Roger Beebe returns to Atlanta for the first time since 2018 with a new program of 16mm multi-projector performances celebrating the 25thanniversary of his first touring program.
The program features several newer works (un arbre (2024, 4 x 16mm + video), Lineage (for Norman McLaren) (2019, 4 x 16mm), de rerum natura (2019, 3 x 16mm + video), Home Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry (2021, 4 x 16mm), alongside some of his best-known projector performances (including the seven-projector show-stopping Last Light of a Dying Star (2008/2011). He will also include a sampling of recent essayistic videos, presented as live-narrated documentaries. These works take on a range of topics from the forbidden pleasures of men crying [Historia Calamitatum (The Story of My Misfortunes)] to the racial politics of font choices (The Comic Sans Video) and the real spaces of the virtual economy (Amazonia).
From 12 pm to 6 pm, join us for hands-on play and demonstrations of the ATLANTAVERSE AI simulator, facilitated by designer Sarah Lawrence. She will be present to guide the experience and foster conversations around artificial intelligence. Additionally, we’re excited to collaborate with STE(A)M TRUCK for a craft activation, where attendees can create LED frames to display their generated graphics.
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