FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 21, 2004
The H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute presents digital lounge
The H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute is pleased to announce digital lounge, a weekly program of film screenings beginning on Thursday, July 29 continuing through Thursday, September 2, 2004. digital lounge presents curated programs of feature films, documentaries on art and artists, and art- related genres including animation, narrative shorts, and videos. Screenings will occur weekly on Thursdays at 1:00pm, 3:30pm and 6:00pm, Fridays at 1:00pm and 3:30pm, and Saturdays at 1:00pm and 3:30pm. Each day of screenings will have a different program or theme; digital lounge is organized by the Artspace and guest curators.
The H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute is dedicated to presenting quality exhibitions of contemporary art and a range of public programs for a growing audience of students, educators, artists, arts enthusiasts, and the general public. For generous support of the 2003 – 2004 exhibition series at the Artspace, the Kansas City Art Institute gratefully acknowledges the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency, and the H&R Block Foundation. The Artspace is located at 16 East 43rd Street, one block east of Main Street.
A weekly schedule of digital lounge will be posted at the Artspace and is available by email, or for more information please call 816.561.5563. All digital lounge screenings are free and open to the public.
Thursday, July 29 Film on Film, Curated by Brenda Meara, Block Artspace Intern 1:00 My Best Fiend (Herzog, 1999) 3:30 Day for Night (Truffaut, 1973) 6:00 Lost in La Mancha (Fulton & Pepe, 2002)
Friday, July 30 On Art 1:00 Art: 21 – Art in the 21st Century: Place and Spirituality (PBS, 2001) 3:30 Calder’s Universe (MOMA, 1977; on loan from Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art) Marcel Duchamp: In His Own Words (Jacobs, 1978; on loan from NAMA)
Saturday, July 31 Films that are Noir? 1:00 Chinatown (Polanski, 1974) 3:30 Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (Zemeckis, 1988)
Thursday, August 5 Warped Sense of Humor, Curated by Jaimie Warren, Artspace Projects Assistant 1:00 Happiness (Todd Solondz, 1998) 3:30 Weekend (Jean-Luc Godard, 1967) 6:00 Showgirls (Paul Verhoven, 1995)
Friday, August 6 1:00 Blood Simple (Joel Coen, 1985) 3:30 Raising Arizona (Joel Coen, 1987)
Saturday, August 7 1:00 City of the Lost Children (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1995) 3:30 Delicatessen (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1992)
Thursday, August 12 Kryzstof Kieslowski’s trilogy: Trois Couleurs, curated by Rebecca Dolan 1:00 Bleu (Kryzstzof Kieslowski, 1993) 3:30 Blanc (Kryzstzof Kieslowski, 1994) 6:00 Rouge (Kryzstzof Kieslowski, 1994)
Friday, August 13 Curated by Raechell Smith, Artspace Director 1:00 Red Sorghum (Zhang Yimou, 1987) 3:30 Ju Dou (Zhang Yimou, 1990)
Saturday, August 14 1:00 The Story of Qiu Ju (Zhang Yimou, 1991) 3:30 To Live (Zhang Yimou, 1994)
Thursday, August 19 Curtated by Daven Gee, Assistant Professor, Film & Media, UMKC Dept. of Communications 1:00 The Hitchhiker (Ida Lupino, 1953) 3:30 The Misfits (John Huston, 1961) 6:00 Faster Pussycat, Kill Kill (Russ Meyer, 1965)
Friday, August 20 Curated by Amalia Mariño, Artspace Projects Assistant 1:00 The Outsiders (Francis Ford Coppola, 1983) 3:30 Starting in the Middle (Several short films by young, unknown filmmakers)
Saturday, August 21 Curated by Ryan Fenchel 1:00 Wild Style (Charlie Ahearn, 1983) 3:30 The Harder They Come (Perry Henzell, 1972)
Thursday, August 26 Curated by Dr. Maria Elena Buszek 1:00 Metropolis (Fritz Lang, 1927) 3:30 M (Fritz Lang, 1931) 6:00 The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (Fritz Lang, 1933)
Friday, August 27 1:00 All the President’s Men (Alan J. Pakula, 1976) 3:30 Z (Constantin Costa-Gavras, 1969)
Saturday, August 28 1:00 Before You Don’t Vote (Larry Litt, 2003) 3:30 TV Nation (Michael Moore, 2000)
Thursday, September 2 1:00 Underground (Emir Kusturica, 1995) 3:30 Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989) 6:00 Tom Waits- Big Time (Chris Blum, 1988)