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THE 11TH ANNUAL BRAKHAGE CENTER SYMPOSIUM 2015 SCHEDULE
FEATURING THE LIFE WORK OF KEN JACOBS
MARCH 6TH-8TH 2015
ALL EVENTS WILL BE HELD IN THE ATLAS BUILDING ON THE CU BOULDER CAMPUS

Please join us March 6th-8th for the 11th Annual Brakhage Center Symposium featuring the life work of cinema artist Ken Jacobs, one of the founding fathers of American experimental cinema. After more than 50 years as a filmmaker Jacobs has enthusiastically embraced digital filmmaking and remains engaged and influential.

Warning: Certain works in these programs contain throbbing light and should not be viewed by individuals with epilepsy or seizure disorders. Films that contain throbbing light are marked with an *.

 

Friday, March 6th 2015

7:00 PM 
(ATLAS 102) Ken Jacobs presents…
Keeping an Eye on Stan (2003, video, 117min) by Ken Jacobs
(*throbbing light at the end).

Saturday, March 7th 2015
(all events on Saturday will take place in ATLAS 100)

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM
Special presentation by film scholar Tom Gunning on the work of Ken Jacobs.

THE WHIRLED
2007. 21min. Color. Sound.

AIRSHAFT
1967. 4min. Color. Silent

THE DOCTORS DREAM
1978. 23min. B&W. Sound.

*NYMPH
2007. 2min. Color. Silent

*CAPITALISM: CHILD LABOR
2006. 14min. Color. Sound

*DAY AND NIGHT
2011. 3min. Color. Silent.

2:00 PM- 3:45 PM
A program of short works by Ken Jacobs selected by Scott MacDonald

This program of short films might remind us of Hemingway’s famous metaphor for his writing style: “The dignity of the movement of an iceberg is due to only one-eighth of it being above water.” The 7 films in this program are certainly evidence of Jacob’s ever-evolving vision, but they are at best an infinitesimal sign of a remarkable, even more prolific, contribution to modern cinema and modern art.– Scott MacDonald

BLONDE COBRA
1963. 33min. Color and B&W. Sound. 16mm 

LITTLE STABS AT HAPPINESS
1960. 15min. Color. Sound. 16mm

SOFT RAIN
1968. 12min. Color. Silent. 16mm

NISSAN ARIANA WINDOW
1969. 14min. Silent. 16mm

OPENING THE 19TH CENTURY: 1896
1991. 9min. B&W. Sound. 16mm

*CAPITALISM: SLAVERY
2006. 3min. Color. Silent. Video

*FLO ROUNDS A CORNER
1999. 6min. Silent. Video

TRT: 92 min

4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Professor of Film Studies and noted filmmaker Phil Solomon will be presenting an audio and video celebration of his teacher and friend, Ken Jacobs, including rare home movies, audio recordings and some surprise guests from the Binghamton years and after.

 

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM

A PANEL ON THE WORK OF KEN JACOBS  with Ken Jacobs, Tom Gunning and Phil Solomon.

7:30 PM
Ken Jacobs presents…
*RAZZLE DAZZLE: THE LOST WORLD (2006, video, 92min)

Sunday, March 8th 2015

ATLAS Black Box Theatre

2 PM

*TIME SQUARED,  a Nervous Magic Lantern piece performed by Ken Jacobs

 

All events are free and open to the public.

The Brakhage Center Symposium is Sponsored by The Roser Visiting Artist Program, The William H. Donner Foundaiton, First Person Cinema, The CU Film Studies Program and The Center for Media Arts and Performance in ATLAS

Please contact Taylor Dunne for more information: taylor.dunne@colorado.edu