eduardo Menz, Digital 8, color, 5min., sound, 2007)
8. Cronograma de un tiempo inexistente / Chronogram of Inexistent Time
   (Malena Szlam, 35mm to HD, color, silent, 6min., 2008)
9. Western Sunburn
   (Karl Lemieux, 16mm to DV, b&w and color, sound, 10min., 2007)
10. Lola
    (Mike Rollo, 16mm to DV, b&w, sound, 2:45min., 2008)
11. Bajo tu lámina de agujero profundo / Beneath Your Skin of Deep Hollow
    (Malena Szlam, super-8, color, silent 18fps, 3min., 2009)

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Originally from Japan, Daïchi Saïto is an independent filmmaker based in Montreal.  As a co-founder of the Double Negative Collective a Montreal-based group of film/video/installation/projection performance artists dedicated to the exhibition and production of experimental cinema, Saïto has been actively involved in the local artistic community.  The films of Saïto… READ MORE…

Artists & Models: STIMULUS, May 1, 2010

Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center presents the 22nd incarnation of Artists & Models: STIMULUS, a rousing evening of art installations, performances and live music at the Rock Harbor Yard, 57 Tonawanda St., Buffalo. This year features the work of Media Study grad students, alumni and faculty including work by 404 Error (Anna Scime, Isaac Johnson, Liz Chow, Josh Parkins, James Boatwright, Scott Ries, Olivier Delrieu-Schulze, John Fink, Brian Clark), Al Larsen, Vincenzo Mistretta and Tammy McGovern, among others.

Visit Hallwalls to learn more. They are also looking for volunteers!

&NOW: Innovative Writing & the Literary Arts

The 4th Biennial &Now Festival of Innovative Writing & the Literary Arts will be held in Buffalo, NY from October 14-17, 2009.

The &Now Festival explores intersections between creative and critical praxes, examines innovative and experimental acts of writing, and advances a serious inquiry into theories of language.

Panel: “POETICS ACROSS MEDIA”
featuring Media Study students Anna Scime (poetics of moving images) and Adam Liszkiewicz (poetics of video games) and Media Study faculty Josephine Anstey (virtual reality and stream of consciousness), and Loss Pequeño Glazier (language arts practice).

“Poetics Across Media” proposes to examine innovative incursions of the poetic into and across media. Through analyses of digital/poetry, film, video games, and virtual reality, this panel hopes to expand and better delineate the potentials of contemporary literature.

Moderator/co-moderator: Loss Pequeño Glazier/Adam Liszkiewicz.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2009,
8:00-8:50 pm, Hallwalls Cinema (340 Delaware Ave, Buffalo).

2 Films By Yuichiro Yamada at Hallwalls

Screening is open to the public and free!

Here’s a trailer:
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/6148734]

When: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 7 PM

What: Two short documentaries(Just Browsingand Irreplaceable) about local independent stores in Buffalo. Just Browsing is about the local independent bookselling community in Buffalo featured Talking Leaves Books. Irreplaceable documents the closing of the local music store, New World Record in 2008.

Where: Hallwalls Cinema, 341 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo