Oddball Films and guest curator Christina
Yglesias present How to be an Artist. This mix of never
before screened gems and oddball classics will include instructional art films,
experimental weirdness, sexy sculptors, and meditations on the meaning of art
itself. First, see if you have what it takes for a career in the arts
with Art Talent Test (1950s) feauturing Michael Kent, "world-renowned talent scout". If you pass the test, move on to Sculpture:
Process of Discovery (1975). Rock sculptor Norm Hines will wow you
with his thoughtful process and his rock hard abs in this accidentally erotic
film. Get a mini fantastical art history lesson with the lovely animated
film Seven Arts (1958) in which adorable dinosaurs
witness and take part in early humans discovering the arts. Things will get
weird with Exquisite Corpse (assembled in 2012), a film
created by Oddball audience members from scraps of disparate films. Go beyond
the elementary with the funky and fun instructional film Crayon (1964).
We'll keep things funky with Art from Found Materials (1971),
where one man's trash becomes another man's ugly sculpture. Learn how to keep
your paintbrushes happy with Care of Art Materials (1948),
an adorable mix of imaginative animation and live action. Now that you've made
it this far, get existential with What is Art? Art (1966).
The evening will finish with a beautiful, entirely hand-painted film of
mysterious origin Kathy's Museum Class (1970's, Color).
Early comers will get to see a super-secret behind-the-scenes film.
Date: Friday, June 26th, 2015 at 8:00PM
Venue: Oddball Films, 275 Capp Street San
Francisco
Admission: $10.00 Limited Seating RSVP to RSVP@oddballfilm.com or
(415) 558-8117
Web: http://oddballfilms.blogspot.com
Featuring:
Exquisite
Corpse (assembled in 2012, color & B&W)
Created collaboratively by
Oddball audience members, this film is creates a lovely collage of various
clips. Let this true exquisitite Corpse Film inspire you to get experimental.
Art
from Found Materials* (1971, Color)
Find the inspiration to "make
imaginative art objects: (aka: turn trash into ugly art) with this fun film
with an even funkier score.
Kathy's Museum Class* (1970, Color)
This
mysterious film is entirely hand-painted (otherwise known as "direct
animation") for a mesmerizing colorful abstract effect.
Care of Art
Materials* (1948, B+W)
Bob Ross would love this cute and helpful film that is
a mix of animation and live action, with an animated mouse instructor and
brushes with sad faces.
Sculpture: Process of Disovery* (1975, Color)
This
look into the process of sculptor Norm Hines becomes softcore erotica in some
of the moments when, as he says, "It's just me and the rock." He
hauls stones from the quarry shirtless and glistening, oils up completed stone
works, and blows minds with his thoughtful insights on process and art.
Seven
Arts (Color, 1958)
The development of human culture by the first caveman, who,
frightened by his own shadow, attacks it with his axe to create the first work
of art. By accident, the first examples of architecture, drama, literature, and
music come into existence. Adorable dinosaurs observe, enjoy, and participate
in the developments. From Romanian animator Ion Popescu-Gopo.
What is Art?
Art* (1966, Color)
This educational film for children will get us to stop
thinking so hard about the title's question. Covering the elements of form,
color, and texture- we see the wonder of art for arts sake.
Art Talent Test
(Color, 1950s)
Michael Kent, “World-renowned Talent Scout” wants you to know that
there are valuable careers in the arts, but only if you have the talent. We’ve
all seen the ads from Art Instruction Schools in the back of magazines for
decades. You may have even tried your hand at recreating that cheeky little
turtle in a cap. Now, see an early-promotional film from the late 50's or early
60's and see if a career in the arts is for you.
Crayon (Color, 1964)
Crayon
is not afraid to go-go-go outside the lines . . . with a cool vibraphone score!
Schoolroom auteur Stelios Roccos brings his vibrant style to an inspiring study
of amazing crayon techniques from plain old coloring-in, to the melty fun of
encaustic and batik.
*Oddball Premieres!
About
Oddball Films
Oddball films is the film component of Oddball Film+Video, a
stock footage company providing offbeat and unusual film footage for feature
films like Milk, documentaries like The Summer of Love, television programs
like Mythbusters, clips for Boing Boing and web projects around the world.
Our
films are almost exclusively drawn from our collection of over 50,000 16mm
prints of animation, commercials, educational films, feature films, movie
trailers, medical, industrial military, news out-takes and every genre in
between. We’re actively working to present rarely screened genres of cinema as
well as avant-garde and ethno-cultural documentaries, which expand the
boundaries of cinema. Oddball Films is the largest film archive in Northern
California and one of the most unusual private collections in the US. We invite
you to join us in our weekly offerings of offbeat cinema.