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Holding Binoculars, Pointing a Camera: A Cinema of Birdwatching

Still from Brown Thrasher (2020) ©Kevin Jerome Everson; courtesy the artist; trilobite-arts DAC; Picture Palace Pictures
Still from Brown Thrasher (2020) ©Kevin Jerome Everson; courtesy the artist; trilobite-arts DAC; Picture Palace Pictures
Cinema
February
25
7 PM

Event Details

Date & Time:

Fri February 25, 2022
7 PM

Location:

The Block Museum of Art
40 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208

Audience:

Open to the public

Details:

Holding Binoculars, Pointing a Camera: A Cinema of Birdwatching

RSVP

(Various artists, 1974 - 2021, 16mm & digital)

"Holding Binoculars, Pointing a Camera" is a program of short films centered on birds and birdwatching practices as vectors of social and personal investigation. With works by Kevin Jerome Everson, Margaret Tait, Frédéric Moffet, Deborah Stratman, and additional artists, these films explore human-avian relationships from a variety of formal, emotional, and conceptual perspectives.

Filmmakers Frédéric Moffet, Joelle Mercedes, and Deborah Stratman in conversation.

About the films:

Brown Thrasher (2020, 3 min, digital) Kevin Jerome Everson

Aerial (1974, 4 min, 16mm) Margaret Tait

come wishes be horses (2016, 8 min, 16mm) Rebecca Meyers

Observeillance (1975, 3 min, 16mm) Tyler Turkle

The Very Big Crow (2021, 3 min, 16mm to digital) Joelle Mercedes

The Magic Hedge (2016, 9 min, digital ) Frédéric Moffet

Birdsaver Report Volume 2 (버드세이버 보고서 제 2장) (2021,11.5 min, digital) Heehyun Choi

Bird-cams (2008, 8 mins, Video) Sam Easterson

Ray’s Birds (2010, 7 min, 16mm) Deborah Stratman

Cardinal (2019, 2:30 min, 16mm transferred to digital) Kevin Jerome Everson

Total Runtime ~59 min

With thanks to Video Data Bank, LUX, Picture Palace Pictures, Canyon Cinema, and the artists for providing access to the films. Kevin Jerome Everson's films appear courtesy the artist and Picture Palace Pictures.

Vaccination and Mask at the Block

The Block Museum complies with local, state, and University guidelines related to the coronavirus pandemic for in-person public events and museum visitation. Effective January 10, 2022, the City of Evanston requires all patrons 5 years and older to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and wear a mask to visit this location.

More information about these guidelines available at https://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/visit/index.html

Contact The Block Museum of Art for more information: (847) 491-4000 or email us at block-museum@northwestern.edu