Fri, June 8, 2012
  • Reflect
    Jan 26, 2012 – Jun 24, 2012
    CrossFade Video Lounge

    Super 8 is a collection of video art in multi-channel formats, selected by a peer-to-peer curatorial process. Eight artists from eight cities across the globe were invited to present their videos, and invited four other artists from their respective cities to join them.

    Visual Arts
  • Soar
    Apr 21, 2012 – Jul 1, 2012
    Gallery admission; FREE for YBCA members
    Gallery 3

    An iconoclastic artist, Nathalie Talec moves between live performance, installation, sculpture, and painting. The One Who Sees Blindly, her first solo exhibition in the United States, brings together many of her recurring themes.

    Visual Arts
  • Encounter
    Jan 26, 2012 – Jun 24, 2012
    Viewing Corridor

    At the point where long-held beliefs fall into decline and once-esteemed notions crumble, questions arise about those belief systems. It is at this point that John-Mark Ikeda begins his exploration of the current economic climate. Ikeda deconstructs the iconic business suit — which he equates with the failed economy — stripping it down to its component parts and pinning it to the wall like a specimen, with accompanying business accessories, in an attempt to reconstitute it as a symbol of power.

    Visual Arts
  • Dare
    May 16, 2012 – Sep 16, 2012
    FREE

    The latest Room for Big Ideas installation, Reimagine: That Which We Know But Don’t Realize, explores the ways in which we simultaneously create and conceal meaning in landscapes, and how that process defines us in relation to our environment.

    Public Programs
  • Dare
    May 26, 2012 – Aug 1, 2012
    FREE
    Lam Research Theater at YBCA

    Connect is a public art project designed by David Szlasa to activate the exterior of Yerba Buena Center for the Arts as a new platform for creative expression. "Swim," a collection of fantasy movement gestures, is the first video to be presented on a new fifty-foot wide projection screen overlooking Howard Street.

    Public Programs
  • Encounter
    Jun 8, 2012 1:00pm
    Screening Room
    Buy tickets »

    By Monster Jimenez
    US Premiere; producer in person
    In 1969, Victor Pearson arrived in the Philippines, having survived a bomb blast while fighting in Vietnam. He married a Filipino woman. Over the next few decades, he would marry a few more. He soon built himself a harem, partially populated with underage girls. Kano, through interviews with Pearson and his wives, uncovers a sordid tale of love, sex, crime and madness, all the while shedding light on the sad republic that allowed it to happen. (2010, 80 min)

    Film & Video
  • Encounter
    Jun 8, 2012 4:00pm
    Screening Room
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    US Premiere
    John Torres is one of the Philippines’ most accomplished, thoughtful and inspiring experimental filmmakers. His graceful and mysterious shorts mix hypnotic imagery with multilayered narratives. But watch and listen closely, because nothing is quite as it seems on the surface. We present this selection of recent work, including his newest film.

    Film & Video
  • Encounter
    Jun 8, 2012 7:00pm
    Screening Room
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    By Mes de Guzman
    US Premiere
    A scrappy band of poor kids roam the streets and countryside in the Nueva Vizcaya province, finding humor and friendship despite their desperate circumstances. A fine example of Filipino social realist filmmaking, it neither romanticizes poverty nor simplistically condemns it. Instead, it slowly allows the weight of the children’s circumstances to overwhelm the viewer, in a nuanced portrait of the reality of everyday survival. (2011, 100 min)

    Film & Video
  • Community Program
    8th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival - Opening Night
    Jun 8, 2012 7:30pm
    FREE
    Lam Research Theater at YBCA

    8th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival
    OPENING NIGHT
    RE-DREAMING OUR WORLD

    Online tickets are no longer available — free tickets are still available at the door, subject to availablility

    From a woman living between two genders, to Oakland roommate drama, to the ability to find real love, let this splendid bouquet of films sober and intoxicate you.

    My Inner Turmoil (Rashmi, 2012)
    Alien from Earth Too (Tee Tagor, 2012)
    A Night In The Woods (Alexander Lee, 2012)
    Snow White Red Sky (Be Steadwell, 2011)
    Thresholds (Linda García Merchant, 2011)
    Shadow In The Dark (Karida Abal, 2012)
    I'll Take It From Here (Lani Rodriguez, 2012)
    Love Ability (Alisha Byrd, 2012)
    Craigslist Chronicles (Nia King, 2012)
    Dyke Central (Mynah Films, 2011)
    Running Time: 82 min

    http://qwocmap.org/festival.html

    Film & Video
  • Encounter
    Jun 8, 2012 9:00pm
    Screening Room

    By Benito Bautista
    Director Benito Bautista and star Edwin Nombre in person
    Boundary is set in the crowded urban roadways of Manila during Christmas. A nervous taxi driver picks up an easy-going businessman as his last passenger for the night. Their journey together to a far-flung suburb takes a wrong turn in more ways than one, and becomes a wickedly tense portrait of urban anxiety and shifting identities. (2011, 110 min)
    SOLD OUT!

    Film & Video
  • Community Program
    8th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival - Opening Night Party
    Jun 8, 2012 10:00pm
    Lam Research Theater at YBCA

    8th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival
    OPENING NIGHT PARTY

    Music by DJ Olga T & DJ Wepa
    It’s our Queer Women of Color Film Festival tradition, a cool Opening Night party with the hottest DJs. Like Prince said, let’s pretend we’re married and go all night. So, say yes to your best dress and let’s dance like it’s the end of the reception!

    http://qwocmap.org/festival.html

    Film & Video

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