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SUMMARY:Animation with Blender
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays and Thursdays\, 6:00 – 8:00 pm\nMarch 26-April 4\, 2024 (4 classes\, 8 hours of instruction)\n$175 (10% discount for members. Not yet a member? Click here for details)\nopen to ages 16+\nRegister with the “tickets” button at the bottom of this page\n  \nLearn digital animation with Blender! Blender is an incredible FREE and open-source 3D computer graphics software. Use it for 2D and 3D drawing and animation\, 3D modeling\, visual effects\, and more. It’s a powerful program that can be overwhelming. Let us help you get started! \n  \nPrerequisites \nPrior experience with Blender or digital animation is not required. However\, because Blender is a complex program\, students in this class should be very comfortable using a computer. Some prior experience with other media art software (for digital illustration\, video editing\, etc) will be helpful in this class. \nAll equipment provided. Squeaky Wheel’s classroom is outfitted with Mac desktop computers with large screens. If you would like to bring your own laptop\, please download and install Blender before class. You can find it at this link. \nClass limited to 6 participants. \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nInstructor: Tifé Odumosu \n 
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LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:Creative Coding
DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Girls\nWinter/Spring 2023\nSaturdays\n10am – 1pm\nFREE!\nSession 3: April 13-May4 (four weeks)\nCreative Coding\nLearn to use computer code to make art! \nFor girls and female identifying or non-binary students ages 11-15. \nInstructor: Ashley Peresie \nClick here for more details about Tech Arts for Girls\, and to learn about Session 1: Zines and Session 2: Digital Drawing \nScroll down to “get tickets” to register. \n  \nTech Arts for Girls has received generous support from the New York Sate Council on the Arts\, Children’s Foundation of Erie County\, and Cameron and Jane Baird Foundation.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/creative-coding/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Tech Arts for Girls,Youth Program
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SUMMARY:Postponed - How to be a Good Sport with Kristin McWharter
DESCRIPTION:Postponed – Stay tuned for the new date!\nTuesday\, April 16\, 2024\, 6–8 pm\nFree or suggested donation\nOpen to ages 16+. All materials provided.\nIn this interactive workshop\, Workspace Resident Kristin McWharter will coach participants as they design a new sport that responds to the unique skills\, attributes\, fears and desires of the collective participants. Kristin will first provide an introduction to different competitive game structures and discuss how aspects of these structures can act as metaphors for our behavior.  Students will then collaboratively design their own sport and the workshop will conclude by playing the game and crowning the created sport’s first champion! \nBiography of the instructor\nKristin McWharter uses performance and play to interrogate the relationship between competition and intimacy. Her work conjoins viewers within immersive sculptural installations and viewer- inclusive performances that critically fuse folk games within virtual and augmented worlds. Her software installations and performative objects incorporate experimental technologies and playful interaction to produce performances that speculate upon alternative forms of social behavior. Inspired by 20th century sports narrative\, collective decision making\, and technology as a contemporary spiritual authority\, her work blurs the boundaries of intimacy and hype culture to challenge viewer relationships to affection and competitive drive. Her work has been exhibited at The Hammer Museum\, Walt Disney Concert Hall\, Bangkok Arts and Cultural Center\, Ars Electronica\, Museo Altillo Beni\, and FILE Festival among others. McWharter received her MFA from UCLA in Design Media Arts and is currently an Assistant Professor in Art & Technology Studies at SAIC. \nWorkspace Residency is generously supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. \nImage description: Screen capture of software performance RARA by Kristin McWharter. A cheerleader avatar stands in an abandoned and overgrown football field.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/how-to-be-a-good-sport-with-kristin-mcwharter/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:How to make a DIY Force-Sensitive Resistor (FSR) Sensor with Jaehoon Choi
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 18\, 2024\, 6–8 pm\nFree or suggested donation\nOpen to ages 16+.\nParticipants are encouraged to bring their own laptops\nIn this lecture and demonstration\, Workspace Resident Jaehoon Choi will lead participants through the steps to make a FSR Sensor that can be used to create a range of sound production for sonic and other art performances. Jaehoon will begin the workshop by talking about what an FSR Sensor is and demonstrate to participants through the process of making and using basic materials and wiring and soldering. Students will see how to to begin to make their own interactive physical interfaces. \nBiography of the artist\nJaehoon Choi is a computer musician / sound artist / researcher based in New York and Seoul. His practice involves embodied experimentation through a technical medium\, which involves both the process of making and bodily engagement. As a researcher\, he is interested in how a creative practice that involves embodied experimentation with a technical medium can suggest a different form of techne and contribute to technodiversity. His works have been presented at Venice Biennale\, MATA Festival\, NEW INC\, San Francisco Tape Music Festival\, NIME\, ICMC\, CeReNeM\, ECHO Journal\, ZER01NE\, Dunkunsthalle\, EIDF\, Visions Du Reel\, CEMEC\, and etc. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Electronic Arts at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and graduated from Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) as a Masters. \nWorkspace Residency is generously supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. \nImage description: Jaehoon Choi performing Brushing Improvisation – N°2\, 2023 at the La Biennale di Venezia in 2023. Photo Credit : Courtesy La Biennale di Venezia / ph. Andrea Avezzù.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/how-to-make-a-diy-force-sensitive-resistor-fsr-sensor-with-jaehoon-choi/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:Meet the Residents: Everest Pipkin\, Kristin McWharter\, Jaehoon Choi\, Léwuga Tata Benson
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, April 19\, 2024\, 7 pm ET\nOnline and in-person @ Squeaky Wheel\nFree or suggested donation. ASL interpretation provided. Catering from AliBaba Kebab provided for in-person attendees.\nRegister below\nSqueaky Wheel is pleased to present this hybrid artist talk with our Spring 2024 Workspace Residents! Everest Pipkin (Truth or Consequences\, NM)\, Kristin McWharter (Chicago\, IL)\, Jaehoon Choi (Troy\, NY)\, and Léwuga Tata Benson (Buffalo\, NY) will be presenting on their previous and current projects\, including essays on video games\, and media art installations that explore notions of language and translation\, historic children’s games and locative sound\, and the devastating effects of oil extraction. Their event will conclude with a Q&A with the residents moderated by curator Ekrem Serdar. \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. \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. \nDuring their residency\, researcher resident Everest Pipkin will be working on The Fortunate Isles: Fragment Worlds\, Walled Gardens\, and the games that are played there\, a speculative essay about the edges of space within video games. Based on a talk Pipkin gave at the 2023 Roguelike Celebration\, the essay will focus on the concept of the walled garden\, expanding it to include games and games spaces. It looks at ornamental gardens\, cloisters\, isolate spaces\, and even mythological or utopian fantasies of worlds\, and goes beyond to where the garden stops and a wildness of bugs\, errors\, logical failures and edge cases begin. The essay seeks to connect the logic of potent isolation to the games we make and play.  \nJaehoon Choi will be working on an untitled media art installation on the intermingling of translation and language through light and sound. Influenced by the work of Karen Barad\, the artist will be working with mylar film\, projection\, and audio from speech recordings in various languages. The work is latest in a series of installations that delve into the artists concern\, the first of which\, “Hello. hEllo! heLLo? hellO” was created and showcased at EMPAC in May 2023. \nKristin McWharter will be working on Marco Polo\, an interactive sound installation\, based on the children’s game where one player\, with eye’s closed\, calls out “Marco” and listens for the location of other players who call out “Polo” in response. McWharter will be adapting the children’s game in a new work that incorporates megaphones\, RF transmissions\, and a series of sculptural beacons for audiences to engage with locative sound. Noting the Italian explorer’s role in shaping racist notions of Western superiority\, the project reflects on the history of trade route landscapes and the consequences of western culture’s history of continuous evasion and pursuit. \nLéwuga Tata Benson will be working towards their exhibition Fueling Change: A Multimedia Exploration of Niger Delta’s Oil Crisis that will open at Buffalo Arts Studio on July 26\, 2024. Utilizing oil drums\, video\, and audio\, the project focuses on the oil industry’s effects upon the people of the Niger Delta in Western Nigeria and the social\, economic\, and environmental consequences of unregulated oil extraction practices. \n            Biographies of the residents                        \nEverest Pipkin is a game developer\, writer\, and artist from central Texas who lives and works on a sheep farm in southern New Mexico. Their work both in the studio and in the garden follows themes of ecology\, tool making\, and collective care during collapse. They hold a BFA from University of Texas at Austin\, an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University\, and have shown and spoken at The Design Museum of London\, The Texas Biennial\, The XXI Triennale of Milan\, The Photographers Gallery of London\, Center for Land Use Interpretation\, and other spaces. When not at the computer in the heat of the day\, you can find them in the hills spending time with their neighbors— both human and non-human. \nJaehoon Choi is a computer musician / sound artist / researcher based in New York and Seoul. His practice involves embodied experimentation through a technical medium\, which involves both the process of making and bodily engagement. As a researcher\, he is interested in how a creative practice that involves embodied experimentation with a technical medium can suggest a different form of techne and contribute to technodiversity. His works have been presented at Venice Biennale\, MATA Festival\, NEW INC\, San Francisco Tape Music Festival\, NIME\, ICMC\, CeReNeM\, ECHO Journal\, ZER01NE\, Dunkunsthalle\, EIDF\, Visions Du Reel\, CEMEC\, and etc. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Electronic Arts at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and graduated from Stanford University’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) as a Masters. \nKristin McWharter uses performance and play to interrogate the relationship between competition and intimacy. Her work conjoins viewers within immersive sculptural installations and viewer- inclusive performances that critically fuse folk games within virtual and augmented worlds. Her software installations and performative objects incorporate experimental technologies and playful interaction to produce performances that speculate upon alternative forms of social behavior. Inspired by 20th century sports narrative\, collective decision making\, and technology as a contemporary spiritual authority\, her work blurs the boundaries of intimacy and hype culture to challenge viewer relationships to affection and competitive drive. Her work has been exhibited at The Hammer Museum\, Walt Disney Concert Hall\, Bangkok Arts and Cultural Center\, Ars Electronica\, Museo Altillo Beni\, and FILE Festival among others. McWharter received her MFA from UCLA in Design Media Arts and is currently an Assistant Professor in Art & Technology Studies at SAIC. \nLéwuga Tata Benson: As an interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker\, my work bridges cultures and explores the dynamic interplay between identity\, environmental sustainability\, and human connection. Rooted in my Ogoni heritage in Nigeria\, I draw inspiration from our tradition of repurposing to prevent waste. This ethos infuses my art\, as seen in installations like “The Land Gives Until It No Longer Can\, 2022\,” “Hang in There\, 2022\,” “Traces of Displacement\, 2023\,” “Carrying Identity\, Carrying The Weight\, 2023\,” and “Fueling Change\, 2024.” In Ogoni storytelling\, we engage all the senses\, integrating songs\, dance\, and props for a holistic experience. My artistic practice seamlessly incorporates these traditions to create immersive narratives that provoke thought\, foster empathy\, and celebrate cultural richness. My journey has been marked by awards and accolades\, including the NYSCA 2024 Grant and the Gregory Capasso scholarship for outstanding work in film\, underscoring my commitment to the arts. \n            \nImage descriptions: Four photographs in a grid\, left to right\, top to bottom: Everest Pipkin\, a white nonbinary artist\, stands in front of a cottonwood tree in a field. They have short brown hair\, glasses\, and are wearing a striped sweater. It is a sunny day. A photograph of Jaehoon Choi by Steven Pisano; a portrait of artist Kristin McWharter sitting in her studio; and Léwuga Tata Benson\, a Nigerian-born artist from Buffalo\, New York.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/meet-the-residents-everest-pipkin-kristin-mcwharter-jaehoon-choi-lewuga-tata-benson/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Hybrid,Residencies
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SUMMARY:Artifacts of Identity: Crafting Meaningful Narratives with Personal Objects by Léwuga Benson
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 22\, 2024\, 6–8 pm\nFree or suggested donation\nOpen to ages 16+. All materials provided. Please bring a meaningful personal object you wish to explore!\nWorkspace Resident Lewuga Benson will facilitate conversations with participants on the transformative powers of personal artifacts and the ways they can shape personal and community narratives. This workshop will be both structured and flexible\, and participants will be encouraged to share and explore in depth the meanings of their own personal objects. Lewuga will then guide students through creative exercises in different mediums around their chosen artifact. The workshop encourages collaboration\, reflection\, and meaningful dialogue among participants\, fostering a sense of community and creative exploration. \nBiography of the instructor\nLéwuga Tata Benson: As an interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker\, my work bridges cultures and explores the dynamic interplay between identity\, environmental sustainability\, and human connection. Rooted in my Ogoni heritage in Nigeria\, I draw inspiration from our tradition of repurposing to prevent waste. This ethos infuses my art\, as seen in installations like “The Land Gives Until It No Longer Can\, 2022\,” “Hang in There\, 2022\,” “Traces of Displacement\, 2023\,” “Carrying Identity\, Carrying The Weight\, 2023\,” and “Fueling Change\, 2024.” In Ogoni storytelling\, we engage all the senses\, integrating songs\, dance\, and props for a holistic experience. My artistic practice seamlessly incorporates these traditions to create immersive narratives that provoke thought\, foster empathy\, and celebrate cultural richness. My journey has been marked by awards and accolades\, including the NYSCA 2024 Grant and the Gregory Capasso scholarship for outstanding work in film\, underscoring my commitment to the arts. \nWorkspace Residency is generously supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. \nImage description: Léwuga Tata Benson’s installation The Land Gives Until It No Longer Can (2022) at the University at Buffalo.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/artifacts-of-identity-crafting-meaningful-narratives-with-personal-objects-by-lewuga-benson/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Fuzzy Edges of Character Encoding with Everest Pipkin
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, April 23\, 2024\, 6–8pm\nFree or suggested donation\nOpen to ages 16+.\nBring your own laptops or computational device. Students will need a basic text editor installed. Details will be given in registration email.\nWorkspace Resident Everest Pipkin will lead a workshop on the history\, politics and computational basics of text-based character encoding. Discussions will cover morse code\, ASCII\, Unicode (including emoji)\, and alternative text encoding schemes\, as well as their social\, ethical\, and emotional stories.  The second part of the workshop will be a laptops-open play along exploration through software demos and creative exercises. What “is” a character on a computer? How can we play around with the foundational building blocks of digital materials in ways that lets us understand files as materials? How can we think about language as a type of logical encoding that makes computers work? \nBiography of the artist\nEverest Pipkin is a game developer\, writer\, and artist from central Texas who lives and works on a sheep farm in southern New Mexico. Their work both in the studio and in the garden follows themes of ecology\, tool making\, and collective care during collapse. They hold a BFA from University of Texas at Austin\, an MFA from Carnegie Mellon University\, and have shown and spoken at The Design Museum of London\, The Texas Biennial\, The XXI Triennale of Milan\, The Photographers Gallery of London\, Center for Land Use Interpretation\, and other spaces. When not at the computer in the heat of the day\, you can find them in the hills spending time with their neighbors— both human and non-human. \nWorkspace Residency is generously supported by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. \nImage description: An image from The Barnacle Goose Experiment (2022) by Everest Pipkin. An old-school text-based interface is open\, with various lists of items\, verbs\, experiments\, locations and actions available to you\, like “cry” or “eat [honey]”. Each one is a link.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/the-fuzzy-edges-of-character-encoding-with-everest-pipkin/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Residencies,Skill Share
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SUMMARY:Sound Recording and Editing
DESCRIPTION:Tuesdays and Thursdays\, 6:00 – 8:00 pm\nMay 7-16\, 2024 (4 classes\, 8 hours of instruction)\n$175 (10% discount for members. Not yet a member? Click here for details)\nopen to ages 16+\nRegister with the “tickets” button at the bottom of this page\n  \nJoin Mark Longolucco\, our Technical Director\, for this crash course in recording and editing sound! You’ll hone your listening skills\, learn how to get the best results from a variety of professional quality microphones\, and dive into sound processing and editing. Traditional/professional and artistic/experimental approaches will be covered. \n  \nAll equipment and software provided. Squeaky Wheel’s classroom is outfitted with Mac desktop computers with large screens. \n  \nClass limited to 6 participants. \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \nInstructor: Mark Longolucco \n 
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LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Education,Media Art Workshop
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SUMMARY:Rushes: Films and actions by Jason Livingston
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, May 7\, 7 pm ET\n@ Journey’s End Refugee Services (2495 Main St #530\, Buffalo\, NY 14214) and online\nFree or suggested donation\nTickets available below\nSqueaky Wheel presents an evening of films\, actions\, and conversation with artist Jason Livingston. This evening of films showcases Livingston’s long-standing work on the climate crises and protest movements through visual and linguistic play. Featuring his celebrated film Ancient Sunshine (2020)\, the screening features work made by the filmmaker from 2012 to the present day. This event is organized on the occasion of his exhibition with Phoebe A. Cohen\, In the Sun’s Absence. The artist will be present to deliver an artist talk ahead of the screening\, and the exhibition will be open after the screening at Squeaky Wheel. \nFor in-person attendees: JERS is located on the fifth floor of Tri-Main Center; head left after you exit the elevator. Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main Center after 7:30 pm. \nFor online attendees: Upon check-out\, you will receive an email titled “Your Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center order has been received!”. A private link will be included in that email; 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. Please note that the artist talk will not be available online. \n            Program (click to expand)                        \nTotal program time approximately 65 minutes. \nIntroduction and artist talk by Jason Livingston \n#RUSHES/URL\n11:52 min\, silent\, 16mm on digital video\, 2015 \nAn in-camera 16mm edit of the 1st anniversary/birthday/funeral of OWS in New York City\, as seen from an embedded role in the Jellyfish Brigade\, an ad hoc affinity group formed to participate in the day’s event. Bold impact fonts compliment and countervail the images toward a warm antagonism. \n“Experimental filmmakers with no obligation to spoon feed the public fared better in documenting Occupy in a manner that proved more meditative and avoided reducing the movement to a list of talking points. Jason Livingston’s short film\, #Rushes\, provides an alternative to what the filmmaker himself labels “populist agitprop.” The two versions of the film deploy contrasting reflexive strategies designed to challenge standard representations of dissent and on-the-spot reportage of street activism. Offering a glimpse of a festive protest cum celebration commemorating the first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street in 2012\, Livingston juxtaposes the culture-jamming antics of the Jellyfish Brigade with familiar scenes of police intimidation and use of force. Demonstrators dressed in whimsical costumes holding signs such as “No Fossil Fuels…Frack Wall Street\, Not Water” highlight the march’s blend of earnestness and carnivalesque glee; the differences in tone are reinforced by\, on the one hand\, the satirist Reverend Billy’s comic spiel and\, on the other\, the unironic politicking of perennial presidential candidate Jill Stein and Cheri Honkala\, her 2012 vice-presidential candidate. \nForsaking digital for 16mm with in-camera edits\, the initial version of #Rushes was projected silently to live audiences. Refusing to bombard the audience with riot porn clichés\, talking heads\, voice over—or even the ambient sounds of a demonstration—Livingston instead solicited a running commentary from the audience at various screenings and encourage a participatory ethic and aesthetic. His decision to shoot in 16mm and move away from the more au courant DSLR aesthetic evolved from his revulsion towards consumerist pressure to abandon “technologies deemed obsolescent.” \nAlthough Livingston’s regarded his stripped-down aesthetic—and his promotion of audience participation—as “Occupy poetics\,” a screening at Union Docs in Brooklyn convinced him to launch an extended auto-critique of his own neo-Brechtian assumptions concerning “active spectatorship.” Despite the fact that #Rushes inspired some impassioned responses from audiences (particularly a frenetic screening at Squeaky Wheel in Buffalo which Livingston loved because it engendered a “lot of talking” over the silent images)\, he feared “that by encouraging ‘participation’ (i.e. talking) without sufficient direction on my part\, I was inadvertently disavowing my role as the maker (not that it’s much power in the end…)\, and actually promoting a very\, very vague participatory democracy that felt all too much like upper management’s penchant for doodlepolls\, or asking workers for ‘input’.” \nLivingston’s ambivalence towards his own attempt to emulate Occupy-style egalitarianism one microcinema at a time convinced him to accompany the film with narration\, later transformed into a series of memes embedded in a second version of the film\, that undercuts the celebration of a participatory ethos with what he terms a “warm antagonism.” Warm antagonism might be defined as playful self-laceration\, almost a parody of the type of self-criticism that was once de rigueur among authoritarian leftists. In the self-détourned version of #Rushes\, Livingston proclaims:: “Against participation\, not because participation denies the primary role of the artist in any given work and thus projects an anti-hierarchical fantasy…but because participation itself is a bureaucratic imagination.” While there’s a tongue-in-cheek aspect to Livingston’s self-indictment\, the cadences of his manifesto also undermine the pieties of “active spectatorship” and the hallowed entity known as the “emancipated spectator.” In certain respects\, the alternative film world’s penchant for participatory events might constitute a farcical equivalent of the pseudo-participation that anarchists discerned as integral components of Yugoslavian experiments in self-management. From another perspective\, the film’s dialogue with its audience\, and with itself\, is close to the kind of “auto-ethnography” that David Graeber proposes as a riposte to the vanguardist sensibility.” – Richard Porton\, author of Film and the Anarchist Imagination\, 2nd edition \n7.24.14\n4.5 mins\, silent\, 16mm film on digital video\, 2014 \nDemonstration in support of Gaza and against Operation Protective Edge on July 24\, 2014 in Ithaca\, NY. \nShale Raga\n4.5 min\, sound\, digital video\, 2015 \nSet to an excerpt of Don Cherry’s Malkauns from his border-erasing 1975 album\, Brown Rice\, Shale Raga extracts a mining industry in-house video to put pressure on carbon-based capitalist sorcery\, in this case EcoShale technology\, which is patented by Alberta-based Red Leaf Resources\, Inc. and promises to “revolutionize” oil shale production in the Book Cliffs of eastern Utah by accelerating geological time. The video is a counter-spell to ward off venture capital’s appetite for ancient life forms baked into rock. \nACID REIGN\n4.5 min\, sound\, digital video\, 2012 \nCombining archival/found footage\, treated images and diaristic Hi-8 video\, ACID REIGN explores the ongoing battle between human beings’ technologies of control and other life forms. In this case\, animals re-inhabit a post-human urban landscape. \nAncient Sunshine\n19.5 mins\, sound\, 16mm film on digital video\, 2021 \nA fossil cast in plastic\, an artificial plateau\, classic cars running on the fumes of the nation. Ancient Sunshine marks a path through fossil fuel extraction and climate defense in the American West. The film proposes solidarity against the violence by which “earth” becomes “resource.” \nUtah Tar Sands Resistance has been fighting experimental mining in the Tavaputs Plateau for almost a decade\, setting up camp every summer in sight of heavy equipment and construction crews. The film asks\, how might the concept of horizontalism be applied to the physical horizon\, its decimation\, and to capital’s propensity for vertical extrication? Ancient Sunshine interweaves the endless remaking of the Western landscape with labor history\, reflections on anarchist organization\, and interspecies economies. \nAncient Sunshine consists of interviews with the Utah Tar Sands Resistance primary organizers and other Utah land protectors\, and sets their voices in and against an industrialized landscape. The film presents an array of voices\, drawing attention to the role of resistance and kinship during times of threat and extinction. \nToward a poetic solidarity\, toward a formal politics. \n            \nBiography of the artist\nJason Livingston is a media artist\, filmmaker\, and educator. His award-winning films have been widely exhibited at festivals and museums\, including the National Gallery of Art in Washington\, D.C.\, the International Film Festival Rotterdam\, and Media City in Canada. He is currently researching histories of extractive cinema and abolitionist re-imaginings of our shared world as a Presidential Fellow in the Department of Media Study\, University at Buffalo. \nBanner image: A still from Jason Livingston’s film #Rushes/URL (2012). Two policemen on scoooters on a sunny day in New York City. On top and on the bottom of the image are superimposed words like a mid-2000s meme in Impact font: “AGAINST THE ACTIVATED SPECTATOR.”
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/rushes-films-and-actions-by-jason-livingston/
LOCATION:Journey’s End Refugee Services\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite #530\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Hybrid,Screenings
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SUMMARY:Call for submissions: Squeaky Wheel's 21st Animation Fest!
DESCRIPTION:Deadline: June 14\, 2024\, 11:59 PM\nNotification Date: August 15\, 2024\nSqueaky Wheel announces the call for submissions for our annual Animation Fest!  Celebrating its 21st year\, we are proud to continue a festival showcasing artworks made in a diverse variety of animation techniques such as stop-motion\, claymation\, 3D animation\, hand-painted film\, special effects\, and motion graphics. Past festivals have showcased work from both rising artists as well as established artists. \nThe 21st Animation Fest will be held online and in-person on Friday\, October 4\, 2024\, an in-person screening at the Buffalo AKG Art Museum and a virtual screening through Squeaky Wheel. Films in the virtual program will be accessible for 24 hours thereafter for general audiences\, and 72 hours for Squeaky Wheel members. If selected\, you will be asked for a downloadable copy of your film. \n\nEach individual submission should not exceed ~10 minutes.\nThere is no submission fee.\nAll selected artists will receive a screening fee of $100 per selected film. (International applicants must have a Paypal account to receive their screening fee).\nAll selected artists will receive a one year membership to Squeaky Wheel.\nMultiple submissions per artist are accepted.\n\nArtists who are African/Black\, Indigenous / Native / Aboriginal\, POC\, creatives with disabilities\, women\, 2SLGBTQIA+\, and artists who face systemic and structural barriers are encouraged to apply. Please direct any questions about the application process and your submissions to Ekrem Serdar at ekrem@squeaky.org \nClick here to apply\nImage description: Documentation from the 20th Animation Fest retrospective at North Park Theater. A projection in a darkened movie theater. On the screen is the word “Filmmakers!”\, which is from Helen Hill’s 2004 short film Madame Winger Makes a Film: A Survival Guide for the 21st Century.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/call-for-submissions-squeaky-wheels-21st-animation-fest/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Call,Screenings
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SUMMARY:Football Practice: Speculative Football Players with Kristin McWharter
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, May 22\, 2024\, 6–8 pm ET\nOnline over Zoom\nFree or suggested donation; register below\nJoin us for this workshop intensive in which participants explore the cultural impact of American football and collectively contribute to a new simulation of the sport. Part performance lecture\, part interactive imagining\, participants will be given prompts to write and craft new players for the artists Football Practice simulation software. Each workshop designs and “drafts” two players into the scrimmage of the software\, directly shaping the speculative imaging of the game. Inspired by the surrealist game Exquisite Corpses and video game sports simulations such as Madden\, this workshop discusses the importance of consent\, aggression\, and competitive drive as participants playfully imagine speculative football futures in real time. \nThe workshop is open to anyone regardless of their knowledge or interest in football. A Zoom link will be shared with your email address near the event date. \nThis workshop is presented as part of an ongoing project by Kristin McWharter. To learn more\, click here. \nBiography of the artist\nKristin McWharter uses performance and play to interrogate the relationship between competition and intimacy. Her work conjoins viewers within immersive sculptural installations and viewer- inclusive performances that critically fuse folk games within virtual and augmented worlds. Her software installations and performative objects incorporate experimental technologies and playful interaction to produce performances that speculate upon alternative forms of social behavior. Inspired by 20th century sports narrative\, collective decision making\, and technology as a contemporary spiritual authority\, her work blurs the boundaries of intimacy and hype culture to challenge viewer relationships to affection and competitive drive. Her work has been exhibited at The Hammer Museum\, Walt Disney Concert Hall\, Bangkok Arts and Cultural Center\, Ars Electronica\, Museo Altillo Beni\, and FILE Festival among others. McWharter received her MFA from UCLA in Design Media Arts and is currently an Assistant Professor in Art & Technology Studies at SAIC. \nImage description: Two digital avatars on a digital grassy field. The figures are wearing American football outfits. Both the outfits and the grassy field look like they were crocheted.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/football-practice-speculative-football-players-with-kristin-mcwharter/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Residencies,Skill Share
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SUMMARY:Equipment Rental
DESCRIPTION:Interested in renting equipment?\nCheck out our offerings of \nCameras \nLenses \nAudio \nPresentation \nAccessories \nAnd when you’re ready\, fill out this equipment reservation form. For any questions regarding equipment rental\, you can contact mark@squeaky.org
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LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Access
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SUMMARY:AV Club
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 15\, 1-3pm\nFree\, sign up below\nJoin us for the inaugural meeting of Squeaky’s AV Club\, a new 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. \nAt this first meeting\, our Technical Director Mark Longolucco will lead an informal\, playful and generative skill share around live sound mixing\, and we’ll get to know each other while sharing work. As the group develops\, we will bring in guest artists\, plan events\, and build community around a love for media art and moving images. We hope you’ll join us! \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/av-club/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Call,Skill Share
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SUMMARY:AV Club
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, June 15\, 1-3pm\nFree\, sign up below\nJoin us for the inaugural meeting of Squeaky’s AV Club\, a new 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. \nAt this first meeting\, our Technical Director Mark Longolucco will lead an informal\, playful and generative skill share around live sound mixing\, and we’ll get to know each other while sharing work. As the group develops\, we will bring in guest artists\, plan events\, and build community around a love for media art and moving images. We hope you’ll join us! \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 
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LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Call,Skill Share
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SUMMARY:Equipment Orientation
DESCRIPTION:Are you interested in renting equipment from Squeaky Wheel but want more info about the process? Are you curious about the gear we have available and how to use it? Then our free Equipment Orientation is perfect for you! \n  \nIn this hour long session\, Squeaky Wheel Tech Director Mark Longolucco will give an overview of rental procedures\, answer any of your questions\, and give hands-on demonstrations for how to operate various equipment. The session is free to attend and occurs on the first Saturday of most months. To sign up\, just add a ticket below!
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/equipment-orientation-3/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Access,Equipment,Rental
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SUMMARY:Tech Arts for Youth: Digital Collage
DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth: Digital Collage\nJuly 15 – 19 (session 1A)\nMonday – Friday\n9:00 am – 12:00 pm\nOpen to all levels. \nAges 11-15 \nUsing materials like paper\, original digital photographs\, and found images\, you’ll follow in the footsteps of amazing collage artists throughout history\, from Hannah Hocke to Wangechi Mutu\, and learn to use Photoshop to make incredible collages! You’ll learn how to cut apart\, remix\, and reassemble your images to make imaginative and unique new compositions. Your finished collages can be printed and framed\, or be used for digital wallpaper\, or turned into animated GIFs. The possibilities are endless! \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 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/tech-arts-for-youth-digital-collage/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer camp,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program
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SUMMARY:Digital Art and Technology Access Summer 2024
DESCRIPTION:DATA is a media arts and technology program designed for neurodivergent individuals (such as individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder\, ADHD\, dyslexia\, dyspraxia\, etc.) ages 13-19. A series of year-round workshops builds creative and social skills. Students learn a range of media-based practices to suit all interests in technology and art.\nIn DATA we provide a minimum 3:1 student-to-instructor ratio\, noise-canceling headphones\, snacks or lunch\, and a separate sensory-friendly space outside the classroom for breaks. The lead Teaching Artists have experience in working with students with disabilities. The Teaching Assistant has a degree in social work and experience working with students with disabilities\, and can help you begin the process of applying for services through the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD). Our Peer Mentor is a neurodivergent student or recent graduate from a digital media art degree program. \nDATA is tuition free and space is limited.\n\n2024 Summer Program – Application Now Open! \n\nJuly 15 – 26 (2 weeks)\nMonday – Friday\n9am-1pm\nBuffalo State University\nBuckham Hall\, room 141\n  \nThis summer we are thrilled to have media artist and educator Jenson Leonard as our instructor! We will use a range of digital tools for drawing\, animation\, and photo editing to create gifs\, memes\, animations\, websites\, and more. Students will have the option of incorporating projects they are already working on\, or starting with fresh ideas.  \n  \nScroll down to “tickets” to apply.  If this is your first time applying to DATA\, you will receive a phone call from Caroline\, our Education Director\, to discuss the program in greater detail\, and to ensure that we are a good fit for each other. 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 made possible by the generous support of The Children’s Guild Foundation.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/digital-art-and-technology-access-summer-2024/
LOCATION:Buckham Hall room B141\, Buffalo State University\, 1300 Elmwood Avenue\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14222\, United States
CATEGORIES:DATA,Youth Program
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SUMMARY:Tech Arts for Youth: Stop Motion Animation
DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth: Stop Motion Animation\nJuly 15 – 19 (session 1B)\nMonday – Friday\n1:00 pm – 4:00 pm\nOpen to all levels. \nAges 11-15 \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. \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/tech-arts-for-youth-stop-motion-animation/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer camp,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program
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SUMMARY:AV Club
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, July 20\, 1-3pm\nFree\, sign up below\nJoin us for another round of Squeaky’s AV Club\, a new 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. \nAt this meeting\, our Curator Ekrem Serdar will give a brief talk about how to find opportunities to advance your projects with resources like residencies and grants. We’ll spend time watching each other’s pieces and discuss how everyone might like to move forward with future skill shares\, events\, and ways to build and develop community around a love for media art and moving images. We hope you’ll join us! \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/av-club-2/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Call,Skill Share
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SUMMARY:Tech Arts for Youth: Digital Illustration [class full\, email for waitlist]
DESCRIPTION:TECH ARTS FOR YOUTH: DIGITAL ILLUSTRATION\nJuly 22 – 26 (session 2A)\n9 AM – 12 PM\nOpen to all levels. \nAges 11 – 15 \n  \nJoin us for a week-long artistic adventure exploring the essential tools and creative tricks for creating incredible digital illustrations. Whether you already love digital drawing\, or are just getting started\, this class is for you! You’ll build skills with professional programs like as Adobe Illustrator\, and experiment with free software like Pixelart\, Krita & more. Engaging activities\, personalized guidance\, collaborative projects\, and a lot of room for fun and artistic expression will make this session a dynamic and enriching experience. \nClass limited to 8 participants. \nContact Caroline at caroline@squeaky.org or (716) 884-7172 with any questions! \n  \nInstructor: Mikayla Kempski \n  \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 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/tech-arts-for-youth-digital-illustration/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Summer camp,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program
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SUMMARY:Tech Arts for Youth: Digital Filmmaking 1 [class full\, email for waitlist]
DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth: Digital Filmmaking 1\nJuly 22 – 26 (session 2B)\nMonday – Friday\n1:00 pm – 4:00 pm\nOpen to all levels. \nAges 11-15 \nDuring this all around introduction to video production and editing\, you’ll work with a team to produce a super short (micro) 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!  \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. \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 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/tech-arts-for-youth-digital-filmmaking-1/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer camp,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program
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SUMMARY:Tech Arts for Youth: Game Design [class full\, email for waitlist]
DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth: Game Design\nJuly 29 – August 2 (session 2A)\nMonday – Friday\n9:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nOpen to all levels. \nAges 11-15 \nGame Design  \nLearn about games and game mechanics\, play games\, and design and make your own playable analog and video games!  \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 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/tech-arts-for-youth-game-design/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer camp,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program
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SUMMARY:Tech Arts for Youth: 2D Animation [class full\, email for waitlist]
DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth: 2D Animation\nJuly 29 – August 2 (session 3B)\nMonday – Friday\n1:00 pm – 4:00 pm\nOpen to all levels. \nAges 11-15 \nFrom character design to storytelling\, this workshop empowers young artists to express their creativity using frame-by-frame animation. Our instructor will guide students through the animation workflow\, from animating simple shapes and actions to developing more complex characters. You’ll learn a range of 2D techniques\, including hand drawn animation on paper and digital animation. \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 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/tech-arts-for-youth-2d-animation/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer camp,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program
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SUMMARY:Tech Arts for Youth: Digital Filmmaking 2
DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth: Digital Filmmaking 2\nAugust 5 – 9 (session 4A)\nMonday – Friday\n9:00 am – 12:00 pm\nOpen to all levels. \nAges 11-15 \nDuring this all around introduction to video production and editing\, you’ll work with a team to produce a super short (micro) 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! \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! \n  \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 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/tech-arts-for-youth-digital-filmmaking-2/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer camp,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program
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SUMMARY:Tech Arts for Youth: Screenwriting
DESCRIPTION:Tech Arts for Youth: Screenwriting\nAugust 5 – 9 (session 4B)\nMonday – Friday\n1:00 pm – 4:00 pm\nOpen to all levels. \nAges 11-15 \nLearn how to turn your ideas into compelling scripts! You’ll learn about the fundamentals of storytelling and story structures\, how to use stage directions to set the scene\, and how to format your writing as a screenplay. Our instructors will lead you through engaging and fun hands on activities to help you discover exciting ways to bring your stories to life! \n  \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 
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/tech-arts-for-youth-screenwriting/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer camp,Tech Arts for Youth,Youth Program
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240817T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240817T150000
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SUMMARY:AV Club
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, August 17\, 1-3pm\nFree\, sign up below\nJoin us for the next round of Squeaky’s AV Club\, a new 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. \nAt this meeting\, we’ll spend time watching and discussing each other’s pieces. \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 AV Club structure in the future. \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/av-club-3/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Open Call,Skill Share
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240821T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240821T200000
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SUMMARY:Plant Cinema Workshop at Silo City with Kathryn Ramey
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, August 21\, 6–8 pm\n@ Silo City (85 Silo City Row\, Buffalo\, NY 14203)\n$10 general | $7 members\nOpen to ages 16+\nRegister below\nIn this one-time workshop by visiting filmmaker and Workspace Resident Kathryn Ramey at Silo City\, the filmmaker will show participants how to expose and process 16mm film with plants. Participants will use plant materials from Silo City’s environment\, that they will develop and expose with a sodium carbonate and vitamin C mixture. Ramey will then show participants how to fix their films\, upon which they’ll let them dry and project them on site. \nThe event will take place at Silo City; please gather promptly at Duende (85 Silo City Row\, Buffalo\, NY 14203) at 6 pm. Squeaky Wheel members can email ekrem@squeaky.org for their discount code ahead of checking out. Special thank you to Olivia McCarthy and Silo City. \nAbout the artist and our partner\nKathryn 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. \n \nSilo 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. \nThis workshop is presented as part of the Workspace Residency program. Learn more here. \nBanner image provided by Kathryn Ramey. Sage leaves from a volunteer plant in the artists garden are harvested\, soaked in vitamin C and sodium carbonate\, placed on undeveloped black and white film and left in the sun. The leaves print themselves onto the film which is revealed when the film is run through a weak fixer.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/plant-cinema-at-silo-city-with-kathryn-ramey/
LOCATION:Silo City\, 85 Silo City Row\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Residencies,Skill Share
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240823T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240823T203000
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SUMMARY:Meet the Residents: Ahmed T. Ragheb\, Lily Ekimian Ragheb\, and Kathryn Ramey
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, August 23\, 2024\, 7 pm ET\nOnline and in-person @ Squeaky Wheel\nFree or suggested donation. Catering from AliBaba Kebab provided for in-person attendees.\nASL interpretation available; request by Tuesday\, August 20.\nRegister below\nSqueaky Wheel is pleased to present this hybrid artist talk with our Summer 2024 Workspace Residents! Ahmed T. Ragheb & Lily Ekimian Ragheb (Pittsburgh\, PA) and Kathryn Ramey (Roslindale\, MA) will be presenting on their previous and current projects\, along with a Q&A with the residents moderated by curator Ekrem Serdar. \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. \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. \nAhmed T. Ragheb & Lily Ekimian Ragheb will be working on Visitor\, a short experimental essay film about an Egyptian vampire who travels to America in search of family. The film will pair a fictional voiceover narrative with docu-style video footage of the post-industrial landscapes of Pittsburgh and Buffalo. Consisting of hand-held\, point-of-view shots with no on-screen actors\, the observational style of Visitor will facilitate an exploration of Arab and Arab-American cultural identity\, immigration\, family and the changing landscape of the American Rust Belt. \nDuring her residency\, Kathryn Ramey will be working on SILVER & earth: Marina A which will be presented to the public on Friday\, September 6 at Silo City. The multi-channel digital and 16mm projection performance will highlight environmentally conscious artistic practices within reclaimed post industrial sites such as Silo City. Part of a larger suite of work\, SILVER & earth: Marina 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. \nBiographies of the residents\nAhmed T. Ragheb & Lily Ekimian Ragheb are a married experimental filmmaking duo based in Pittsburgh. Lily – American\, Russian and Armenian – grew up between Washington\, D.C.\, and Cairo\, Egypt. Ahmed – Egyptian\, Dutch and American – was born and raised in Cairo. Their films emphasize identity\, place\, feminism\, cultural dislocation and domestic relationships and are noted for their use of voiceover and mixed media. Their work has screened at Oscar-qualifying festivals including Uppsala Short Film Festival (Nominated\, Ingmar Bergman Award)\, Athens Int’l Film & Video Festival and RiverRun\, as well as the Arab American National Museum\, Pittsburgh Shorts\, and the Arab Film and Media Institute’s Arab Film Festival. Together they founded the independent production company Studio Ragheb. \nKathryn 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. \nBanner photo: Two photographs side by side: Ahmed Ragheb and Lily Ekimian Ragheb sitting side by side in a black and white photograph. Kathryn Ramey\, a white woman in her 50’s with long gray blond hair in a bun wearing a black and white plaid mock turtle-neck blouse and a black cotton blazer and pink glasses sits smiling facing the camera in front of a white picket fence with green trees and blue sky in the background. This photo was taken at Camden Film Festival.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/meet-the-residents-ahmed-ragheb-lily-ekimian-ragheb-and-kathryn-ramey/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artist Talk,Hybrid,Residencies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240827T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240827T200000
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SUMMARY:Essay Filmmaking with Ahmed T. Ragheb & Lily Ekimian Ragheb
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, August 27\, 6–8 pm\n$10 general | $7 members\nRegister below\nIn this one-time workshop by visiting filmmakers and Workspace Residents Ahmed T. Ragheb & Lily Ekimian Ragheb\, the filmmakers will introduce and provide a space for participants to workshop their own essay films. The pair will provide a brief introduction to essay filmmaking\, with examples of their own work and films by Chantal Akerman\, among others. The filmmakers will then facilitate a workshop space for participants to write their own treatments and loglines for their own essay films. Participants will then discuss and workshop their ideas as a group. \nThe event will take place at Squeaky Wheel. Please note that you cannot enter Tri-Main Center after 7:30 pm. Squeaky Wheel members can email ekrem@squeaky.org for their discount code ahead of checking out. \nBiographies of the residents\nAhmed T. Ragheb & Lily Ekimian Ragheb are a married experimental filmmaking duo based in Pittsburgh. Lily – American\, Russian and Armenian – grew up between Washington\, D.C.\, and Cairo\, Egypt. Ahmed – Egyptian\, Dutch and American – was born and raised in Cairo. Their films emphasize identity\, place\, feminism\, cultural dislocation and domestic relationships and are noted for their use of voiceover and mixed media. Their work has screened at Oscar-qualifying festivals including Uppsala Short Film Festival (Nominated\, Ingmar Bergman Award)\, Athens Int’l Film & Video Festival and RiverRun\, as well as the Arab American National Museum\, Pittsburgh Shorts\, and the Arab Film and Media Institute’s Arab Film Festival. Together they founded the independent production company Studio Ragheb. \nThis workshop is presented as part of the Workspace Residency program. Learn more here. \nBanner image: Studio Ragheb\, She Sings (2024). A woman\, lit in red\, holding her hand up to the lens.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/essay-filmmaking-with-ahmed-t-ragheb-lily-ekimian-ragheb/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Residencies,Skill Share
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SUMMARY:Silo City | Kathryn Ramey's SILVER & earth: Marine A
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, September 6\, 7 pm\n@ Silo City (85 Silo City Row\, Buffalo\, NY 14203)\nFree or suggested donation; register below\nJoin 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. \nThe ~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. \nPart 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. \nThe 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. \nAbout the artist and our partner\nKathryn 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. \n \nSilo 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. \nBanner image courtesy of Kathryn Ramey. Several strips of 16 mm film overlaid with plant clippings at Silo City.
URL:https://squeaky.org/event/silo-city-kathryn-rameys-silver-earth-marine-a/
LOCATION:Squeaky Wheel\, 2495 Main Street\, Suite 310\, Buffalo\, NY\, 14214\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance,Residencies
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