This past Sunday, artists Todd Chandler and Jeff Stark gave me the honor of curating an evening of live cinema at their month-long experiential installation Empire Drive-In at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens. Composer Michael Krassner and Boxhead Ensemble accompanied Artavazd Pelechian’s experimental masterpiece Our Century, which was preceded by Kelly Sears’ absolutely stunning short, The Drift and additional shorts and music. We were excited to take part in the series but none of us were fully prepared for the amazing experience that Todd, Jeff and their collaborators have created in the shadow of […]...
- 10/17/2013
- by Braden King
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
This past Sunday, artists Todd Chandler and Jeff Stark gave me the honor of curating an evening of live cinema at their month-long experiential installation Empire Drive-In at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens. Composer Michael Krassner and Boxhead Ensemble accompanied Artavazd Pelechian’s experimental masterpiece Our Century, which was preceded by Kelly Sears’ absolutely stunning short, The Drift and additional shorts and music. We were excited to take part in the series but none of us were fully prepared for the amazing experience that Todd, Jeff and their collaborators have created in the shadow of […]...
- 10/17/2013
- by Braden King
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
The Empire Drive-in is the closest you'll ever come to feeling as though you stepped back into another time, when cozying up for an evening of film and fun was still a thing. Brooklyn-based artists Jeff Stark and Todd Chandler created a pop-up installation built from junked vehicles and other salvaged materials. It's the Bellflower of drive-ins. "The project invites audiences to participate in a series of questions about car culture, planned obsolescence, and the distinction between public and private space," their statement reads. Since many of the vehicles were relics from car accidents, the artists repurposed the cars with the personal belongings of their former owners intact, adding to the social/public/private dynamic. We're in love with this...
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- 10/1/2013
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
New York City is no stranger to a summertime park screening, but a drive-in steeped in past movie-going iconography is certainly no easy find and the "Empire Drive-in" junk car installation might just be the place to find it. The Queens drive-in, featuring a 40-foot screen constructed using salvaged wood, will invite attendees to sit in 60 cars and participate in a discussion about car culture, planned obsolescence and waste in addition to watching a variety of long and short form movies.The Empire Drive-In was designed by artists Todd Chandler and Jeff Stark not just to reproduce the drive-in car-culture feel of past decades but more importantly to ignite discussion over planned obsolescence and waste. The "Empire Drive-In" is set to run on weekends from October 4-20 at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park and will screen a variety of thematically-relevant films. The October 4 kickoff is...
- 9/26/2013
- by Ramzi De Coster
- Indiewire
An inspired setting for a screening can make a film more powerful. Here are some of the most interesting locations, including a cemetery, a haunted hotel and, er, a hot tub
For something so temporary in nature, pop-up cinema has become a permanent part of the landscape, with concepts becoming weirder and wilder. Erecting a screen in a park no longer cuts it. Last year we saw cinemas built under motorway flyovers, and the year before a disused petrol station got a silver-screen makeover. This year screenings are taking place in hot tubs, cemeteries, lidos and even a purpose-built post-apocalyptic drive-in, complete with wrecked cars.
The more people taking cinema out of cinemas, the more imaginative these events must become to stand out. In an age in which film can be enjoyed anywhere, anytime, anyhow, pop-ups can make cinema an unmissable event. An inspired setting for a screening can make a film more powerful,...
For something so temporary in nature, pop-up cinema has become a permanent part of the landscape, with concepts becoming weirder and wilder. Erecting a screen in a park no longer cuts it. Last year we saw cinemas built under motorway flyovers, and the year before a disused petrol station got a silver-screen makeover. This year screenings are taking place in hot tubs, cemeteries, lidos and even a purpose-built post-apocalyptic drive-in, complete with wrecked cars.
The more people taking cinema out of cinemas, the more imaginative these events must become to stand out. In an age in which film can be enjoyed anywhere, anytime, anyhow, pop-ups can make cinema an unmissable event. An inspired setting for a screening can make a film more powerful,...
- 8/29/2012
- by Ruth Jamieson
- The Guardian - Film News
Fatboy Slim Live From The Big Beach Boutique, Nationwide
Fatboy Slim's Big Beach Bootique, an all-the-trimmings shindig with lasers and pyrotechnics to make a Muse fan weep, is a bit of a fixture in the DJ's hometown of Brighton. In 2002, 250,000 people crammed on to Brighton beach to hear Cook play for free when organisers expected only 60,000.This year's outing was staged at Brighton & Hove Albion Fc's Amex stadium, where a 600 square metre Led video wall stretched the length of the pitch. The gig was filmed and will be shown for one night only at eight Picturehouse screens across the UK, as well as at cinemas worldwide. A bit of an intimate affair compared to Fatboy's Olympics closing ceremony appearance, but still. Come along in fancy dress and you might win a prize. But please: no whistles.
Various venues, Fri, times vary, picturehouses.co.uk
Flea To The Circus, Bristol...
Fatboy Slim's Big Beach Bootique, an all-the-trimmings shindig with lasers and pyrotechnics to make a Muse fan weep, is a bit of a fixture in the DJ's hometown of Brighton. In 2002, 250,000 people crammed on to Brighton beach to hear Cook play for free when organisers expected only 60,000.This year's outing was staged at Brighton & Hove Albion Fc's Amex stadium, where a 600 square metre Led video wall stretched the length of the pitch. The gig was filmed and will be shown for one night only at eight Picturehouse screens across the UK, as well as at cinemas worldwide. A bit of an intimate affair compared to Fatboy's Olympics closing ceremony appearance, but still. Come along in fancy dress and you might win a prize. But please: no whistles.
Various venues, Fri, times vary, picturehouses.co.uk
Flea To The Circus, Bristol...
- 8/24/2012
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
Abandon Normal Devices and take part in the festival of new cinema, digital culture and art. That's what Anne Louise Kershaw is getting ready to do
The Cornerhouse is something of an icon in Manchester. For many years it has offered a continuously innovative programme of independent film and exhibition, including workshops and a rather nice café at which to enjoy a decent glass of wine.
It has built a reliable artistic reputation and is both an architectural and cultural landmark on the Manchester map and psyche. It is no surprise therefore, that when they launched Abandon Normal Devices (And) festival back in 2009, it was a great success.
Working in collaboration with Fact (the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), the regional And festival began in Liverpool and has since alternated between Liverpool and Manchester. This summer the hub returns to Manchester with events and exhibitions spanning across more than...
The Cornerhouse is something of an icon in Manchester. For many years it has offered a continuously innovative programme of independent film and exhibition, including workshops and a rather nice café at which to enjoy a decent glass of wine.
It has built a reliable artistic reputation and is both an architectural and cultural landmark on the Manchester map and psyche. It is no surprise therefore, that when they launched Abandon Normal Devices (And) festival back in 2009, it was a great success.
Working in collaboration with Fact (the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology), the regional And festival began in Liverpool and has since alternated between Liverpool and Manchester. This summer the hub returns to Manchester with events and exhibitions spanning across more than...
- 8/10/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Picture: Tod Seelie, todseelie.com"> Todd Chandler and Jeff Stark, Empire Drive-In (2010). Picture: Tod Seelie, todseelie.comFor the first time in Europe, Brooklyn artists Todd Chandler and Jeff Stark will present their acclaimed large-scale, post-apocalyptic movie theatre experience Empire Drive-In as part of Abandon Normal Devices Festival 2012.
The multi-media installation will be made from 25 wrecked cars and a 40-foot screen constructed of salvaged wood, featuring a specially programmed series of cult film screenings (Mad Max II – Road Warrior, RoboCop), live soundtracks and performances.
Audiences will be able to climb in and out of the scrap cars to watch films on the big screen, with low-power radio transmitting stereo audio directly to each vehicle.
Created in collaboration with a dozen other artists and craftspeople, Empire Drive-in was first built on-site in San Jose in the Us over a two-week period, symbolic of the once thriving drive-in industry, of which only 381 still remain active.
The multi-media installation will be made from 25 wrecked cars and a 40-foot screen constructed of salvaged wood, featuring a specially programmed series of cult film screenings (Mad Max II – Road Warrior, RoboCop), live soundtracks and performances.
Audiences will be able to climb in and out of the scrap cars to watch films on the big screen, with low-power radio transmitting stereo audio directly to each vehicle.
Created in collaboration with a dozen other artists and craftspeople, Empire Drive-in was first built on-site in San Jose in the Us over a two-week period, symbolic of the once thriving drive-in industry, of which only 381 still remain active.
- 7/18/2012
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
July 3
8:00 p.m.
The Old American Can Factory
232 Third St. at 3rd Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Hosted by: Rooftop Films
Rooftop Films, the summertime underground film screening series that takes place on rooftops all across New York City, will be paying tribute to another unique film festival with this special screening of several short films. The Umami Festival is a biennial event that uses art to shine a spotlight on the challenges of modern food production.
The word “umami” is a Japanese word that describes the human tongue’s fifth taste after sweet, salty, bitter and sour. This is the taste sensation of what could be called “meaty” or “earthy.”
So, using that as a guideline, the Umami Festival showcases films that take a unique, creative look at food, not just the simple food preparation shows one might find on the Food Network. Food, too, can be as much of...
8:00 p.m.
The Old American Can Factory
232 Third St. at 3rd Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Hosted by: Rooftop Films
Rooftop Films, the summertime underground film screening series that takes place on rooftops all across New York City, will be paying tribute to another unique film festival with this special screening of several short films. The Umami Festival is a biennial event that uses art to shine a spotlight on the challenges of modern food production.
The word “umami” is a Japanese word that describes the human tongue’s fifth taste after sweet, salty, bitter and sour. This is the taste sensation of what could be called “meaty” or “earthy.”
So, using that as a guideline, the Umami Festival showcases films that take a unique, creative look at food, not just the simple food preparation shows one might find on the Food Network. Food, too, can be as much of...
- 6/29/2010
- by screenings
- Underground Film Journal
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