Friday, September 6, 7 pm
@ Silo City (85 Silo City Row, Buffalo, NY 14203)
Free or suggested donation; register below

Join us at Silo City for a projection performance by artist and filmmaker Kathryn Ramey! Made in collaboration with Noam Ramey-Winikur, SILVER & earth: Marine A is a three projector 16mm performance which will highlight environmentally conscious artistic practices within reclaimed post industrial sites such as Silo City. The work is a holistic portrait of the site, featuring both the site of Marine A, and developed, not with traditionally toxic photographic formulas, but with Ramey’s ecological processes and plants from the grounds of Marine A. Working with the habitat-restorative approach of Silo City’s staff, the work showcases how artists can approach the complicated legacies of 20th century industry.

The ~20 minute long projector performance will be preceded by an introduction by Kathryn Ramey speaking to her practice and process. Audiences will have the opportunity to closely inspect the films on a light table following the event.

Part of a larger suite of work, SILVER & earth: Marine A, focuses on analogue film, using outdated material that would otherwise find its way to a landfill through a variety of experimental gestures. These include: phytograms in which Vitamin C, plant material and soda or wood ash is used to print onto film; burying film in compost; among other methods. Ramey’s project marks a deepening of Squeaky Wheel’s partnership with Silo City to also support ecological media arts practices.

The event will take place at Silo City. Entrance will be through the garden of Duende (85 Silo City Row, Buffalo, NY 14203) at 7 pm. This event marks the final event with our summer residents. Special thank you to Carl Lee and our partners at Silo City.

About the artist and our partner

Kathryn Ramey (1967), Vancouver, WA / USA. A Guggenheim and Creative Capital fellow with an MFA in film and a PhD in anthropology who has made over a dozen films and installations, contributed numerous articles to anthologies and journals and written the essential text Experimental Filmmaking: BREAK THE MACHINE (2015). Her films operate at the intersection of experimental analogue processes and ethnographic research and are characterized by hand-processing, optical printing, and animation. She has screened at several festivals such as Toronto, Ann Arbor, TriBeca, Ji.hlava, and 25fps, among others.

Silo City is a unique post-industrial landscape comprised of the world’s largest collection of historical grain elevators. We create and host happenings on site through our 501(c) 3 nonprofit organization that operates under the legal name Friends of Silo City. Click here to learn more.

Banner image courtesy of Kathryn Ramey. Several strips of 16 mm film overlaid with plant clippings at Silo City.