Events from November 1 to November 30
The 17th Annual New Original Works Festival continues with a program of works by Primera Generación, Xiaoyue Zhang, randy reyes + Bapari. [VIRTUAL EVENT]
Recent short films take you on an unexpected journey from India to Haiti and from Argentina to Thailand, as they strive for contemporary modes of expression to explore distance, desire and spirituality. [VIRTUAL EVENT LIMITED TO THE U.S.]
Organized by Gabrielle Civil, Black Motion Pictures is a series of Zoom interviews with radical Black creatives about race, performance, and representation conducted between June 2–14, 2020. [VIRTUAL EVENT]
Concerto for Elvis is the first in a series of collaborations between Corral and Gedeon, in which four 20th century American male icons are dismantled through collage, color constancy, and racialized representation. [VIRTUAL EVENT]
In this salon, organized in conjunction with the exhibition Inside Out & Upside Down: Posters from CalArts 1970-2019, designers and CalArts alumni Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton and Silas Munro will gather with former classmates and colleagues Lorin Brown and Cameron Ewing, and former faculty Garland Kirkpatrick to discuss their experiences as Black graphic designers, educators and as members of the CalArts community. [VIRTUAL EVENT]
In advance of the streamed version of Try/Step/Trip, on Friday, November 20, writer and composer Dahlak Brathwaite and director Roberta Uno join choreographers Toran X. Moore and Freddy Ramsey Jr. alongside artist/organizer Dr. Shamell Bell for a discursive conversation about art and activism as a vital component of the work. [VIRTUAL EVENT]
Coming to REDCAT after premiering at the Toronto Film Festival, Fauna (2020, 71 min.) recasts the signature actors of award-winning director Nicolás Pereda’s past films onto a narrative maze of opaque dialogues and in-between lines. [VIRTUAL EVENT LIMITED TO THE U.S.]
Love Queer Cinema Week was founded in 2001 by university students as the first LGBTQ film festival in mainland China. There it remains one of the few grassroots events involved in independent queer film screenings and cultural exchange, providing a platform for sexual and other minorities worldwide. [VIRTUAL EVENT LIMITED TO THE U.S.]
