• Greg Davis (acoustic and field recording experimenter, Kranky records & Carpark recording artist, Chicago) Music: (1) (2) (3) (4)
• Sebastien Roux (electronic & organic ambient guitar drones, Paris, France) Music (1) (2)
• Bird Show (improvised & acoustic minimalist, Kranky records recording artist, Chicago) (1) (2)
• Zachary Reno (field recording guitar drone noise folk. Portland) Music: (1)
• Janice McKeachern (prepared guitar, Portland)

Watch a recent KVAL interview regarding the OpenLens Festival NW PREMIER January 13 - NW Premier In The Land Of Milk and Money Second Friday Film Forum with Director, Producer and Writer Susan Emshwiller Time: 8:00PM Admission: $5.00 In The Land of Milk and Money is an outrageous comedy and wacky social satire that turns suburban America on its head. Mad cow disease, corporate greed, mob mentality, the cult of Motherhood, propaganda, discrimination, and dangerous kitchen utensils all find a home in this wild social satire.      The performances have been called sharp and smart especially by the two leads including Christopher Coulson as the doctor and Kim Gillingham as his one time wife. Veteran character actor Tom Bower plays Dr. Cochran's father who ditches his crazed wife for the tomboyish Amy Madigan.      Emshwiller has worked in the film industry as a set decorator for over seventeen years, often for director Robert Altman. As an actress, she was featured in Altman's "The Player." Her short film "Breakfast Messages" won numerous awards at film festivals, and was aired on A&E in addition to being screened at the American Film Institute Festival and the Museum of Modern Art. Susan Emshwiller and Barbara Turner wrote the script for Ed Harris’ directorial debut film, Pollock. Director Emshwiller will discuss her new film following the evening's screening. References: Director's Statement Background Official Festival List   Screen Writing Workshop Susan Emshwiller January 14 - Screen Writing Workshop with Susan Emshwiller Time: 10:00 AM - 1:00PM General $20-40.00 ss. Special Student Fee: $15 with current student photo ID card Register: programs@divanow.org or call 954-8373 Screen Writer and Director Susan Emshwiller will conduct a three hour workshop on writing for motion pictures. She will be talking about story, characterization, dialogue, structure, as well as inspiration and writer's block. There will be several points in which participants will write excercises or examples to illustrate some of these points. These be discussed after writing them, which will invariably bring more screenwriting issues into play.      Emshwiller's short film, Breakfast Messages, has won numerous festival awards. She has written and directed several plays, including the critically-acclaimed and award-wining Brushstrokes. She co-wrote that academy award winning film "Pollock," for actor-director Ed Harris. Her current film, In The Land of Milk and Money is her feature debut as screenwriter/director. Emshwiller's screenplay "The Furnace" just won the Hollywood Gateway screenplay competition      In addition to co-writing "Pollock," Emshwiller has adapted several other film scripts, including "Dogtown," for actor Amy Madigan, and "Hole in the Day" and "A Few Days with Me," for actor Bill Pullman. She has written many original screenplays, including "Mother's Day," "Cowboy Fiction," "Cement Shoes," "Burger World," "Blind Sight," and "The Furnace." Explosion! 2005 January 14 - BEST OF EXPLOSION! 2005 Time: 3:00 PM Coordinated by Brian Walker - with visiting artists. Admission: $2-5.00 ss Explosion! is an annual celebration of student work from the University of Oregon Department of Art and will feature animation work created by students in classes on such topics as motion graphics, basic design, multimedia design, animation and 3-D animation. Included will be computer-generated and traditional stop-motion animation, as well as claymation animation. The show will feature different works from beginning and advanced students.       In response to student interests and new opportunities in art and technology, the Department of Art launched the digital arts program in fall 2000 for UO students. The design program melds the historic strengths of the visual design area with an inter-disciplinary approach suited to the emerging digital communication industry’s need for creative, sophisticated multimedia professionals. January 14 - OPENLENS SHORT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL With visiting artists and special host, Director and Producer Susan Emshwiller Reception Following Screening Time: 8:00 PM Admission: $5.00 Eugene's Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts Center (DIVA) presents the Second Annual OpenLens Short Film & Video Festival. This event provides an opportunity for local film makers in Douglas, Lane, Linn, Benton, and Deschutes counties, to showcase their work. A selected program compiled from this year's entries will be screened and prizes awarded. Prizes include a Jury awarded Best Of The Festival Award ($250). An Audience Choice Award ($100) as well as other prizes. Doors open at 7:30PM, Festival Screening at 8:00 PM followed by artist reception and award ceremonies. An Encore presentation will be held on Sunday, January 15th.      January 15 - OPENLENS SHORT VIDEO FESTIVAL - ENCORE Presentation Time: 3:00 PM Admission: $2-5.00 ss An screening of this year's OpenLens Short Video Festival will take place on Sunday afternoon. This program has been selected by the OpenLens Jury Committee from over 35 entries.    Special host for this afternoon is Screen Writer and Director Neal Miller who's feature, "Raising Flagg" is now playing in Portland and Eugene. January 15 - Special Seminar: 30 Days in Hell: The Making of Devil’s Rejects Time: 6:00 - 8:50 PM Admission: Free Many young filmmakers planning their first movie often choose to make a horror film adventure. Such movies include special effects, action, and all those frightening things that making a film fun.     DIVA's master of the horror film genre, Henry Weintraub, explores The Making of Devil’s Rejects, a documentary about the 30 day production schedule for the film by Rob Zombie.    The documentary is ranked among the best ever created for DVD release. Part 1 begins with pre-production including: scripting, casting, make-up tests, location scouting, costume design, set design, table reads, storyboards (lack thereof)… right up to the first day of shooting. Part 2 details the first six days of shooting. Part 3 takes the viewer through days seven to 14 and includes the final “Free Bird” sequence, the chicken ranch murders, events at Spaulding’s house and the Sheriff’s station and the cut Dr. Satan scene. Part 4 covers the opening shoot out and all events at the Firefly house from days 15 to 21. Part 5 covers the last 9 days of shooting, which focuses mainly on the events at Charlie’s Frontier Fun Town, and ends with Rob and everyone saying thanks and farewell. There is no post-production coverage in this documentary.     Given the graphic nature of horror films know there may be a fright or two resulting from all the fake gore used in this film. There is much to learn and appreciate about this type of filmmaking.

OPENLENS FESTIVAL WEEKEND - JANUARY 13-14-15

Eugene, Oregon will once again play host to an experience in sharing and collaboration, celebrating the connections between creative solutions in art, science and community.
    This year will acknowledge the space between analog and digital ecologies. From the organic to the cybernetic, from the earth to the internet, transdisciplinary dialogue finds a new home. Building on last year's theme of Free Culture, Metamedia Cooperation II will encourage organic and open source solutions.
    This integral experience with cutting-edge academics from the fields of music, physics, physiology, psychology and technology will feature, Open Space for communities at the forefront of eco-design, place making and social creativity. Art installations will be curated by the Fenario Gallery featuring the visionary works of Kris D, Dhira Lawrence, Mark Henson, David Heskin, Nemo, Roman Villagrana and others. Multimedia video presentations will focus on Creative Commons, Holocosmos, Pod Collective and Spotworks. Atmospheric sounds will be mixed and remixed by Hydropod, G.A.S.P, The Theurgic Seed Cooperative and others, along with visuals by Dreamer John. Composer & Imaginify creative director, Jair, will serve as a guide through this in-person and teleconferenced environment continuing the evolution of this new "Meta-Cooperation" space

• DoublePlusGood - Double+Good is the alias of Erik Carlson (formerly Lullabies for Michelle). The music can be described as an original approach to pop music with a nod to Electro pop that is best described as a fusion of classic pop choruses from artists like the Beach Boys crossed with the electronics of artist such as Boards of Canada.
• The Flood Covers the Earth - Epic slowcore music in vein of classic indie bands like Slint and Unwound.
• Ezra Carey - Reflective folk rock in the new folk tradition of band like Iron and Wine and Calexico.

Event coordinator: Erik Carlson

A special screening of the DIVA Centers' recent Second Annual OpenLens Short Film & Video Festival featuring the work of local artists in Douglas, Lane, Linn, Benton, and Deschutes counties. The 103 minute program includes 15 films compiled from this year's entries including the Grand Prize winning film "Part of the Old Brick Chimney Still Stood" by Brian Kerr. Includes some mild language

Bijou Art Cinemas 492 E. 13th, Eugene

February 10, 11, 12, 2006 - Imaging Indians: Indigenous North Americans in Film
Bijou art Cinemas - Not a DIVA Event
See Festival Web Site for full schedule of screening events.

This special film festival is presented by the Eugene Weekly in conjunction with the University of Oregon Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics, which is sponsoring a two-year examination of Native American art, images and issues.

This announcement is provided by the DIVA Center in support of film festival activity in the Eugene area.

Time: 2:25 - 3:35pm The Slanted Screen: Asian Men in Film & Television
Admission: Free (donation suggested)

Time: 4:05pm - 6:00pm Slow Jam King by Steven E. Mallorca. Drama/Narrative. (USA) Admission: $2-$10 sliding scale.

Time: 2:50 - 4:30pm Innocent (Festival Pick) by Simon Chung. Drama/Narrative (Canada/Hong Kong) Admission: $2-$10 sliding scale.

Time: 4:45pm - 6:30pm Race Is the Place (Festival Pick) by Ray Telles and Rick Tejada-Flores. Admission: $2-$10 sliding scale.

Acclaimed Hollywood acting coach and Emmy nominated producer, David Livingston, offers Eugene actors a rare glimpse of a unique improvisational process that has been used to train an extraordinary number of the most significant actors and directors to emerge in the last quarter-century. For over two decades, his workshops in Beverly Hills and Hollywood have served as a refuge for working actors. Ages 14 and over.

FOR more information visit: http://www.livingtruthfully.net/

• "Forsaken Honor," by Andrew Hastings and Jack Mehl, Churchill High School, is a trailer for a fictional full-length movie that builds the suspense of card game gone bad.
• "Skydiving," by Anthony Jennings, North Eugene High School.  This promotional video for skydiving thrills with breathtaking scenes of aerial acrobatics.
• "The Gift," by Jason Randall, Churchill High School, tells a powerful, dark story of revenge.
•  "Find a Penny, Pick it Up," by Matt Barnhart, Sheldon High School, explores the impact of small decisions through a whimsical premise – the life changes that might result from the choice to pick up a found penny or not.
• "Dance Dance Maniacs," by Scott Scriven, South Eugene High School, illuminates the fascination and obsession of students for the dancing video game, Dance Dance Revolution.
• "Only You, My Love," by Michael Moccasin, turns an obsession with skateboarding into a tightly crafted love story with a twist.

• "Morning Routine," by Brendan Albano, South Eugene High School, intersperses scenes of a typical day with flashes of a dream sequence.
• "Ducin Down Tha Block," Sydney Maximin, Martin Luther King, Jr. Education Center, showcases his original song in this professional quality music video.
• "Something Changes," by Alex Funke and Patrick Burton, Springfield High School, depicts a subtle shifting of perspective resulting from a pick-pocketing incident.
• "Illusions of Love," by Zack Hollister, Springfield High School, portrays the missed cues that lead to a teen suicide.
• "Most Saturdays," by Brittany Katter and Andrea Alcantara, Churchill High School, features Katter in all roles as a student who visits her empty high school on Saturdays to play out the conversations she’s unable to have in real life.

You got a video camera for your birthday, and you're going to do it. You're going to make a short film this year, this Spring! and enter it in the YouthVisions film festival. It's going to have rich characters doing interesting things, and you're going to catch it all on tape. The big question is: Who are those characters and what are they doing? In other words, what's the story? In this workshop, you will develop a seed idea for a story into a series of dramatic scenes. Come with some rough story ideas, leave with a scene outline that you will be anxious to develop into a working script. You can do it. This is your year.

Jon Labrousse is a 4J High School English and Video Production teacher. He's also a published poet, amateur filmmaker, and writer of short stories.

Download Registration Form as a Word Document or a PDF
    

Festival March 7 - 11 McDonald Theater. The Archaeology Film Festival features the wonderful diversity of human cultures past and present in the exploration of our place in history and in our world. To promote the genre and the makers of film and video productions about archaeology and indigenous peoples. There are five days of juried films and videos on archaeological and indigenous topics. See: Archaeology Film Festival web site for full schedule and details.

• March 07 - McDonald Theater
• March 08 - McDonald Theate
• March 09 - McDonald Theate
• March 10 - McDonald Theate
• March 11 - Evening Awards Reception at DIVA

Keynote speaker (Tuesday evening): Brian Fagan, Ph.D., from UC Santa Barbara, one of the world's leading archaeological writers, serves as archaeological consultant to National Geographic Society, Time/Life, Encyclopedia Britannica, Microsoft Encarta, Time/Life Television's Lost Civilizations, and a National Geographic Television series called Treasure .

This announcement is provided by the DIVA Center in support of film festival activity in the Eugene area

Playback Theater is an improvisational collaboration between audience and actors where true stories are brought to life. We help audience members describe moments from their lives, and then we reflect back the essence of these stories through improvised movement, music, and dialogue. A show can be humorous, profound, surprising, and moving. Come  honor the artistic magic of everyday life! More Informatio: http://www.robtobias.com/playback.html

"The Living Temple" takes you on a 30-minute thrilling adventure of self-discovery following the paths of ancient visionaries, artists and architects into the mysteries of creation and discovers hidden wisdom and wonder. The film reveals how global communication offers a new way of experiencing sacred places. Countless structures, separated by geography and belief for thousands of years, can now be seen as many doorways to a common storehouse of human knowledge. At a time when the world seems to be exploding with conflict, this film offers an inspiring reminder that the human spirit unites an amazing diversity of cultural expression. See Trailer.

This workshop is an opportunity to deepen your experience of sacred space. Architect, author and filmmaker Anthony Lawlor will guide us through a sequence of exercises that open our senses and emotions to richer and more intimate connections to places charged with peace, mystery and wonder. He will offer creative ways of energizing our homes and meditation places with personal meaning and beauty.

PURPOSE: Since ancient peoples first inhabited caves and simple shelters, experiencing and establishing sacred places has been as integral to human life as acquiring food and clothing. Yet, most of us have not learned how to access the life wisdom and renewing power stored in sacred places. This workshop connects the lessons of thousands of years of perceiving and making sacred places to our daily lives. It gives participants tools for more readily entering sacred space in their homes and communities. In the process, they gain methods for shaping their surroundings into vital, compassionate, and wondrous places.

SEEING SACRED SPACE: The first part of the workshop guides participants through a progression of exercises that provide deeper understanding and experience of the passage through sacred spaces. The participants learn tools for going beyond vague sensations of sacredness to specific personal connections to the forms, patterns, colors, sounds and aromas of sacred space. The sequence of exercises travels through the Longing for Sacredness, Approaching Sacred Space, Threshold Crossings, Passages Through Light and Shadow, Altars of Offering, Return to Daily Life.

MAKING SACRED SPACE: The second part of the workshop offers participants methods for creating a sacred place. They learn: Discovering the Intent of Your Sacred Space, Reading the Site (Earth, Sky, Plants and Animals) of Your Sacred Space, Shaping the Floor, Walls, Roof, Windows and Doors of Your Sacred Space, and Inhabiting Your Sacred Space.

DIVA Special Media Event

Truly a process of discovery: I thought I was simply creating a profile of my cousin's life. Instead, what I hope I created is a testament to chutzpah and courage - a subject-directed dissertation on flying with broken wings." (Jeff Patterson)

Carolezoom a.k.a Carole Patterson is moving with her husband to Portland in April. We say farewell with a special public screening of a documentary about her life as a nationally-known disability rights advocate followed by a community reception.

The evening begins with a free screening of the film, Independent Little Cuss by director Jeff Patterson. In the film Carole confronts opposition and faces her own demons with brutal honesty and lively humor as she prepares to marry a non-disabled man against his family's wishes. Carole's challenging life with Muscular Dystrophy is traced back to its beginnings as her amazing candor informs her bisexuality, her die-hard activism, and her pain. Friends and family debate the consequences of raising Carole, the family's tension during the wedding weekend, and Carole's experimental life-style as the highly-anticipated ceremony approaches.

After the screening, the public is invited to participate in a reception for Carole, her husband Brett Campbell, and her cousin Jeff Patterson who produced the evening's documentary.

Come enjoy a special tribute to a great lady and a major contributor to the growth and development of the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts.

April 28 - 'Zine Release Party!
Time: 6:30pm-9:30
Admission: Free

Dry Erase, a literary zine, will have a release party with readings, food, and a musical performance by Double Plus Good.

On April 27-29, the Disability Studies Committee at the University of Oregon (UO) in cooperation with the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts (DIVA) and the UO Disability Project will hold its second annual film festival devoted to the experience of disability.The last evening of the festival will be held at the DIVA Center 110 W. Broadway. Three excellent documentaries will be screened.

"Speed Racer: Welcome to the World of Vic Chestnut". This film introduces the audience to the singer/songwriter Vic Chesnutt from Athens, Georgia who has used a wheelchair since an auto accident at age 18. Vic Chesnutt was discovered by REM’s Michael Stipe in Athens, GA and is beloved as one of America’s most literate songwriters, with songs rich in Southern gothic tradition. His list of admirers reads like a Who’s Who of popular music: Madonna, Bob Mould, Pearl Jam, Nancy Griffith, and Fugazi–just to name a few. Through song and interview this film captures the true spirit of a young artist. Color & B/W. 30 mins. Director: Peter Sillen, Camera: John Pirozzi, Editor: Nancy Graydon, Music: Vic Chesnutt, and Production: Peter Sillen.

"Murderball." A film about quadriplegics who play full-contact rugby in Mad Max-style wheelchairs - overcoming unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece. Featuring fierce rivalry, stopwatch suspense, and larger-than-life personalities, MURDERBALL, Winner of the Documentary Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize for Editing at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, is a film about tough, highly competitive rugby players. Quadriplegic rugby players. Whether by car wreck, fist fight, gun shot, or rogue bacteria, these men were forced to live life sitting down. In their own version of the full-contact sport, they smash the hell out of each other in custom-made gladiator-like wheelchairs. And no, they don't wear helmets.
      Based on the article by Dana Adam Shapiro, MURDERBALL was co-directed by Henry-
Alex Rubin and Shapiro, and produced by Jeffrey Mandel and Shapiro. During their long
and intense collaboration, the three filmmakers drew on their individual skills to form a tight,
proficient team.

"The Kids are All Right", Kerry Richardson, director.  Charities have used poster children to raise money since the 1930s because it works. People see a child with leg braces and crutches; they feel sorry and drop a coin in the jar or call in the pledge. But once the fundraising drive is over, that image of the poor little poster child lingers. The general public absorbs the idea that people with muscular dystrophy, or polio--really all people with disabilities--are pitiable victims who want and need nothing more than a big charity to take care of or cure them. Mike calls this the charity mentality.

See University of Oregon FILM FESTIVAL SITE for full details

"Labor of Love" will integrate stories from the audience into the performance on stage, using music, fabric, and cooperative acting. The show is suitable for all ages.
      Emeral Valley Playback Theater is an improvisational collaboration between audience and actors where true stories are brought to life. We help audience members describe moments from their lives, and then we reflect back the essence of these stories through improvised movement, music, and dialogue. A show can be humorous, profound, surprising, and moving. Come honor the artistic magic of everyday life!

Award winning short films from around the world including: Gopher Broke, Good Riddance Termites, Get Up and Grow, Tracks, Lost In The Woods, and Ride of the Mergansers. This free community event is presented by the City of Eugene in celebration of 100 years of parks. A fun reception will follow with "Giant Critters," snacks, and lots of great outdoor activity ideas. Free for all ages.

This is not a DIVA event. Posting here is in support of film events in Downtown Eugene.

Planned Parenthood will host the Reproductive Justice Film Festival at DIVA. The film festival will feature courageous filmmakers who present insightful and at times quirky examinations of reproductive justice.
 
The three short films include :

The Abortion Diaries. A documentary featuring 12 women who speak candidly about their experiences with abortion. Their stories weave together with the filmmakers diary entries to present a compelling “dinner party” where the audience is invited to hear what women say behind closed doors about motherhood, medical technology, sex, spirituality, love, work and their own bodies. Director Penny Lane. Learn More.

Rosita A documentary by award-winning filmmakers Barbara Attie and Janet Goldwater that traces a young girls journey from innocent victim to unwitting victor. When a nine-year-old Nicaraguan girl becomes pregnant as a result of a rape, her parents seek a legal “therapeutic” abortion to save their only child’s life. Their quest pits them against governments, the medical establishment, and the Catholic Church. Producers-Directors Janet Goldwater and Barbara Attie. Read More.

Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Time Out NY calls it a "brilliantly woven pastiche that combines archival and original footage in a highly amusing but incisive examination of the fight for reproductive choice." Director Tiffany Shlain. Learn More.

For more information call 342-6042 ext. 35

Note: Filmmakers will not be attending this event

DIVA Rental Event

"Lusty Leaf" is a folk collective based out of Eugene coordinated by Owen Smith. Loose guitar plunks, pots and pans, banjo, keys, and rolling marimba arrangements set the score for wondrous vocal incantations in the vein of Califone, Vashti Bunyan, and Mt. Eerie. The idea is this: wield a web of songs and with these songs tell a story. The result: “Wide open world, where are you?” As narrative tour guides, the group winds its tale through a series of allegorical re-visions of place. “Wide open world, where are you?” is an attempt to engage with the profound earthly marvels which surround us all. This event is all ages; intended for smiles, laughter and open ears. The cover will be dirt cheap.

Track down everyone you know in Eugene-Springfield and tell them JUMP we’ll be here Sunday night, May 21st with a traveling film festival program!
      The collection of films has been carefully hand plucked from JUMP's past eight shows just for the occasion and features the work of Aaron Suring, Alex Nelson, Arlo Midgett, Edra Morledge, Greg Chaney, Jason Alexander, Joe Sears, Joel Bennett, Kevin Fremlin, Lou Logan, Pat Race, Paul Disdier, Roblin Davis, Sarah Elliott and many other Juneau artists. Visit: Juneau Underground Motion Picture Society.

This listing posted by DIVA in support the film, video, and media arts in Eugene.

Each Spring term LCC is pleased to present an evening of multimedia screeings, hands-on demonstrations, photography, artwork, and multimedia presentations all completed by students in the Media Arts program on campus.

Come join students, faculty, and the community in celebrating some of the best work being done today in media arts.

This listing posted by DIVA in support the film, video, and media arts in Eugene.

I Died
JM Ginsberg
Burning Indian
eraritjaritjaka
TECHNICOLOR YAWN
Daniel Heila (along with
Video)
Future is Dust
Disjunct
Cryptic Weevil
Audiometic
Pulse Emitter

June 17
Time: 7:00 PM Sharp! Special Video
presented by The Jircs
Admission: $7.00
Visiting Artists:

Subterrane
Tarantula Princess
Leporidae
Sharkiface
Glamorous Pat (as Sisprum Vish)
Klowd
Bran(...)Pos
The Sunken
GX Jupitter-Larsen vs IDX1274
Pop Culture Rape Victim
The Haters

June 18th
Time:Show Starts at noon - Free Brunch and Gear Swap
Admission: $7.00
Visiting Artists:

(co)sine
Soup Purse
Barracks of Afghanistan
Robotic Daly
Dennis Naslund and The Japanese Tourists
Ramen Blood Clot
Moshi Moshi
View
WARNING BROKEN MACHINE
Atone Pain Tribe (doing suspension and hook performance with noise)
dead/bird & halfnormal
IDX1274

DIVA presents CARTUNE XPREZ, a collection of 16 animated videos along with 2 live multimedia performances by SLOW DANCE RECYTTAL and HOOLIGANSHIP. This is a one night showing on June 23rd, 2006 at 8:30 p.m.

CARTUNE XPREZ is a curated program of experimental animations that come from all over the United States and Canada. This program crisscrosses between hyper-color flash, digital motion graphics, traditional hand drawn, chalk board, newspaper cut out and photo animations. Animators include Paper Rad, Martha Colburn, Amy Lockhart, Takeshi Murata, Francine Spiegel, Luke Negrey and Andrew Meeken, Jim Trainor, Jim Duesing, Drew Pavelchak, Michael Bell Smith, Philippe Blanchard, Cassandra C. Jones, Gretchen Hogue and Hooliganship.

SLOW DANCE RECYTTAL is live music/animation/performance by Christopher Doulgeris, Cassandra C. Jones and Peter Burr. Using a combination of flash, motion graphics, and found photo animation, Slow Dance Recyttal follows the perspective of a shape shifting character through a quest to uncover the melodic structures within his multiplistic universe. The projected animations are set to an all-original soundtrack of electronic melodies and are accompanied by live clarinet and bass guitar. The full performance takes place in a stage set of giant glowing inflatable jems. Learn More.

HOOLIGANSHIP is a grunge rock inspired dance-off duo that combines electronic melodies with freak-out animations for a sensory-overload multimedia party. Christopher Doulgeris and Peter Burr use instructional videos, pamphlets, and a bass guitar and keyboard combo to teach audiences how to revel in their heap of sights and sounds with specially choreographed dance moves.

CARTUNE XPREZ, SLOW DANCE RECYTTAL, HOOLIGANSHIP have performed in venues across the United States and Canada including The Drake Hotel in Toronto, ON, The Harris Theatre and Space Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA, The Portland Institute for Contemporary Arts and PDX Experimental Film/Video Festival in Portland, OR and On the Boards in Seattle, WA. Upcoming events include The Mattress Factory and Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, PA, SPARKS in Syracuse, NY and Monkey Town in Brooklyn, NY.

Emily Hay and Mparcos Fernandes embark on a west coast tour this summer in support of their new collaborative CD offering, "WE ARE" on Public Eyesore.  The tour starts on June 23rd, taking them from Vancouver, B.C. to Los Angeles with stops along the way in Seattle, Olympia for the Festival of Experimental Music, Portland, Eugene, Oakland and Long Beach. Fernandes and Hay will be joined by guitarist Carey Fosse on the tour and will also be collaborating with many local
luminaries at each stop

Born in Yokohama, Japan, Marcos Fernandes has long been active in San Diego as performer, producer and curator. He has performed in Japan, Hong Kong, Mexico and the US as a solo improviser, phonographer and as percussionist/sound artist with various ensembles, including Wormhole, a decade-long collaboration with percussionist/sound artist Robert Montoya. Fernandes runs the artist-based independent label Accretions, started two decades ago and which now features some of today's more innovative experimentalists. He is a founding member of the Trummerflora collective, dedicated to creative music in Southern California. Fernandes' recordings have appeared on Accretions, Bake/Staalplaat, Circumvention, Pan Handler, Pax, Pfmentum, Phonography.org, Public Eyesore, Ribosome and Solitary B.

Emily Hay is a flutist, vocalist and pianist who extends the traditional pre-conceived capabilities of her instruments. Her approach to music incorporates the complexities of contemporary classical technique with the spontaneity of free improvisation resulting in startling interpretations of sound and intense ensemble interaction. As a performer of the flute, alto flute, piccolo and ethnic reeds, she emits unusual tone colors and soaring rhythmic structures augmented by electronic manipulation. Her vocalizations range from primal to operatic, including whimsical word play and lyrics from the stream of consciousness.
      Hay is an active member of the Los Angeles and "left coast" music communities, performing and collaborating in avant garde, alternative art rock, free improvisation, electro-acoustical and contemporary classical ensembles such as U Totem, The Motor Totemist Guild, The 5 UU's , Otherparts, I Am Umbrella, Adam Rudolph's Go Organic Orchestra, The Emily Hay Collective, The Rich West Ensemble, The Jeff Kaiser Okodektet and The Vinny Golia Large Ensemble. She is a featured artist on Cuneiform Records, Recommended Records, Nine Winds Records, Meta Records, pfMentum and Dragnet Records. She has toured and performed extensively throughout Europe, Canada and the United States with concert highlights at the Bimhuis/Amsterdam, the Ottomat/Italy, New Music America Festival/Montreal, Art Rock Festival/Frankfurt, Kulturni Dom/Yugoslavia and the Reithalle/Switzerland.

Michael Zerang (percussion) and Fred Lonberg-Holm (cello) are based in Chicago are touring along with Torsten Muller after their July performances at The Vancouver Jazz Festival.
    Fred Lonberg-Holm and Michael Zerang have been working together on a variety of projects since 1995. They have created a set of CD releases as two thirds of a trio with Axel Dorner, John Butcher, Jaap Blonk, Sten Sandell, and upcoming releases with Joe McPhee and Peter Brotzmann.
     Zerang and Lonberg-Holm are members of the Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet, and have performed together on releases from Broken Wire, In Zenith, and Sonance Quarry.  Together and separately, they have performed internationally with an ever widening pool of improvisers and musical innovators for the past 30 years. Visit: www.michaelzerang.com

The Boles Murders is a feature-length documentary film about a real life cold case--the murder of an entire family. On Aug. 14, 1965, Jim Boles, Darlene Boles and their two sons, Bobby, age 13, and 12-year-old Tommy were gunned down in their mountain cabin along with their pet dachshund, Barbara. For 40 years the case languished in the dusty inactive files of the San Bernardino County Sheriff's homicide detail. The case had been cold since 1967.
      For more than a year filmmaker Davey Porter conducted interviews with living persons of interest and followed up on threads that were, at best, left hanging. The project picked up steam when, after a six month search, Porter located John P. Wilcoxen, the only living witness who was at the Boles cabin the moment the bodies were discovered.
      In September 2004, The Boles Murders premiered at the Lake Arrowhead International Film Festival. The film won the prestigious June Lockhart Award for Special Achievement in Film, and on Oct. 26, 2004, based on new information revealed in Porter's documentary, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's homicide detail officially reactivated the case.

• 07:00 PM Roam: A new mountain bike film
• 08:30 PM 16,000 ft On A Friday
• 10:00 PM Re-Screening Filmed By Bike IV (selected shorts)

• 03:00 PM Roam: A new mountain bike film
• 04:30 PM 16,000 ft On A Friday
• 06:00 PM Re-Screening Filmed By Bike IV (selected shorts)

Kid Theodore is a group of five that enjoy playing rock and roll music. The music that Kid Theodore makes is an interesting blend of influences ranging from Tom Waits to Belle and Sebastion. kid Theodore is creating quite a buzz among underground/independent music fans.
   DoublePlusGood is the electro-pop moniker for one man singer/songwriter/producer Erik Carlson, who has been writing and playing music for a better portion of his life. Carlson has been a student in the University of Oregon's Future Music program.
   Also playing is Matthew Sage known as Castles.

The Tour Is Doomed hurdles 4 of Los Angeles' most exciting young noise acts up the great coast they call home, the West Coast! Unlike East Cost noise acts with their starched shirts tucked into their pants, you won't find any of these performers associating with anything less than decimation. From their physical performances to unwashed clothes, from their homemade, dumpster-dived instruments to the sandals on their feet ~ this is west coast style noise.

Visiting artists include: Kevin Shields (LA), Privy Seals(LA),Toxic Loin Cloth(LA), Ex Jesus(LA), Warning Broken Machine (Eug), JMGinsberg (Eug).

Using harsh noise, cathartic screams, ambiant drones, and violent episodes in which the listeners ears are subject to ear shattering feedback and white noise, 240+ BPM drums and bass loops that can make any person without hearing protection deaf (Blowupnlists).

Visiting Artists: Playing Enemy (Seattle), Blowupnilist (Vancouver, B.C.), Rye Wolves (local band), Eraritjaritjaka (Eugene)

"Lusty Leaf" is a folk collective based out of Eugene coordinated by Owen Smith. Loose guitar plunks, pots and pans, banjo, keys, and rolling marimba arrangements set the score for wondrous vocal incantations in the vein of Califone, Vashti Bunyan, and Mt. Eerie. The idea is this: wield a web of songs and with these songs tell a story. The result: “Wide open world, where are you?” As narrative tour guides, the group winds its tale through a series of allegorical re-visions of place. “Wide open world, where are you?” is an attempt to engage with the profound earthly marvels which surround us all. This event is all ages; intended for smiles, laughter and open ears.
    Singer/songwriter Johanna Kunin’s melodic meditations with distinct twists of harmony and turns of phrase that set it refreshingly off the beaten singer/songwriter track. She possesses the kind of sadly angelic voice that compels you to follow on whatever journeys she has in mind, strange though they may be.
    Johanna was named one of eight recipients of the 2004 Jack Straw Artist Support Program Grant. She embarked on several recording projects and began playing shows all around the Northwest. She has now just finished recording her debut full-length record, "Clouds Electric," with producer Tucker Martine, who has worked with the likes of Mudhoney, Laura Veirs, Jim White, Jesse Sykes, Bill Frisell, The Long Winters, and Erin McKeown.
     Vidsonic Showcase: Rhythm from Wreckage: Rural Cyberpunk's Not Dead! curated by Carl Diehl. The obsolete technologies of near-future Earth will be operated on by rural cyberneticists. Today, collaborating with by-gone media to reveal previously imperceptible vistas in their environs (informational and otherwise), vidsonic artists seek new rhythm in the trash heaps accumulated in the wake of progress. Foraging the wilds of technology, tonight's program includes: retro-fit fauna, provisional maps of info-overload, picturesque malfunction, and a robot-led indoctrination of tomorrow's leaders by way of almost broken electronics! Rural Cyberpunk's not Dead!!More info at Electronic Elsewhere.

Choose your own film adventure.The audience selects the evening's film from five-classic and cult film titles. Discussion following the screening makes for a thought-provoking experience.
    Henry Weintraub will host the evening. Weintraub formerly offered the Odd Sunday Film Seminar that screened unusual films such as "Eraserhead", "Freaks", "Sweet Sweetback's BaadAsssss Song" and "Suspiria". Come to be surprised and engaged by the evening's selected screening.

Artists screen their short videos in a competition following in the tradition of the poetry slam. An audience choice award sends the winner to the OpenLens Festival competition. A goal of this monthly event is to help develop a local video and film community where work can be screened and discussed by peers and the community. See the Video Slam web site for entry details.

Blood of the Vikings, Episode 1: First Blood. (UK) BBC 50 min. In this first of a two-part series, Julian Richards examines the story of the Vikings in Britain, from their first raids, to the settlement of the British Isles. The Viking legacy is traced through archaeology, history and a genetics survey of Britain's current inhabitants. This first episode examines evidence for the Vikings' violent raids.Producer: Paul Bradshaw

The Kingdom of the Nabateans: From Petra to Medain Saleh. (France) 52min. Over 2000 years ago, camel caravans, laden with incense and spices for Mediterranian ports, set out from Medain Saleh in the Hedjaz plain of Saudi Arabia, bound for the ancient capitol of Petra. These caravan traders–the "Nabateans"–carved huge tombs high in the rocky peaks of their land. Understanding their way of life, and divining the meaning and significance of their astonishing tombs, is the subject of recent archaeological work examined in this film. Producer: Gedeon Programmes -- Valerie Grenon

In the Land of the Black Pharaohs. (Switzerland) 52 min. The film chronicles the work of one of Europe's leading archaeologists–Swiss-born Charles Bonnet–as he and his team comb the sands of Northern Sudan. Their work reveals the former existence of a great Nubian civilization and its imperial capital, Kerma–ancient home of the "Black Pharaohs." Producer: Climage

King Solomon's Tablet of Stone (UK) 50 mins. Does an ancient-looking stone tablet that appeared mysteriously in Israel reveal the actual existence of the legendary Temple of Solomon? Could a recently-discovered stone ossuary constitute evidence of the real Jesus Christ? In this film, scholars seek to resolve these and other inter-linked biblical mysteries, including one that could have shattering consequences around the world.

Viking Voyages.(Sweden) BBC. This science documentary chronicles how farming people from the Nordic countries became great seafarers, colonizing distant lands across Europe and into Asia. The film's director travels "in-the-footsteps-of" Leifur Eiriksson to sites which hold evidence of the wanderers' attempts to establish life in North America, before ultimately yielding to Indians and a changing climate. Producer: Bo Landin

The Truth of Troy. (UK) 49 mins. he legend of Helen of Troy has enchanted audiences for the past 3,000 years. But is there any truth to the myth? Here, Professor Manfred Korfmann, who has been excavating the city of Troy since 1988, speaks at length about his amazing discoveries. The story that emerges is one of great passion, but not, it seems, about love. Producer: Aidan Laverty, BBC Television

The Secrets of the Karakoum. (France) 52 min. In this film, French, Italian and Turkmen archaeologists labor to unearth an unnamed city from the sands of the desert of Karakoum, in Turkmenistan. This untouched city of mystery thrived some six millennia ago as part of a little-known civilization. What was the nature of these people and their way of life, and how might their civilization be related to other large, contemporary civilizations?

Queen of the Mountain. (USA) 56 min. This film chronicles the story of Theresa Goell–a woman who ignored the dictates of her family, her time and her body (she was deaf), opting for adventure and challenge in a man's field: Archaeology. In so doing, she achieved her life-long dream at the age of 50: Leading the excavation of Nemrud Dagh, a burial site in southeastern Turkey and the final resting place of King Antiochus of Commagene, who controlled Euphrates River-crossings in the century before Christ. Producer: Martha Goell Lubell

Choose your own film adventure.The audience selects the evening's film from five-classic and cult film titles. Discussion following the screening makes for a thought-provoking experience.
    Henry Weintraub will host the evening. Weintraub formerly offered the Odd Sunday Film Seminar that screened unusual films such as "Eraserhead", "Freaks", "Sweet Sweetback's BaadAsssss Song" and "Suspiria". Come to be surprised and engaged by the evening's selected screening.

"David Rovics has been called the musical voice of the progressive movement in the US. Amy Goodman has called him "the musical version of Democracy Now!" Since the mid-90's Rovics has spent most of his time on the road, playing hundreds of shows every year throughout North America, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. He and his songs have been featured on national radio programs in the US, Canada, Britain, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Denmark and elsewhere. He has shared the stage regularly with leading intellectuals (Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn), activists (Medea Benjamin, Ralph Nader), politicians (Dennis Kucinich, George Galloway), musicians (Billy Bragg, the Indigo Girls), and celebrities (Martin Sheen, Susan Sarandon). He has performed at dozens of massive rallies throughout North America and Europe and at thousands of conferences, college campuses and folk clubs throughout the world. He makes all of his recordings available for free download on his website, www.davidrovics.com, and the downloads are in the many hundreds of thousands. More importantly, he's really good. He will make you laugh, he will make you cry, and he will make the revolution irresistable." Biography David Rovics

Artists screen their short videos in a competition following in the tradition of the poetry slam. An audience choice award sends the winner to the OpenLens Festival competition. A goal of this monthly event is to help develop a local video and film community where work can be screened and discussed by peers and the community. See the Video Slam web site for entry details.

• Mutant Ferrets from Outer Space. Mutant ferrets terrorize a small coastal town. A mother and son are trapped inside their home. Can they be stopped?
• Red Toothbrush - When a clean freak mom and a careless kid share the same toothbrush it's bound to cause problems. But in this case, there are only more questions, and an ending you'll never be able to guess at.
• Leeward Tide - On a lonely stretch of coastline a forlorn mariner seeks comfort in the rusted remains of a forgotten shipwreck. Unbeknownst to him, his redemption will arrive with a leeward tide.
• On Earth - Have you been searching for purpose in a cruel and faithless world? Does the prospect of living out your life in a meaningless circle of frustration and futility make you long for another way out? Well look no further because On Earth Ascensions has the answers you’ve been longing for.
• deep deep blues - The story of a lonesome harmonicist/bullfighter searching for purpose in a confusing world.
• The Tulpa - A headstrong female reporter interviews a young Tibetan Monk who claims that he has the ability to manifest physical objects from the depths of his mind.

A series of cutting edge noise event comes to the DIVA Center with Portland noise guru Dead/Bird, Newton from New York City, Eugene based gloomy doomy guitar by i.n.r.i, and compu-noise by Eraritjaritjaka.

Bird By Snow: Fletcher Tucker Fletcher began making music not too long ago, writing songs as he recorded them, because recording reminded him of sculpture, which he had studied formally formerly. He settled upon the band name, Bird By Snow, in 2002, it was taken from a poem by e.e. cummings, that is very much about that small-town of Pacific Grove where he lives. The band is Tucker, and sometimes friends he wants to play with (usually the rhyth-mythically talented Spencer Owen), and whoever else wants to play. Fletcher sing songs about what is in him, which is a love for the world and everything in it. Visit Web Site.

Spencer Owen and Lusty Leaf: Lusty Leaf is a folk collective based out of Eugene coordinated by Owen Smith. Lusty Leaf will perform"Autumnal Hymns".

Little Girl, Big Spoon. One girl show, Michelle Zauner - lyrics, vocals, guitar, xylophone and piano. Zauner has a refreshingly unpolished stage presence and presentation. Experimental / Acoustic / Folk. Visit Web Site. Read more: Oregon Daily Emerald Article

Ryan Reeves - Aways Ago. Folk rock artist from Eugene, Oregon. "Tasty rock chops inherited from the era of volcanic earth..." Sample music online.

The second noise event comes to the DIVA Center with special guest artists: Carlos Giffoni - Venezuelan artist who resides in the New York City, Jazkamer - From Norway, and WARNING BROKEN MACHINE - from Eugene.

Since 1998 Norwegians John Hegre and Lasse Marhaug have been making sound together as Jazzkammer. Debut album "Timex" in 1999 have been followed by a string of releases on labels like Staalplaat, Abisko, Xerxes, Smalltown Supersound, Utech, Bottrop-Boy and OHM Records, as
well as touring and playing shows around the world. Remixed by friends on the "Rolex" CD in 2001. Live collaboration CD with Merzbow later the same year. Have done music for theatre and dance performances. Visited and worked in Singapore during the SARS-crisis in spring 2003, but survived. Co-produced Maja Ratkje's "Voice" album in 2002, which was awarded with a prize at the Prix Ars Electronica in 2003. Slightly altered their name to Jazkamer in 2004, to get rid of the jazz. In 2005 released their complete tour of Japan in a deluxe cassette box set.
      Carlos Giffoni is a Venezuelan artist who resides in the New York City
area, currently working on an MFA degree in Design and Technology at Parsons School of Design. Carlos has been applying various types of synthesis, extreme modular manipulation, rewired instruments, and live re-sampling to the composition of electronic music pieces, as well as improvising live with local and international experimental musicians; He is currently applying digital technologies to create interactive pieces that combine sound and visuals, using java applets, computer vision techniques, Open GL and audio synthesis with C++. Carlos is also the organizer of the No Fun Fest, a 3 day event in Brooklyn showcasing respected sound artist from all over the world.

Night three of Eugene Noise with: Neglected Receptors - Noise rock from Minneapolis, Thee scarcity of tanks - Art/poetry sound artist, and Shawn Banned - Legendary free-punk saxophonist from Eugene

Bryan Boyce is a San Francisco artist touring the U.S. with a program of his short videos. The program will be a mix of political satire (just in time for the 2006 Congressional elections) and videos inspired by music. The working title is "Bad Politics, Good Music." Included in the show
will be the Dick Cheney-Scarface mash up, 'America's Biggest Dick', George W. Bush invading Teletubby-land in 'State of the Union' as well as music videos for Tin Hat Trio, 20 Minute Loop and Jondi & Spesh. He is currently producing new work now that will premiere on the tour. Boyce introduce the screening and then follow-up with a Q&A session.

This monthly film series screens the "best of" the recent Eugene Film Festival's feature films, documentaries, and experimental works. Come and enjoy some of the finest filmmaking today.

Film Descriptions:

"F". By Michael Lacey, USA, 36 min. Joe narrates his life story about his agony of da-feet.

"Missing Pages". By Jerome Olivier, Japan, 24 min. After developing a time machine, the inventor finds himself enwrapped in a war ignited by his creation.

"The Trial of Jack". By Shari Berman, USA, 9 min. An imagined history of how Jack was confined for life in a box.

"Repetition". By Dirk Wallace, USA, 12 min. Sean lives in the madness of art, solitude and a desperate need for love. Liz joins his league of repetition.

"The Muse: A Girl's Delicious Daydream of a Dangerous Man". By Diana Whitten, USA, 13 min. A twisted tale of love darkened by obsession.

Artists screen their short videos in a competition following in the tradition of the poetry slam. An audience choice award sends the winner to the OpenLens Festival competition. A goal of this monthly event is to help develop a local video and film community where work can be screened and discussed by peers and the community. See the Video Slam web site for entry details.

Arriving just in time for a noisy Holloween celebration with: Gang Wizard - Load records records & Ecstatic Peace recording artists from LA., The Mircowaves - Noisy rock from Pittsburgh, PA - Crucial Blast recording artists. Space Hawk, and Avoid the Future Shadow - Eugene's Space rock Cosmonauts. Visual stimuli provided by the Phantom JiRCs.