Outer Limits Film and Video Series 2000

May 16 - June 17, 2000
Presented at Artists Space, Anthology Film Archives, Den of Cin, Makor, Millennium Film Workshop, Ocularis, and the Robert Beck Memorial Cinema at Collective Unconscious

Overview

Outer Limits 2000 presented 15 programs of independent and innovative film and video with an emphasis on shorts made by young directors and producers, including independent narrative, digital animation, and underground and experimental works. The programs took place at multiple venues in New York over four weeks in May and June 2000.

Co-Presenter

Video Lounge

Sponsors & Supporters

Outer Limits 2000 was sponsored by AtomFilms and SKYY Vodka, and made possible in part with public funds from Presentation Funds, a program of the Experimental Television Center supported by the New York State Council on the Arts, and with the support of the Consulate General of Australia, the Quebec Government House, the Consulate General of Canada, Consulate General of Israel in New York, Hollywood East Foundation, the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York, the Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE), the Mexican Institute of International Cooperation, and Pro Helvetia (Switzerland).

Staff & Personnel

Directors: Carrie Dashow, Matt Isaac, Rachel Melman
Curators/Programmers: Ariella Ben-Dov, Monica de la Torre, Masha Godovannaya, Tali Hinkis, Rhian Hinkley, Perte De Signal, Peter Hossli, Images Passages, Matt Isaac, Dana Levy Graphic Design: Silvan Harnik

Awards

Artists Space, Anthology Film Archives, Den of Cin, Fantoche International Animation Festival, Madcat Women's International Film Festival, Makor, Mexican Cultural Institute, Millennium Film Workshop, New York International Latino Film Festival Ocularis, and the Robert Beck Memorial Cinema at Collective Unconscious.

Programs

Utopian Nightmares (at Makor)
Young Israeli video artists search for Utopia. Curated by Dana Levy.

Camels In The Holy Land and Splash (Ran Salvin)
My Flesh (Ori Drumer)
The Complete Guide to the Step (Ronen Leibman)
Lullaby (Doron Solomons)
Place and Out of Surburbia (Dana Levy)
My Collected Silences (Doron Solomons)
I/60 (Sasha Alekov)
Repercussion (Yael Feldman)
I Do See The Woman (Doron Furman)
One In A Million (Ronon Israelski)
Koukutoumil (Idan Levy)
Hold On (Masha Yosefpolski)

Presence and Absence (at Makor)
An international program of film and video exploring themes of memory, re-discovery, and displacement. Curated by Matt Isaac.

Silence (Sylivie Bringas)
The Trap and Roost (Amy Karavitz)
Zyklon Portrait (Elida Schogt)
Piglatin (Dana Behrman)
Last Waltz in New York (Avi Katz)
Obsessed with Jews (Jeff Krulik)

Reality Confronts Israelis (at Makor)
A program of video by young Israeli video artists exploring identity. Curated by Dana Levy and Tali Hinkis.

Ransha (Zamir Shatz)
Spade (Amir Leibman)
Reenactment (Tal Cohen)
ICU (Sohar Kfir)
Good Timing For New Things (Tali Hinkis)

Mexican Short Films (at Anthology Film Archives)
Organized by the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) and the Mexican Cultural Institute of New York.

The Hero (El Heroe) (Luis Carlos Carrera)
Four Ways To Cover A Hole (4 Maneras De Tapar Un Hoyo) (Jorge Villalobos and Jose Rendon)
An Afternoon In the Life of a Middle Class Couple (La Tarde De Un Matrimonio De Clase Media) (Fernando Leon)
No Support (Sin Sosten) (Rene Castillo & Antonio Urrutia)
The Blooming Jasmine (De Jazmin En Flor) (Daniel Gruener)
Passenger (Pasajera) (Jorge Villalobos)
Goodbye Mother (Adios Mama) (Ariel Gordon)
In the Mirror of the Sky (En El Espejo Del Cielo) (Carlos Salces)
I’m Going to Escape (Me Voy A Escapar) (Juan Carlos de llaca)
Flat (Ponchada) (Alejandra Moya)
A Date in Paradise (Cita En El Paraiso) (Moises Ortiz Urquidi)
The Music Tree (El Arbol De La Musica) (Sabina Berman and Isabelle Tard଩

Lost In Translation (at Ocularis @ Galapagos Art & Performance Space)
Selections from The Madcat Women's International Film Festival. Curated by Ariella Ben-Dov.

Passage (Lisl Ponger)
Eqypt (Kathrin Resetarits)
Tito Material (Elke Groen)
The Whole History of That (Jenny Perlin)
Fever (Paula M. Froehle)
Leche (Naomi Uman)

Aller Retour (at Den of Cin)
Experimental video from Paris. Presented by Peyotl Alternative Video Collective.

Nationale 1000 (Loac Connanski)
Superjet (Sam)
Buyer Winner (Christelle Lheureux)
When I Go Out With Artists (Crash Test Dummies) extrair de Keep if Fun for Yourself II (Yan Duyvendak)
Tenko Extrait de Corpuscules en Mouvement (Philippe Chatelain)
Bande Annonce (Loac Connanski)
Sans Titre (march de Savgon) (Sebastien Coupy)
Phil Minton Extrait de Corpuscules en Mouvement (Philippe Chatelain)
It Was A Complicated Story (Tali Hinkis)
Le douanier Rousseau extrair de Keep if Fun for Yourself II (Yan Duyvendak)
Manipuler son corps (Laetitia Bourget)
Is This America (Mr. Schweppes)

Russian Necrorealist Films of Yevgenii Yufit (at Anthology Film Archives and Robert Beck Memorial Cinema @ Collective Unconscious)

Silver Heads (Yevgenii Yufit)
Werewolf Orderlies (Yevgenii Yufit)
Woodcutter (Yevgenii Yufit)
Spring (Yevgenii Yufit)
Suicide Monsters (Yevgenii Yufit)
Fortitude (Yevgenii Yufit)
Knights Of Heaven (Yevgenii Yufit)

New Video Work from France (at Den of Cin)
Organized by Annecy arts collective Images Passages.

3D O-video-twirl-o-sound-interlude (Stephani Sepic)
Beautiful Nose - 5' (Denis Brun)
Tropic (Nathalie Prally)
Being Human (Frederic Nakache)
I Love U Like A Star (Sara V. Bernard and Diego)
Childish Behaviour #2 (Louidgi Beltrame)
Singing in the Bocal; glass of milk (Valerie Bouvier)
Macedoine (Jerome Martinez Corral)
Sing Nightingale, Sing; Street Fighter (Pedro de Almeida)
King Fun Cowboy (Guillaume Mariotti and Patrick Blocman)

As Viewed from the Other Side (at Millennium Film Workshop)
Animated and live action shorts from Australia. Curated by Rhian Hinkley.

Mumble (Peter Circuitt)
More Dance (Steven Honegger)
Post (Peter Circuitt)
Pan-Americano (Daniel Crooks)
Conversations in Space (Julian Savage & Russell Bywater)
Pix2 (Fiona McKerrell)
Back To Back (Cazzerine Barry, Bruce Gladwon, and Rhian Hinkley)
The Fang (Warner & Mcinnes)
Simmer Blend (David Rosetzky)
Essence Of Terror (Sophie Raymond)
Saturn Returns - The Mishap (David Noona)
Oral Sensation #4 (Marion Lee)
Face of the West (Rhian Hinkley)

Zone D'emergences (at Artists Space)
International Video Program Organized by Montreal Video Collective Perte De Signal.

En rond-rond-rond... (Claudette Lemay)
Ligne bleue (Vincent Delmas)
Traverse (Isabelle Hayeur)
The color of sound (Olga Caraman)
Simulacra 1.1 (Alfredo Salomon) Parant Hay (Marie-Helene)
401:01 (Leslie Peters)
Fuite (Robin Dupois)
Manipuler son corps (Laetitia Bourget)
Untitled (Ciprian Dragon)
Traverses phase 2: interferences (Anne-Marie Bouchard)
Still Life (Pekka Sassi)
Shift (Julie-Christine Fortier)
18-2 (Eric Gagnon)
Paradoxa (Sebastien Pesot)

Action Videos from Mexico & Colombia (at Artists Space)
Curated by Monica de la Torre.

Aranda Feedback (Julieta Lopez)
Aerobics Class (Melanie Smith)
Sex on Wheelz (Artemio)
Stars (Claudia Fernandez)
Back of My Head (Eduardo Difarnecio)
Pull (Eduardo Difarnecio)
Lazy Susan (Silvia Gruner)
Intersection (Luis Felipe Ortega)
Unititled (Yoshua Okon)
The Garland (Adriana Arenas)
Untitled (Adriana Arenas)
School Fight (Miguel Calderon)
A clock: the shape of time (Gustavo Artigas)

Recent Animation from Switzerland (at Anthology Film Archives)
Organized by Peter Hossli and the Fantoche International Animation Festival.

Dellers Vision (Killian)
Tony (Simon Piniel)
Play Again (Benjamin Kempf)
Heidi (Alain Gsponer)
Optical Noize IV (Ivan Engler)
Une Bien Brave Bete (Antoine Guex and Berardo Gonzales)
Amok (Claudius Gentinetta)
Carcasses Et Crustaces (Zoltan Horvath)
Gruezi (Jonas Raber)
La Difference (Rita Kung)
Melanie (Claude Barras)
Le Petit Manchot Qui Voulait Une Glace (Samuel and Frederic Guillaume)
Cafe-Bar (Isabelle Favez)
Replay (Isabelle Favez)

Georges Schwizgebel Retrospective (at Anthology Film Archives)
A survey of the films from the acclaimed Swiss animator. Organized by Peter Hossli and the Fantoche International Animation Festival.

The Flight of Icarus (Le Vol D'icare) (Georges Schwizgebel)
Perspectives (Georges Schwizgebel)
Except Play (Hors Jeu) (Georges Schwizgebel)
The Rapture of Frank N. Stein (Le Ravissement De Frank N. Stein) (Georges Schwizgebel)
78 Turns (78 Tours) (Georges Schwizgebel)
Nakounin (Georges Schwizgebel)
The Subject Of the Table (Le Sujet Du Tableau) (Georges Schwizgebel)
The Ride To The Abyss (La Course A L'abime) (Georges Schwizgebel)
The Year Of The Door (L'annee Du Daim) (Georges Schwizgebel)
Zig Zag (Georges Schwizgebel)
Fugue (Georges Schwizgebel)