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CSUF Grand Central Art Center – Grand Central
Theatre |
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What: |
Lecture: “Strange Journeys, Secret Worlds:
The Films of Janie Geiser” by Professor Melinda Barlow,
Visiting Scholar |
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When: |
7:00 p.m. Friday, October 1, 2004, |
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Where: |
Grand Central Art Center Theatre 125 N. Broadway,
Santa Ana, CA |
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Background: |
This special lecture at Grand Central Art
Center will open with professor Melinda Barlow screening several
of Geiser's films, including The Secret Story (1996), Immer
Zu (1997), The Fourth World (2000) and Ultima Thule (2001).
A discussion of Geiser's poetic works follows, when Barlow
will discuss the films, which evoke an uncanny sense of childhood,
nostalgia and the metaphysical, where miniature worlds collide
with real objects that resonate symbolically in the viewers'
imaginations. Barlow has likened Geiser's works to the boxes
of artist Joseph Cornell, both of whom appropriate everyday
materials and painstakingly construct these objects within
intriguing and often mysterious settings.
Barlow teaches film history and methods at the University
of Colorado, Boulder and is a longtime scholar of Geiser's
work.
Janie Geiser, a transplanted New Yorker now living and working
in Los Angeles, is an internationally known independent avant-garde
filmmaker. Her experimental animated shorts were featured
in last year's Festival of Independent Los Angeles Filmmakers.
This rare screening of Geiser's films, as explained by a
friend and scholar of the filmmaker, is must see for those
interested in independent cinema. |
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Admission: |
FREE |
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Websites: |
http://www.arts.fullerton.edu/events/
http://www.grandcentralartcenter.com |
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General Info: |
Main Art Gallery at 657-278-3262 |
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Media Contacts: |
Andrea Lee Harris, CSUF Grand Central Art Center
(714) 567-7234
Marilyn Moore, Art Gallery Office at 657-278-7750 |