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Saturday, September 15, 2012
DENVER FILM CENTER NOW HOSTING "STUDIO GHIBLI" ANIMATED FILM RETROSPECTIVE!
The Denver Film Center is now in full swing with their Studio Ghibli
Film retrospective, one of the greatest gifts to the city ever in the
film center's history. While many are familiar with the Japanese
studios most recent popular films such as Ponyo and Spirited Away, a
result of their collaboration with Disney, far too few are as familiar
with the their most impressive early features, ones that are more
inspiring and creative than just about all animated films on the
market in recent times. The great director Hayao Miyazaki is one
of the quintessential reasons behind the success of the studio, the
majority of films bear not only his directorial signature but his
awesome ability to blend adult themes, strong female characters,
supreme fantasy as well as reality and a dose of sublime wackiness
that is really unparalleled elsewhere. They are terrific for
kids and adults alike, and have been breaking box-office records in
Japan since they first appeared decades ago.
Each week the film center is showcasing at least two of the studio's
films, from across their history, on the big screen with new 35 mm
prints. The majority of these films are available on DVD, and
many ardent fans have only had the opportunity to view them in this
format. But on a large screen they simply transcend all previous
limitations. These are quintessential big-screen films, with
artistic production values that really are unique in all of film
history and still resonate fully today.
And don't delay, this week Miyazaki's
debut film "Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind" is playing
and absolutely not to be missed.
Saturday, September 22, 2012 - 7:30pm
Plus Gallery to host Alison O'Daniel
NIGHT SKY TOUR 2012
Plus Gallery is pleased to host Alison
O'Daniel and her latest film project "Night Sky" on
Saturday, September 22nd at 7:30pm as part of her US performance tour.
"Night Sky" is a 75 minute narrative film that enacts a
sensory experience on the bodies of the viewers with live
accompaniment and parallel, overlapping stories: two girls - Cleo and
Jay - travel through the desert while a group of contestants compete
in a dance marathon. Sound travels between locations through a
hula-hoop window hanging unnoticed in the midst of the marathon
contestants and simultaneously in the desert air. Sound bleeds
between the locations, and unique screenings with live musical or sign
language scores performed by various musicians and sign language
interpreters extends the narrative into the exhibition space or
cinema. Redefining sound and images through synesthesia and
limiting or heightening the sensory palette offers hearing and deaf
audiences a nuanced glimpse of one another's experiences without
privileging one or the other.
This performance emphasizes music within the film by Ethan Grederick
Greene, Lucky Dragons, and Evelyn Glennie with live sign language
accompaniment by Lisa Reynolds. Balloons will be provided for
the Deaf audience spectrum.
"Night Sky" premiered at the Anthology Film Archive in
November of 2011. The current tour includes screenings at USA
Lounge, the Guild Cinema in Albuquerque, NM, the Cleveland Museum of
Art, MOCA Detroit, the Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, and at
NYU. Plus Gallery is thrilled to be presenting O'Daniel's work
as part of our experimental forum for the arts.
Alison O'Daniel works across disciplines, combining sculpture,
sound-baths, painting, sports/dance teams, and films with live music
or sign language accompaniment. Installations, films, and instances of
the performative create a biographical imaginary that shifts bodily
comprehension toward a physical and tactile language of perception.
Her films enact a sensory experience on the body of the viewer through
a combination of subtle and pronounced transformations of narrative
filmmaking and the cinematic experience. Characters willingness to
encounter the unknown becomes a model for the viewer's own rootless
journey into language, relationship and environment.
Plus Gallery is known as one of the true progressive contemporary exhibition spaces in Denver, maintaining the highest standards for artist representation and community interaction. Since 2001 the gallery has built a formidable reputation as a valuable resource for the art and collector community through solo exhibitions by some of Colorado's most prestigious and forward thinking artists, as well as an ongoing experimental forum for new media. The program offers an extensive selection of works by visionary national artists and often serves as an incubator for new emerging talent. Plus Gallery collaborates with partners throughout the Denver area in order to raise the vitality of the local scene, complementing the efforts put forth at the institutional level in order to construct a more creative and dynamic community.
In 2009 Plus Gallery relocated to one of downtown Denver's most unusual and dramatic structures, the "Flue" building of the Benjamin Moore Paint complex at 2501 Larimer Street at the entrance to the River North Arts District. This singular redevelopment incorporates a two-story gallery to enhance the sophistication and quality of artwork represented.
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