Sunday, June 9 @ 8:00 PM
Seating is limited for this program, RSVPs are currently closed
Roving in Reversal with Jimmy Schaus
Directed by Jimmy Schaus
An underground music and cinema stalwart since the mid-00s, artist and filmmaker Jimmy Schaus has worked in nearly every creative medium you could name. A two-time alumnus of Celluloid Now (Chicago Film Society’s contemporary film art showcase), Schaus has of late completed a number of experimental shorts in super 8 and 16mm, shot amidst restless travels and tranquil respites, with in-camera editing that evinces an instinct for spontaneous artistic gestures honed through years of working in improvised music and performance, and often scored with Schaus’s own frequently mutating audio compositions. Wandering from the sun-dappled Mediterranean vistas of Spain and Greece to the sun-scorched scrub-and-asphalt expanses of suburban California and Florida (with a notable detour to explore Wisconsin’s House on the Rock), Schaus’s films capture, with an abundance of curiosity and humor, the texture of an artistic life lived with fullness and passion across two continents. Shot entirely on reversal film stocks, the work in this program will be presented from Schaus’s camera originals, irreplaceable film objects with a direct physical tie to the events and experiences they document. (CW)
Approx. 60 min. • 16mm and super 8 from Jimmy Schaus
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