Counter Cinema, Counter Cinema: an avant garde film festival

http://www.pacificdesigncenter.com/ The Museum Of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), with Pacific Design Center, and Charles S. Cohen present Counter Culture, Counter Cinema: An Avant-Garde Film Festival, a three-day celebration of films focusing on the long-term alliance between experimental cinema and counter-culture activity.

The festival was held at the SilverScreen Theater at the Pacific Design Center, October 14 through October 16, 2010, and covered the half-century from the early 1960's to the present, featuring films and videos that explore sexuality, politics, communal experiments, and transgressive appropriations. Co-curated by David E. James and MM Serra, the festival was comprised of films selected from the collection of the New American Cinema Group/New York's Film-Makers' Cooperative.

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Entertainment

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• Avant-Garde film
• Jonas Mekas
• Ken Jacobs
• Carolee Schneemann
• David E. James
• MM Serra
• Jeffrey Deitch
• Charles S Cohen
• MOCA film
• FIlm-maker's Coop
• Counter Culture

[Elienation]

This is nostalgia, and from the looks, and as usual, no representation of current artists or current works being created in the recent relevant realms of the avant garde. Go to Absurdist Video Art dotcom for a slice of the Current Counter Current.

[incorrectfruit]

2:06: "It's rare that a program like this has been seen out on the West Coast" - this was a fun weekend, and worthwhile, but Charles Cohen obviously has no idea that TONS of programs "like this" are going on in SF and LA all the time. I would even argue that the avant-garde programming in LA rivals NY these days, for quantity and diversity. Would be wonderful if he would take an interest in perhaps supporting LA Filmforum, Echo Park Film Center, or any of the LA-based avant-garde exhibitors!