TJSA ‘s Straight to Video to Be Released on Wax in March
It’s been a long time coming. Since 1997 to be exact– a record that was slated for release via Onion records once upon a time, eventually comitted to the vicissitudes of the CD, will finally get the vinyl treatment after nearly 20 years. True, that the CD is not a particularly rare one, or that... [ Read More → ]
Liliane Lijn: Collected Film and Video Works 1970-2012
Liliane Lijn: Collected Film and Video Works In a two program retrospective, Straight to Video and Spectacle are proud to present the film and video work of visual artist, Liliane Lijn. Widely known for her Poem Machines (invented in 1962 alongside Burrough’s and Gysin’s Dreamachine,) in which Lijn stirred a conversation more relevant now than... [ Read More → ]
Lo-fi/Sci-fi: Midnight Screening and Video Party at Spectacle Theater
Transport over to Spectacle Theater in the Williamsburg sector of Brooklyn on March 10th for a special midnight screening of Sci-Fi video shorts presented by Straighttovideo.org. In this not-to-be missed assemblage of lo-fi/sci-fi video art, music videos, and cable access oddities, we will be presenting shorts from as far back as the 70s to some... [ Read More → ]
We Are Cinema: 50 Years of the Film-makers’ Co-op at Microscope Gallery
2/11/12 to 3/5/12 Opening Reception Saturday 2/11, 7-9PM preceded by special 5PM screening of rare shorts by Jack Smith MICROSCOPE Gallery, 4 Charles Place, Bushwick We Are Cinema is a month-long exhibit and screening series celebrating 50 years of the Film-Makers’ Co-op in NYC. It was in January of 1962 that filmmaker Jonas Mekas called... [ Read More → ]
Straight to Video 1
I’ve been organizing an exhibition of music videos from Columbus, OH. The main impetus for the exhibition is to digitize previously un-transferred material that is at risk of entropy and/or deterioration. The digitized footage will then be gifted to a few archives after the exhibition for access and posterity. Some of the artists that I... [ Read More → ]