OFF CENTER: THERE IS NOWHERE TO GO BUT HERE

Monday, November 25, 6:00 p.m. | Featuring 16mm prints acquired by the Film Center in the early ‘70s through gifts and grants and now cared for by the SAIC John M. Flaxman Library, this program presents titles representative of the experimental film landscape leading up to the opening of the Film Center in 1972. There is nothing here but Now. There is nothing now but This. Featuring films by James Broughton, Owen Land, Robert Nelson, and Paul Sharits. Screening preceded by audience A&Q.

Program

LOOKING FOR MUSHROOMS by Bruce Conner, 3 min, 1967
T,O,U,C,H,I,N,G by Paul Sharits, 12 min, 1968
INSTITUTIONAL QUALITY by Owen Land (formerly known as George Landow), 5 min, 1969
BLEU SHUT by Robert Nelson, 33 min, 1970
THIS IS IT by James Broughton, 10 min, 1971

OFF CENTER is a basement. OFF CENTER is a backyard. OFF CENTER is a place to come hang and experience weird films together in the spirit of DIY filmmaking and the microcinema. Programmed by Michael Wawzenek.

The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu