Recognized as "the key American video festival," DVF features dramatic shorts, animation, experimental video, interactive performance art, short and long-form documentaries, thematic compilations of short independent works, retrospectives, and expert panels on emerging issues. Films featured in the tour include Nest of Tens by Miranda July, an experimental narrative of intertwining people; Pony Glass by Lewis Khlar, an animated tale of Superman's friend Jimmy Olsen; Tryptych by Daniel DeLoach, a cinematic exploration the poetry of Olga Lavrova and Sadistkye Kupleti; Glass Jaw by Michael O'Reilly, a gripping portrait of personal trauma; Delusions of Modern Primitivism by Daniel Loflin, a documentary about a tattoo- festooned man who considers himself a "collector of custom wearable art;" and The Subconscious Art of Graffiti Removal by Matt McCormick, a clever examination of graffiti removal and how it has secured its place in the history of modern art.
Bart Weiss is mostly known as the director and founder of the Dallas Video Festival. He produces the TV show "Frame of Mind" on KERA-TV in Dallas, and is the Artistic Director of 3 Stars Cinema. He has taught film and video at Texas' A&M's Visualization Lab, Southern Methodist University, the University of Texas at Austin, and West Virginia State College, and is currently an Associate Professor at UT Arlington.
The screening on Saturday will include the following films:
“Blood and Oil” by Sai Selverajan (4.5 minutes) an experimental piece that combines stream-of-consciousness images and the poetry of Allen Ginsberg in an effort to decipher 9/11
“Tryptych” by Daniel DeLoach (5 minute excerpt) a cinematic exploration the poetry of Olga Lavrova and Sadistkye Kupleti
“Nest of Tens” by Miranda July (27 minutes) an experimental narrative of intertwining people
“Smells Like Team Sprit” by Jem Cohen (3:14 minutes) a film commissioned for Patti Smith’s cover version of Nirvana’s same titled song
“Rewinding Into The Future: Messaging Marshall McLuhan” Video Festival (10 minutes)
“The Iraq Campaign (1991)” by Phil Patiris (18 minutes) a satire of television coverage during the first Gulf War
“Joe Bob’s God Stuff” by Joe Bob Briggs (10 minute excerpt) a satirical review of religious TV and televangelists
“Conspiracy Theory Rock” by Robert Smigel (1 minute) a satirical look at “School House Rock”