Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Stephen Laub, Jim Melchert, and Mark Thompson
“Headspace: Conceptual Film and Video”
142 Dwinelle Hall, UC Berkeley Campus
Screening: September 23, 7:30-9 pm
Tuesday, September 23, the Department of Art Practice and Department of Film & Media Studies hosts “Headspace: Conceptual Film and Video,” a screening in conjunction with the recently opened exhibition at the Worth Ryder Art Gallery, “Scores for a Room: David Haxton and Jim Melchert.” The exhibition, curated by SFMOMA’s Tanya Zimbardo, pairs Haxton and Melchert in a revisitation of their conceptual film and video works in the ’70s. Melchert, a professor at UC Berkeley in 1970, created a number of site-specific slide presentations, projecting images of spaces and bodies occupying these spaces over the original locations of the actions. Haxton, faculty at San Diego State in 1970, began his first explorations of film at this time, creating various illusions without editing in a series of silent 16mm films. The screening on September 23 includes selections from Jim Melchert, as well as selected former students Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Stephen Laub, and Mark Thompson. Artists Jim Melchert and Mark Thompson, and curator Tanya Zimbardo will be present at the screening for a brief discussion.
The screening takes place September 23, from 7:30 – 9 pm at 142 Dwinelle Hall.
Jim Melchert, Location Project #3, (slide detail), 1970; Powerhouse Gallery, University of California, Berkeley, November 1970; Sequence of 80 35mm slides projected on wall; Participants: Robert Armstrong, Carl Dern, Jim Pomeroy; Photography: Alexander Yuill-Thornton II; Courtesy the artist and the Worth Ryder Art Gallery; © Jim Melchert.
David Haxton, White, Red, and Green Lights, (film still) 1978, 16mm transferred to HD video, b&w and color, silent, 10 min.; Courtesy the artist, Gavlak, Palm Beach – Los Angeles, and the Worth Ryder Art Gallery; © David Haxton.
Mark Thompson, “Immersion” (still), 1973–76; 16mm film transferred to video, color, 5.1 Dolby surround sound, 30 min.; Courtesy the artist and the Worth Ryder Art Gallery; © Mark Thompson.
