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SUMMARY:Sampling in Symmetry: Digital Music Production
DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth\nSampling in Symmetry: Digital Music Production\nJuly 13-17 (session 1A)\nMonday – Friday\n9am – 12:00 pm\nOpen to all levels. \nStudents entering grades 6-9 \n“Sampling in Symmetry” is an immersive\, hands-on workshop for aspiring artists and music\nproducers\, focusing on the art of sampling. Participants will learn how to chop\, loop\, and\nmanipulate audio samples\, building skills to create cohesive\, rhythmically captivating tracks.\nThe workshop explores crate-digging\, the foundations of hip-hop and electronic music\nproduction\, and the creative potential of symmetry in sound. \nClass limited to 8 participants. \nInstructor: Deon Thedford\, aka Y.N.X.716 \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nMembers receive a 10% discount on all workshops. Not yet a member? Click here to join now\, and start using your discount right away! \n***Note: you can purchase classes and a membership at the same time\, and the discount will be applied to your cart automatically. If you are already a member\, fill your cart and then login as a “returning customer” from the “checkout” page to activate your discount. If your discount isn’t working\, email caroline@squeaky.org for help*** \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/sampling-in-symmetry-digital-music-production/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:Digital Art and Technology Access
DESCRIPTION:DATA is a media arts and technology program designed for neurodivergent individuals ages 13-19. A series of year-round workshops builds creative and social skills. Students learn a range of media-based practices like illustration\, animation\, and game design to support individual and collaborative projects. We value long term relationships with students\, families\, and teachers.\nIn DATA we provide a minimum 4:1 student-to-instructor ratio\, noise-canceling headphones\, snacks\, and a separate sensory-friendly space outside the classroom for breaks. Most participants have Autism Spectrum Disorder and related diagnoses\, but a formal diagnosis isn’t require for participation. If you aren’t sure if your teen is a fit for DATA\, please reach out and we can help. Our patient and passionate instructors have extensive experience working with neurodivergent teens\, and all have relevant combined training and/or degrees in fields like fine art\, special education and social work. \nDATA is tuition free and space is limited.\nThe 2026 Summer Program is full. If you would like to be added the waitlist\, scroll down to “tickets” and complete the application form. You’ll be contacted if a spot opens up. \nInformation about the fall session will be available soon. \nJuly 13 – 24 (2 weeks)\nMonday – Friday\n9am-1pm\nBuffalo State University\nBuckham Hall\, room 141\n  \nThis summer we are thrilled to have interdisciplinary artist and educator Quincey Miracle as our instructor. We will use a range of digital tools for drawing\, animation\, and game design. Students will have the option of incorporating projects they are already working on\, or starting with fresh ideas. Snacks and bottled water are provided\, please bring your own lunch.  \n  \nScroll down to “tickets” to complete the simple application form.  Please note that this is an application that must be reviewed\, not a first-come first-serve registration. \nIf this is your first time applying to DATA\, you’ll hear from Caroline\, our Education Director\, to schedule a phone call or meeting to discuss the program in greater detail\, and to ensure that we are a good fit for each other. From there\, the Education team will review all approved applicants and fill any open spots. Preference is given to returning students\, those already on the waitlist\, and new applicants with the strongest interest. Anyone we aren’t able to invite to the summer session will be automatically added to the waitlist for future sessions. \nWhile we welcome all skill levels\, DATA is usually the best fit for students who can confidently work independently and who already know they have a strong interest in computer-based digital arts. We unfortunately aren’t able to support individuals with high one-on-one needs. \nQuestions? Please email caroline@squeaky.org\, or call 716-884-7172. \n\n  \nDATA is generously supported by The Children’s Guild Foundation\, The Peter and Elizabeth C. Tower Foundation and the Golisano Foundation\, with nutrition support from Wegmans. Thank you!! \n  \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/digital-art-and-technology-access-summer-2026/
LOCATION:Buckham Hall room B141\, Buffalo State University\, 1300 Elmwood Avenue\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14222\, United States
CATEGORIES:DATA,Education,Free,Summer Session,Youth Program
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SUMMARY:Game Design & Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth\nGame Design & Storytelling\nJuly 13-17 (session 1B)\nMonday – Friday\n1pm-4pm\nOpen to all levels. \nStudents entering grades 6-9 \nUsing the story-based game engine Twine\, you’ll learn how to build your own choose-your-adventure style game! No coding or game design experience necessary. Do you love writing stories? Inventing characters? Building imaginary worlds? This class is for you!! \nClass limited to 8 participants. \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nMembers receive a 10% discount on all workshops. Not yet a member? Click here to join now\, and start using your discount right away! \n***Note: you can purchase classes and a membership at the same time\, and the discount will be applied to your cart automatically. If you are already a member\, fill your cart and then login as a “returning customer” from the “checkout” page to activate your discount. If your discount isn’t working\, email caroline@squeaky.org for help*** \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/game-design-storytelling/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Summer Program,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program
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SUMMARY:Experimental Digital Photography
DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth\nDigital Collage\nJuly 20-24 (session 2A)\nMonday – Friday\n9am-12pm\nOpen to all levels. \nStudents entering grades 6-9 \nUsing smartphones and digital cameras\, you’ll learn to compose compelling original photographs. Then\, you’ll learn to use Adobe Photoshop to cut apart\, remix\, manipulate\, and reassemble your images to make imaginative and unique new collages and animated GIFs. \n  \nClass limited to 8 participants. \nInstructor: Mikayla Kempski \n  \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nMembers receive a 10% discount on all workshops. Not yet a member? Click here to join now\, and start using your discount right away! \n***Note: you can purchase classes and a membership at the same time\, and the discount will be applied to your cart automatically. If you are already a member\, fill your cart and then login as a “returning customer” from the “checkout” page to activate your discount. If your discount isn’t working\, email caroline@squeaky.org for help*** \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/experimental-digital-photography/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Summer Program,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program
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SUMMARY:Filmmaking 1
DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth\nFilmmaking\nJuly 20-24 (session 2B)\nMonday – Friday\n1pm-4pm\nOpen to all levels. \nStudents entering grades 6-9 \nDuring this all around video production and editing session\, you’ll work with a team to produce a super short (micro) experimental film! You’ll write a short script\, rehearse it\, film it\, and edit the footage into a short film! It will be a fast paced week\, and you’ll leave with an amazing short film! Every summer this class is different\, so returning students are welcome and encouraged to take it again – you’ll build on your previous skills\, and the films will keep getting better! \nNOTE: Because we’ve had so many requests for video production workshops\, Digital Filmmaking is offered twice this summer (session 2B and session 4A). Both sessions will follow a similar structure\, but the experience will be completely different\, led by different instructors\, and it’s a-ok to register for both! \nClass limited to 8 participants. \n  \n  \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nMembers receive a 10% discount on all workshops. Not yet a member? Click here to join now\, and start using your discount right away! \n***Note: you can purchase classes and a membership at the same time\, and the discount will be applied to your cart automatically. If you are already a member\, fill your cart and then login as a “returning customer” from the “checkout” page to activate your discount. If your discount isn’t working\, email caroline@squeaky.org for help*** \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/filmmaking-1/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Summer Program,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program
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SUMMARY:A/V Club July
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, July 22\, 6:30-8:30pm\nFree\, sign up below\nWe’ve added preceding Saturdays as A/V Studio days where members are encouraged to convene and work on projects in our lab to present for the meetup. Future dates will be: \n  \nSaturday\, July 18\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, July 22\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nSaturday\, August 15\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, August 19\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \nSaturday\, September 12\, 2-5pm A/V Studio \nWednesday\, September 16\, 6:30-8:30pm A/V Club Meetup \n  \n  \n  \n  \nJoin us for the next round of Squeaky’s A/V Club\, a monthly meetup for digital artists\, media artists\, sound artists\, video artists\, filmmakers\, animators\, game designers\, etc etc.  Come share works in progress\, talk skills and experiences\, and embrace the challenges of making media work in an informal\, constructive and exploratory environment. New members are always welcome and appreciated- we want to see your work! \n  \nHave a skill you want to share with the group? We’re looking for ways to share the little tidbits of wisdom we’ve picked up along the way from the various working methods we’ve employed while toiling in the studio. If you’ve found an interesting art hack\, have a passion for technical skill\, or find yourself knowledgeable in a topic you think might be good to pass along to fellow artists\, fill out this form and let us know! We’d like to include informal skill sharing as part of the A/V Club structure in the future. \n  \nNote: This is an interdisciplinary group\, so if you’re only interested in talking about a single art form\, then this might not be the right group for you. If you’re interested in sharing\, learning\, exploring\, and experimenting across forms\, genres\, styles\, processes\, and mediums\, then you’ll be right at home! \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/a-v-club-july/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Call,Skill Share
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SUMMARY:Tri-Main Center Art Crawl
DESCRIPTION:M&T Fourth Friday Art Crawl: Friday\, July 24\, 2026\, 5:00–8:00 pm\nStop by Squeaky Wheel to see With us at the center of our world: animals\, domestications\, dreams in our gallery! \nPartnering with local art organizations located within the TriMain Center\, Buffalo Arts Studio presents the M&T Fourth Friday Art Crawl. Visitors can enjoy the three exhibitions on display at Buffalo Arts Studio\, along with exploring the studios\, spaces\, and artworks from Aspire\, ArtWorks by People Inc.\, Eat Off Art\, Arts for Learning\, Squeaky Wheel\, and independent studios in the building. And enjoy live music provided by Music is Art! Music is Art’s mission is to use music and art to create opportunities\, foster a sense of community\, and provide access to creative outlets in Western New York. Founded by Goo Goo Dolls bassist Robby Takac\, its primary goals are to unify the region through music\, encourage individuals to find their own “musical voice\,” and encourage people to think about the role music plays in their lives. This is achieved through programs like its annual free festival and a popular instrument donation program. \nFeatured image: G. Anthony Svatek\, A Whole New Species (1956–2026)
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/tri-main-art-crawl/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Comics!
DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth\nComics!\nJuly 27-31 (session 3A)\nMonday – Friday\n9am-12pm\nOpen to all levels. \nStudents entering grades 6-9 \nStories and comics and zines oh my! Learn to use Krita\, an incredible free drawing and animation program\, to develop\, draw\, and color your own digital comics and zines! Students of all levels are welcome in this playful class where you can start something new or build on ideas you’ve been working on. You’ll learn with professional tools – our computer lab is outfitted with Apple desktop and laptop computers\, and Wacom digital drawing tablets. \nClass limited to 8 participants. \n  \nInstructor: Mikayla Kempski \n  \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nMembers receive a 10% discount on all workshops. Not yet a member? Click here to join now\, and start using your discount right away! \n***Note: you can purchase classes and a membership at the same time\, and the discount will be applied to your cart automatically. If you are already a member\, fill your cart and then login as a “returning customer” from the “checkout” page to activate your discount. If your discount isn’t working\, email caroline@squeaky.org for help*** \n  \nComic by Christina\, age 13\, TAY 2025 \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/comics-2/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Summer Program,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program
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SUMMARY:2D Animation
DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth: 2D Animation\nJuly 27-31 (Session 3B)\nMonday – Friday\n1:00pm – 4:00 pm\nOpen to all levels. \nEntering grades 6-9 \nFrom character design to storytelling\, this workshop empowers young artists to express their creativity using frame-by-frame animation. Our instructor will guide beginner and more advanced students through the animation workflow\, from animating shapes and actions to developing more complex characters and movements. You’ll learn a range of 2D techniques\, including hand drawn animation on paper and digital animation. \nClass limited to 8 participants. \nInstructor: Kolya Kishinsky \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nMembers receive a 10% discount on all workshops. Not yet a member? Click here to join now\, and start using your discount right away! \n***Note: you can purchase classes and a membership at the same time\, and the discount will be applied to your cart automatically. If you are already a member\, fill your cart and then login as a “returning customer” from the “checkout” page to activate your discount. If your discount isn’t working\, email caroline@squeaky.org for help*** \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/2d-animation/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Summer Program,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program
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SUMMARY:Paint-On-Glass Animation
DESCRIPTION:Paint on Glass Animation\nJuly 28-August 6 (2 weeks)\nTuesdays & Thursdays\n6:00-8:00pm\nSliding scale fee: $50-$200\, including materials \nOpen to all levels\, ages 16+ \nClass limited to 8 participants. \n \nJoin us to learn the beautiful and mediative process of paint-on-glass animation. We’ll use a range of brushes and non-traditional tools to move wet acrylic paint on a backlit glass surface. Using cameras and ipads\, we’ll photograph each new mark and assemble the frames into an animation sequence. The resulting animation reflects the detail of each brush stroke or texture. \nThe first two classes will focus on techniques\, including how to animate over a video. The second two classes will have room to explore a personal project. All tools\, materials\, and software are provided for use during class. You’ll leave with a shopping list for setting up an affordable animation station at home with your camera or mobile device. \nThis class is perfect for painters interested in animation\, animators interested in painting\, traditional artists looking to dip a toe into the digital world\, digital artists eager to touch physical materials\, and anyone looking to slow down through a process with truly infinite possibilities. The resulting animation can be hyper detailed or loose and experimental\, it’s up to you. Come move some paint around! \n  \nInstructor: Kolya Kishinsky \nKolya Kishinsky is a Providence\, RI based animator and current part time faculty at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. He grew up in the Bay Area\, where in the foggy hills one’s hand disappears if it’s too far from the body. As in the fog\, his work focuses on searching\, autonomy and creating personal identity. He works in both stop motion and 2D animated mediums as well as holding a printmaking and illustration practice focused on telling surreal yet personal stories. We’ve been truly fortunate to have Kolya join us in Buffalo to share his skills with our youth programs for the last two summers\, and we’re thrilled to finally offer this workshop for adults. \nQuestions? Contact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/paint-on-glass-animation/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:16+,Media Art Workshop
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SUMMARY:Filmmaking 2
DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth\nFilmmaking 2\nAugust 3-7 (session 4A)\nMonday – Friday\n9am-12pm\nOpen to all levels. \nStudents entering grades 6-9 \nDuring this all around video production and editing session\, you’ll work with a team to produce a super short (micro) experimental film! You’ll write a short script\, rehearse it\, film it\, and edit the footage into a short film! It will be a fast paced week\, and you’ll leave with an amazing short film! Every summer this class is different\, so returning students are welcome and encouraged to take it again – you’ll build on your previous skills\, and the films will keep getting better! \nNOTE: Because we’ve had so many requests for video production workshops\, Digital Filmmaking is offered twice this summer (session 2B and session 4A). Both sessions will follow a similar structure\, but the experience will be completely different\, led by different instructors\, and it’s a-ok to register for both! \nClass limited to 8 participants. \n  \n  \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nMembers receive a 10% discount on all workshops. Not yet a member? Click here to join now\, and start using your discount right away! \n***Note: you can purchase classes and a membership at the same time\, and the discount will be applied to your cart automatically. If you are already a member\, fill your cart and then login as a “returning customer” from the “checkout” page to activate your discount. If your discount isn’t working\, email caroline@squeaky.org for help*** \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/filmmaking-2/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Summer Program,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program
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SUMMARY:Stop Motion Animation
DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth: Stop Motion Animation\nAugust 3-7 (Session 4B)\nMonday – Friday\n1:00pm – 4:00pm\nOpen to all levels. \nEntering grades 6-9 \nWhether you are new to stop motion animation or have some experience\, this workshop is for you! We will start with the basics\, using clay\, paper\, and other physical materials to animate motion and effects. Then we will go wild and experiment with techniques and materials\, creating amazing and original animated short films! \nClass limited to 8 participants. \nInstructor: Kolya Kishinsky \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nMembers receive a 10% discount on all workshops. Not yet a member? Click here to join now\, and start using your discount right away! \n***Note: you can purchase classes and a membership at the same time\, and the discount will be applied to your cart automatically. If you are already a member\, fill your cart and then login as a “returning customer” from the “checkout” page to activate your discount. If your discount isn’t working\, email caroline@squeaky.org for help*** \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/stop-motion-animation/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Summer Program,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program
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SUMMARY:Chris Marker's The Case of the Grinning Cat\, with short films by Serge Avedikian and Wiame Haddad
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, August 5\, 2026\, 7 pm\nFree or suggested donation\nIn-person at Squeaky Wheel and online\nSqueaky Wheel presents a screening of Chris Marker’s iconic film\, Chat Perchés (The Case of the Grinning Cat)\, preceded by Serge Avedikian’s haunting short animated film\, Chienne D’histoire (Howling Island) and Wiame Haddad’s subtle and urgent film Sang Titre. The films think through past and current history with and through animals\, and depictions thereof: Avedikian’s Barking Island tells the story of the 1910 dog exile and massacre in Ottoman Istanbul\, where thousands of dogs were rounded up and sent to a nearby Island to die\, with clear resonances between the event and the Armenian Genocide. Meanwhile in The Case of the Grinning Cat\, Chris Marker reflects on French and international politics\, art and culture at the start of the new millennium through the sudden appearance of alluring portraits of grinning yellow cats through Paris. \nThe screening is presented as part of our exhibition\, With us at the center of our world: Animals\, domestications\, dreams. The exhibition presents the work of nine artists thinking through and on non-human animals. The artists – working in animation\, essay films\, speculative narratives\, installation work\, among other forms – address topics of domestication\, colonialism\, extinction\, and conservation\, and the toll humans extract from our co-inhabitants on earth. The exhibition features work by Amy Ching-Yan Lam\, Annika Eriksson\, Cameron A. Granger\, Christina Corfield\, Deniz Tortum & Sister Sylvester\, G. Anthony Svatek\, Miranda Javid\, and Noor Abuarafeh. \nFor in-person attendees: The event will take place at Squeaky Wheel. Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main Center after 7:30 pm. Samosas from Ali Baba Kebab will be provided. \nFor online attendees: A private link will be sent to you; the event will be available at the link at the start date and time. You will have access to the event for 24 hours; Squeaky Wheel members receive 72 hour access. Not a member yet? Sign up here. \nThis event is supported by Teiger Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts. Special thank you to Bob Hunter at Icarus Films\, Luigi Loy at Sacrebleu Productions\, and Salome Kokoladze and Aurora Picture Show. \nProgram\nTotal program duration is ~76 minutes \n\nLeft to right: Wiame Haddad\, Sang Titre (2024); the poster of Serge Avédikian\, Chienne D’histoire (Howling Island) (2010); Chris Marker\, The Case of the Grinning Cat (2004).\nSerge Avédikian\, Chienne D’histoire (Howling Island)\n15 minutes\, 2010 \nConstantinople 1910. Too many stray dogs in the streets of the city. The new government\, influenced by a Western model of society\, looks to European experts for ways to get rid of them before deciding\, alone\, to finally deport 30\,000 dogs to a deserted island off the coast of the city. Through the dual eyes of a dog who has just given birth and the policeman who cages her\, we follow the forced exile of these dogs\, most of whom will die of hunger and thirst\, to the great satisfaction of the authorities. Years later\, in an alley of the city\, our rescued dog will find her gendarme\, who has become blind…. Description and film courtesy of Sacrebleu Productions. Written by Serge Avédikian & Karine Mazloumian. Composer  Michel Karsky. \nWiame Haddad\, Sang Titre\n2:55 minutes\, 16 mm on digital video\, 2024 \nSang Titre is an evocation of a post-twilight\, where the echo of an absolute\, indomitable\, and profound resilience resonates. Borrowing its title from Godard and Miéville\, this film emerges from a surge of anger and despair in\nthe face of the ongoing violence endured by Palestinians. Rooted in both urgency and mourning\, it echoes a long history of oppression while seeking a visual language to confront it. At its core lies a nocturnal encounter with a donkey\, suddenly appearing in the darkness—resilient\, bound\, and silently accusatory. Its piercing gaze\, both gentle and unyielding\, becomes a powerful allegory of dignity\, resistance\, and the enduring condition of oppressed peoples. \nThe film was created following an invitation from Narimane Mari as part of the project Some Strings\, which brings together filmmakers to engage with Palestine. The project has been presented in numerous institutions and festivals around the world\, and continues to evolve. \nChris Marker\, The Case of the Grinning Cat\n58 minutes\, 2004 \nFrench documentarian and cinema-essayist Chris Marker reflects on French and international politics\, art and culture at the start of the new millennium. In November 2001\, the filmmaker became intrigued\, as did many other Parisians\, by the sudden appearance of alluring portraits of grinning yellow cats on buildings\, Metro walls and other public surfaces. Marker’s cinematic efforts to document the mysterious materializations of this charming feline throughout Paris are a recurring theme of The Case of the Grinning Cat. \nThis engaging record of Marker’s cinematic peregrinations throughout the city\, visually energized by his free-association montage style\, chronicles strikes\, demonstrations\, memorials\, election campaigns\, celebrity scandals\, international political incidents\, and a seemingly endless variety of political protests (against the Iraq War\, against China’s occupation of Tibet\, against the government’s ban on the wearing of Muslim headscarves). The personalized commentary running throughout The Case of the Grinning Cat offers the simultaneously learned and witty reflections of the filmmaker\, now in his early eighties\, on both the contemporary and historical implications of these varied events and personalities. \nThe mysterious grinning yellow cats soon begin to appear amidst the banners and signs in some of the political demonstrations. Eventually\, the creator of the grinning cats is revealed to be an art collective known as Mr. Cat\, whose members are shown painting a massive representation of their mascot on the plaza before the Pompidou Center. The filmmaker’s own famous cat caricature soon allies with Mr. Cat\, as Marker speculates on the political possibilities of such a feline association. \nChris Marker concludes The Case of the Grinning Cat with thoughts on the vital importance of such expressions of imagination in our public lives\, echoing the May ’68 slogan that “”La poésie est dans la rue”” (“”Poetry is in the street””). Description and film courtesy of Icarus Films. \nBiographies of the artists\nSerge Avédikian was a student at the Conservatory of Dramatic Art of Meudon\, then worked with the students of the Paris Conservatoire and acted in numerous plays from the classical and modern repertoire. In 1976\, he created a theater company and directed several plays. In 1982\, he began directing documentary films\, while continuing his work as an actor in cinema and theater. In 1988\, he founded his own production company and directed personal films. At the same time\, he continued his career as an actor in theater\, film and television. Since 2000\, he has devoted more time to acting in theater and film and continues to direct films with other producers. \nBorn Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve on July 29\, 1921 in Neuilly-sur-Seine\, France\, Chris Marker was a cinematic essayist and audio-visual poet. After the Second World War\, Marker began as a writer\, publishing his first book in 1949. In the 1950s he turned to documentary filmmaking. Among his classic works from this period are Letter from Siberia\, Cuba Si!\, Le Joli Mai\, and La Jetée. In the ’60s and ’70s he was actively involved with SLON\, a filmmaking collective dedicated to activist production. Marker reemerged to make films under his own name again in 1977 with Le Fond de l’air est rouge (English title: A Grin Without A Cat). Creatively reworking his life as if editing one of his own films\, Marker made films on other filmmakers during the ’80s and ’90s\, including the renowned One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich. He also explored video and computer-generated imagery with a continued emphasis on the intersection between personal and political themes in films such as The Case of the Grinning Cat\, which was released in English in 2006. A pioneer auteur filmmaker and an original voice in world cinema for over 50 years\, Marker passed away on his birthday\, July 29\, 2012. He is widely accepted to be one of the most innovative and influential filmmakers in modern cinema history. (Biography via Icarus Films) \nWiame Haddad works within an extended temporal framework. She develops her practice through series\, each emerging from deeply researched investigations\, both theoretical and formal. The images she produces are rare and deliberately sparse — a remarkable approach within contemporary photographic and cinematic practices often driven by constant flux and overproduction. Born in 1987 in Lille\, Wiame Haddad graduated from the ESAD of Valenciennes and from La Cambre National School of Visual Arts in Brussels. She develops visual projects that engage with the tensions of the body as a political signifier. This research is coupled with an attraction toward what remains unseen. The artist focuses on bodies and events forgotten by History\, particularly on the representation of collective memory and its omissions. Her work is also rooted in an anti-colonial approach\, questioning and deconstructing representations inherited from imperial history. Through the invention of forms\, the recreation of images\, and the construction of new visual archives\, she seeks to sketch out alternative narratives capable of displacing and rewriting dominant versions of colonial history. She lives and works in Paris. Her work has been presented in numerous exhibitions\, notably at the Les Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles\, the CRAC Occitanie\, Villa Empain – Fondation Boghossian\, and the MACAAL\, among others. She has also participated in various film festivals including Cinéma du Réel — where she received a Special Jury Mention — Toronto International Film Festival\, Open City Documentary Festival\, and Tout Court – Nuove Voci della Cineteca di Bologna. \nFeatured image: Still from Chris Marker\, The Case of the Grinning Cat (2004)
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/chris-markers-the-case-of-the-grinning-cat/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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