SCOPE CINEMA PROGRAM Credits from left to right, top to bottom are below: State of the Union, Bryan Boyce, 2001 G.I. Joe PSAs, Eric Fensler, 2003 NYC Ya Basta: An Army of Dreamers, Not An Alternative, 2007 Operation Atropos, Coco Fusco, 2006, image courtesy of The Video Data Bank, www.vdb.org Terms of Service: When We Pretend, We're in Control, Benj Gerdes, 2005 Summer Rain, Francisca Caporali and Brandon Jourdan, 2007

Thursday, March 5 On the Contrary: Recent Artists' Videos Concerning War in the Middle East Curated by Mary Billyou and Meredith Drum. Once when a stranger inquired of Samuel Beckett if he was an Englishman, he replied, "On the contrary." Championing individuals who stand in opposition to government spokespersons who purport to speak for all of us, as citizens, when justifying war, this program presents a wide range of cinema projects that share a rebellious and subjective resistance to imperial domination in the Middle East. Program 1 12pm–2pm Iraq Featuring works by Paul Chan; Mary Patten; Benj Gerdes and Jennifer Hayashida; Sabine Gruffat; Caroline Koebel; Harun Farocki; Jenny Perlin; and The Yes Men. Program 2 2pm–4pm Atropos Featuring works by Coco Fusco; Jeanne Finley and John Muse; Francisca Caporali and Brandon Jourdan; Mary Billyou and Annelisse Fifi; John Smith; Sabine Gruffat; and Gabriel Fowler. Program 3 4pm–6pm Upside Down Worlds Featuring works by Ruti Sela and Maayan Amir; Dara Greenwald; NYC Ya Basta; Walid Ra'ad; Susan Youssef; Martha Rosler; Eric Fensler; Bryan Boyce; Martha Colburn; and Norman Cowie. Panel Discussion 6pm–8pm Shifting Alliances A round table discussion moderated by Mary Billyou and Meredith Drum with Martha Rosler, Benj Gerdes, Chen Tamir, Judy Ditner, Caroline Koebel, Maayan Amir and Ruti Sela. For a complete list of videos, with descriptions, and biographies of panelists, please visit: http://concerningwarinthemiddleeast.wordpress.com/

Veronika Rudyeva-Ryazantseva, “The Russian Unconscious”, 2008, 1:12

Friday, March 6 THE RUSSIANS ARE HERE ! Organized by the National Center for Contemporary Art, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center Moscow, IFAC-Arts and Perpetual Art Machine Program 1 12pm–2pm Walking a Fine Line – Parables of the Sublime and the Subversive in Russian Video Art Curated by Ksenia Fedorova and Alisa Prudnikova. The program showcases recent Russian video art which reflects complex and controversial attitudes that attempt to navigate the sublime, while at the same time negotiating the positive and negative effects of global capitalism and the Western artworld. The artists are pursuing various strategies, ranging from mystification to irony and radical activism, and invite the viewer to draw their own conclusions. Artists include: Leonid Tishkov, Vladimir Logutov, Yury Vasiliev, Dmitry Bulnygin, ESCAPE Program, PG Group, Georgy Ostretsov, The Factory of Found Clothes, Blue Noses, Blue Soup, Vladlena Gromova, Alexey Buldakov, Veronika Rudyeva-Ryazantseva, Provmyza Group, Victor Alimpiev, Alexandra Mitlyanskaya, and Bombily Ar Group Leonid Tishkov, (with Sergey Tishkov) “Farewell to the Christmas Tree”, 2001, 15:00 Vladimir Logutov, “Episode”, 2005, 2:12 Yury Vasiliev, “Russian Red”, 2001, 2:25 Dmitry Bulnygin, “To Moscow”, 2006, 12:00 ESCAPE Program (Valery Ayzenberg, Anton Litvin, Liza Morozova), “Triangle”, 2007, 3:35 Provmyza Group, “Fuge”, 2007, 19:05 PG Group, “Song”, 2007, 2:00 Georgy Ostretsov, Salon Beauté, 2007, 2:37 The Factory of Found Clothes, “Triumph of Fragility”, 2002, 5:00 The Bombily Art Group, “Auto-Race of Those Who Disagree”, 2007, 4:04 Alexey Buldakov, “Mute”, 2008, 5:42 Victor Davydov, “Americanizer”, 2000, 0:50 Vladlena Gromova, “Pantheon”, 2008, 4:13 Veronika Rudyeva-Ryazantseva, “The Russian Unconscious”, 2008, 1:12 Victor Alimpiev, “Whose Exhalation is This?”, 2007, 15:07 Blue Noses Group, “Naked Truth”, 2008, 3:45 Alexandra Mitlyanskaya, “Operation”, 2006, 2:25 Program Time: 110 minutes www.uralncca.ru Program 2 2pm–3pm Retrospective of Russian experimental Cinema Curatorial team: Andrey Silvestrov (CineFamtom), Anya Seizova and Christina Steinbrecher (Winzavod) CINE FANTOM and Winzavod present a retrospective of Russian experimental (Parallel) Cinema 1980s - present. CINE FANTOM is a Moscow based film club established in 1995. Artists include: Vera Wolf, Aleinikov Brothers, Andrey Golovin, Larisa Bocharova, Alexander Doulerain, Jamey Bradsharow, Olga Stolpovskaya and Shota Gamisonia Vera Wolf, Yufit Yevgeni, Order Life, 4min, 1984 Aleinikov Brothers - Tractors, 13min, 1987 /90 Andrey Golovin - Tsiolkovsky (RUS/ Engl. subtitles), 4:30min, 2004 Larisa Bocharova - Tomorrow is Birthday (RUS / Engl. subtitles), 12:42min, 2001 Alexander Doulerain, Jamey Bradsharow- Offshore Reserves, 15:30min, 2004 Olga Stolpovskaya - Bruner's Trial, 11min, 1998 Shota Gamisonia - Field, clowns, apple, 13min, 2008 Program Time: 73 minutes www.cinefantom.ru www.winzavod.com Program 3 3pm–4pm A Stranger in a Strange Land Curated by Lee Wells. In a quest to better understand the rapidly changing state of 21st century Russian, Wells presents a cross-section of video by artists that he developed a personal connection with before and during his NCCA residency during the fall of 2008. Artists include: AES+F Group, Yuliya Lanina, Den Marino, Kirill Preobrazhenskiy, Masha Sha, Julia Milner, Where the Dogs Run Group. www.leewells.org AES+F Group, More Than Paradise, 2002, 10:14 min Yuliya Lanina, Mishka, 2008, 4:43 min Den Marino, Clouds, 2008, 6:12 Kirill Preobrazhenskiy, Ave Maria, 2005, 5:00 min Masha Sha, Interpretation, 2007, 4:08 min Julia Milner, Universe, 2008, 10:00 min Zer Gut Group, The 730 Days, 2004, 1:35 min Panel Discussion 4pm–6pm A open discussion on Contemporary Russian Video and New Media Alisa Prudnikova, Anya Zaytseva, Christina Steinbrecher, Anna Frants, Juan Puntez, and Leah Stuhltrager. Moderated by Lee Wells This program was made possible by the generous support by the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation, National Center for Contemporary Arts Ekaterinburg branch, Winzavod Contemporary Art Center, CINE FANTOM, International Fine Arts Consortium and the Scope Foundation. Staff Picks 6pm–8pm The SCOPE Staff curates their favorite films

Photograph of GENESIS BREYER P-ORRIDGE by PEROU copyright 2008. Used with kind permission Saturday, March 7 Monkey Town Presents Program 1 12pm–4pm Regeneration Hex- You Are Your Own Screen Curated by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge. Rare films exploring the CUT-UP revelational process, including works by William S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Anthony Balch, BREYER P-ORRIDGE, Scott Treleaven, Marie Losier, Sam Zimmerman and Derek Jarman. The screening will include a supplemental program of cut-up pieces by Nate Boyce, John Michael Bolig, Davy Force, Yoshi Sodeoka and Antoine Catala. Program 2 4pm–6pm You Can Rebuild You Curated by Sam Zimmerman. Assorted investigations into the future of the body: remodeled, reimagined, realized. Artists include Adam Zaretsky, Micah Moses, Geoffrey Pugen, Julia Reodica, Caz McIntee, William R. Skullmaster, Boryana Dragoeva, Marie Losier, Marianna Ellenberg and C-TRL. Includes biofeedback analysis by the Metasynergistics Evaluative Media Experience. Program 3 6pm–8pm The Films of George Kuchar - Videographic Violations Sinema Show Curated by John Pollard and ADA Gallery

Sunday, March 8 Lo- Fi + Street Hi Program 1 12pm–2pm The Films of George Kuchar - Videographic Violations Sinema Show Curated by John Pollard and ADA Gallery Program 2 2pm–4pm BOMB IT The explosive documentary from award-winning director Jon Reiss investigating the most subversive and controversial art form currently shaping international youth culture: graffiti. Curated by Jonathan Levine. Panel Discussion 4pm–6pm Private Property, Public Ideas: Street Art in Transition Moderator: Carlo McCormick / Confirmed Panelists: Pedro Alonzo, Independent Curator; Ron English, Artist; Steve Powers (aka ESPO), Artist; Marc and Sara Schiller, Wooster Collective

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