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RVCA|VASF Gallery is proud to present EAT MY SHORTS, a series of short films.
February 15 - March 8, 2013.
RVCA/VASF
1485 Haight Street
San Francisco, California 94117
2 Premier Nights:
FRIDAY, FEB. 15th 6-8PM
Featuring: LO-TIDE, Nicolas Torres, WEREHAUS, Andy Vogt, and Eighty Four Films
FRIDAY, MAR. 1ST 6-8PM
Featuring: Shockwave, LEAF, Jason Feinberg, Eden Roberts, & Rob Williamson
The series of videos will loop throughout the day with special premier nights for filmmakers/collaborators featuring art along with their video.
Come, sit and enjoy the work of some of the finest film making talent in California
LO-TIDE –
An independent skateboard film directed by Matt Bublitz.
Featuring: Andy Smith, Ben Woosley, Matt Bublitz, Ryan Spencer, and Tom Karangelov. Filmed and edited by Matt Bublitz.
Released in October 2012 in Huntington Beach, California
NICOLAS TORRES –
Work Hard Dream None
In February of 2012 Torres spent several days filming the citizens of “The City That Never Sleeps” catching up on the Zzzz's they desperately need. Amongst the constant bombardment of clanking metal sounds, odd smells, maximum occupancy, and anti-terror advisories, the NYC subway is a cradle to it’s sleep deprived citizenry. Thematically, this piece is in keeping with much of Torres work which focuses on the daily struggles of the overworked lower class urbanite. Originally presented as a three-channel installation at the Garage Sale Project, Torres has adapted the videos into a linear fashion for our theatre viewing.
WEREHAUS –
Big Sur: Henry Miller & The River of Life
Synopsis: Big Sur is a special place not far from our own backyard. We've recently spent some time there on a few camping trips with the goal of making a short surf film. Unfortunately, the conditions rarely aligned for us – and the one day that they finally did we were too busy surfing to film much of anything. As a result, we began to explore Henry Miller's relationship with Big Sur. This piece hopes to shed some light on his personal philosophies and how they should serve as a reminder to all of us that it's okay to slow things down and spend more time outside, floating on the river of life.
Taiwan: You Can't Go Home Again
Synopsis: "How far we all come. How far we all come away from ourselves. So far, so much between, you can never go home again. You can go home, it's good to go home, but you never really get all the way home again in your life. " -Thomas Wolfe
ANDY VOGT –
Mitre Cloud - Minor becomes monumental as objects move through a white-hot environment blurring detail and losing scale. In the haze, basic building blocks can be seen forming minute crystals of structure, floating and vibrating.
Bio - Andy Vogt lives and works in San Francisco. His work has been exhibited at Eli Ridgway Gallery, Headlands Center for the Arts, The SF Museum of Craft and Design, and Southern Exposure.
Website - www.andyvogt.com
EIGHTY FOUR FILMS –
Eighty Four Films is an independent animation and film production company run by James Dirschberger. To date James has produced over 100 short films including the animated web series The Forest City Rockers. His first feature film, "Honest Man: The Life of R.Budd Dwyer", was release 2010. He is also creator and executive producer of "Sanjay & Craig", An animated children's show for Nickelodeon to be released in 2013.
Homemade Horse - Short film Featuring artwork by Mel Kadel
Gamemasters - Short film Featuring artwork by Travis Millard
Ghosts - Short film Featuring artwork and sculptures by Travis Millard
Mountain Jam – commercial Featuring artwork by Jay Howell
Death Day – commercial Featuring artwork by Jay Howell
Bags – commercial Featuring artwork by Jay Howell
Slander - music video Featuring artwork by Jay Howell, Music by Trash Talk
Waterfall - music video Music by The Fresh & Onlys
Classic Tales: Alex Knost - web series Featuring artwork by Jay Howell
Classic Tales: Christian Hosoi - web series Featuring artwork by Jay Howell
Classic Tales: Geoff Rowley - web series Featuring artwork by Jay Howell
SHOCKWAVE –
Shockwave was conceived in the moldy basement of San Francisco’s own Wizard Mountain, crafted by obsessive VHS collectors Billy, Kyle, Moses, & King Eddie. The Shockwave series is a collage of imagery; carefully curated and aggressively edited, which highlight the best & worst “blood, fire, & death”, as the group’s credo maintains, ever captured on film. With a keen eye for camp, gore, & mania, plus a healthy dose of ad-libbed overdubs, Wizard Mountain has created a greatest hits for the VHS generation. Shockwave is just a preview, welcome to our nightmare. Welcome to the jungle, we got fun & games.
LEAF –
The Casablanca Archives - a series of short films depicting life as we know it.
ROB WILLIAMSON –
Burnt Ones - Meet the Golden One
Cosmonauts - Emerald Green
