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04-12-2007, 12:05 PM
Retrospective of 40 Years of Experimental Film and Video
April 14 at Magdalena Theater<br><br>
<center><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/Mideke_24C.jpg align=center hspace=3 border=1 alt="Michael Mideke: 40 Years of Experimental Film & Video"><br><font face="Arial Narrow" size=2><b>Michael Mideke: 40 Years of <br>Film and Video Experience</b></font></center>
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/Filmmaker004_web.jpg align=right hspace=3 border=1 alt="Filmmaker Mike Mideke - in his film days...">Magdalena – A critically acclaimed experimental filmmaker will screen a compilation DVD of some 40 years of his work at the newly dedicated WPA Theatre on April 14 at 7 pm.
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/Mideke_33C.jpg align=left hspace=3 border=1 alt="Ziplock bags can be a New Mexico videographer's friend!">Michael Mideke – the quiet guy who sits on the ladder filming each production of London Frontier Theatre – has been involved in filmmaking and experimental visual art for all of his life. Before he joined up with LFTC, Mideke had mixed elbows and film clips with some of the leading-edge filmmakers.
He will review some of his work during this special presentation, "Michael Mideke: 40 Years of Experimental Film and Video."
He was introduced to the art of making moving pictures when he arrived at Antioch College, Ohio in 1962. "Seeing how movies are made transforms the seeing of movies," he says in his notes. It transforms the "seeing of world, too." And that, he says, leads to "art in the sense of magic…making impressions of the world with camera or even without and then arrang(ing) the impressions until something is formed which never existed before."
He started filmmaking in 1962, with pretty much of an "experimental bias," he says. "I got to dabble in the edges of the NY Underground scene, with folks like Marie Menken, Willard Maas, Jack Smith, Jonas Mekas, Stan Brakhage as the wise old masters. Continued on into the ‘80s when it all became too much and much too expensive and I took a long vacation into large format still photography until digital video ripened and I got re-seduced by moving pictures."
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/Filmmaker005_web.jpg align=left hspace=3 border=1 alt="Mike Mideke has experience on both sides of the camera."><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/Mideke_DirectorB.jpg align=right hspace=3 border=1 alt="Clearly Mideke isn't afraid to dive into his work!">The show is based on a compilation DVD recently assembled by Mideke. It starts with some early Black and White films he has digitized, including "TWIG?" (1967) which showed at the NY Film Festival, in 2000. "Then we have a selection of video work from 2001 to the present. In all 10 pieces totaling 90 minutes," he said.
The show will inaugurate LFTC’s idea of using the Theatre as a venue for screenings and other events as well as theatre productions.
"Conditions are still primitive," Michael notes, "so I’ll be using a multi-media projector to throw images on an old-fashioned Kodak movie screen. Appropriate to the old days of "Underground Movies" being screened in living rooms."
So come enjoy an evening with LFTC’s Michael Mideke, see some great films and benefit the LFTC’s building maintenance fund.
For tickets and information, call LFTC at 505-854-2519, visit their web site at www.LondonFrontierTheatre.com (http://www.londonfrontiertheatre.com/) or email londonfrontier@gilanet.com (londonfrontier@gilanet.com). Tickets also will be available at the door.
April 14 at Magdalena Theater<br><br>
<center><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/Mideke_24C.jpg align=center hspace=3 border=1 alt="Michael Mideke: 40 Years of Experimental Film & Video"><br><font face="Arial Narrow" size=2><b>Michael Mideke: 40 Years of <br>Film and Video Experience</b></font></center>
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/Filmmaker004_web.jpg align=right hspace=3 border=1 alt="Filmmaker Mike Mideke - in his film days...">Magdalena – A critically acclaimed experimental filmmaker will screen a compilation DVD of some 40 years of his work at the newly dedicated WPA Theatre on April 14 at 7 pm.
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/Mideke_33C.jpg align=left hspace=3 border=1 alt="Ziplock bags can be a New Mexico videographer's friend!">Michael Mideke – the quiet guy who sits on the ladder filming each production of London Frontier Theatre – has been involved in filmmaking and experimental visual art for all of his life. Before he joined up with LFTC, Mideke had mixed elbows and film clips with some of the leading-edge filmmakers.
He will review some of his work during this special presentation, "Michael Mideke: 40 Years of Experimental Film and Video."
He was introduced to the art of making moving pictures when he arrived at Antioch College, Ohio in 1962. "Seeing how movies are made transforms the seeing of movies," he says in his notes. It transforms the "seeing of world, too." And that, he says, leads to "art in the sense of magic…making impressions of the world with camera or even without and then arrang(ing) the impressions until something is formed which never existed before."
He started filmmaking in 1962, with pretty much of an "experimental bias," he says. "I got to dabble in the edges of the NY Underground scene, with folks like Marie Menken, Willard Maas, Jack Smith, Jonas Mekas, Stan Brakhage as the wise old masters. Continued on into the ‘80s when it all became too much and much too expensive and I took a long vacation into large format still photography until digital video ripened and I got re-seduced by moving pictures."
<img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/Filmmaker005_web.jpg align=left hspace=3 border=1 alt="Mike Mideke has experience on both sides of the camera."><img src=http://sonewmex.com/images/Mideke_DirectorB.jpg align=right hspace=3 border=1 alt="Clearly Mideke isn't afraid to dive into his work!">The show is based on a compilation DVD recently assembled by Mideke. It starts with some early Black and White films he has digitized, including "TWIG?" (1967) which showed at the NY Film Festival, in 2000. "Then we have a selection of video work from 2001 to the present. In all 10 pieces totaling 90 minutes," he said.
The show will inaugurate LFTC’s idea of using the Theatre as a venue for screenings and other events as well as theatre productions.
"Conditions are still primitive," Michael notes, "so I’ll be using a multi-media projector to throw images on an old-fashioned Kodak movie screen. Appropriate to the old days of "Underground Movies" being screened in living rooms."
So come enjoy an evening with LFTC’s Michael Mideke, see some great films and benefit the LFTC’s building maintenance fund.
For tickets and information, call LFTC at 505-854-2519, visit their web site at www.LondonFrontierTheatre.com (http://www.londonfrontiertheatre.com/) or email londonfrontier@gilanet.com (londonfrontier@gilanet.com). Tickets also will be available at the door.