fri
18 September
inn on the green
VJ Masterclass & Workshop:
Reality Check
12am
If you think you
know what the hell is going on, then you’re probably
full
of shit! (Robert Anton Wilson)
Paul Blackwood (one half of Punkvert and regular contributor
to the festival) was introduced to PFF by one of his
co-conspiritors, Tim Ockenden, from VJ quartet –
Reality Check. Together with Jake Mochnacz and Stan
Mytkowski, the four held the longest running and one
of the first weekly, residencies for VJs in the UK,
at the now closed Turnmills Nightclub of EC1.
Apart from the heady mix of 16mm loops, obscure cut-up
video imagery and slide work that permeated the building,
short films were welcomed at the beginning of the evening
to the bemusement of London’s clubbing crowds.
Most of these films were by VJ and film maker guests
of Reality Check, whilst Tim was at the helm of the
group with his doomsday short – Red Mercury.
As a remembrance, eight years after Tim’s unfortunate
death, Punkvert have teamed up with Kodek (vj) and several
past contributors to present an evening of live audio
visual, conspiratorial wonkiness, all professionally
distorted for your convenience!
Highlights include film shorts by king of psycho-trash
8mm, Arthur Lager, a Punkvert remix of Tuli Kupferberg’s
readings from his Book of Perverbs, a live mix of Kodek’s
cerebral crushing muse - Am I Paranoid? and works by
Tim Ockenden, including Red Mercury, first screened
at the film festival in 1997.
The evening starts off with a special screening of Richard
‘Donnie Darko’ Kelly’s most overlooked
Southland Tales. Have a nice apocalypse.
As an interactive warm up to this event Punkvert will
be holding a VJ Workshop revealing some of the mysteries
of hardcore VJing. You are encouraged to bring a digital
camera for some live filming and editing that will be
shown later on the evening on the big screen.
Workshops start at 12 and run to 4pm. Get there early!
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