Calling attention to the recent digital and hybrid media work of longtime collaborators Roberta Friedman and Grahame Weinbren, this program features the latest iteration of the multi-generational, Gertrude Stein-inspired opus Straight from Bertha (1976/2010/2014, 40 min.)—with the new segments shot in the “ruins” of New York’s Millennium Film Workshop. Having collaborated at CalArts in the 1970s, Friedman and Weinbren explored mathematical structures, film as music, movie syntax and avant-garde narratives with a singular wit in their early films before turning to multimedia and interactive video installation, of which The Erl King (1983–86, Whitney Biennial 1987) was a groundbreaking example. Friedman and Weinbren—the senior editor of Millennium Film Journal—have continued to collaborate while also working individually.

In person: Roberta Friedman and Grahame Weinbren