Steers and Beers
Presented with support from CultureMap
Saturday, February 26, 7PM
Location: Retail Location in Hedwig Village, 8725 Katy Freeway (Near Voss)
$7 Non-Members; Aurora Members Free with RSVP
Dress in your Western best and show off your rowdy ranch diva at an evening inspired by rodeo season in Houston. Aurora joins in the Western celebrations with a little twist, presenting "Steers and Beers", a curated series of artist-made films about cowboys, rodeos, and all things Western. Including slow motion, kaleidoscope and documentary footage from rodeo bulls, riders and spectators, this collection of short films is specially curated by Aurora curator Mary Magsamen. Arrive early and participate in alternative rodeo fun, including mechanical bull riding, keg roping and steer decorating.
The special screening takes place at 7 p.m. Saturday, February 26, at a retail location in Hedwig Village, 8725 Katy Freeway.
The screening includes artists such as Mary Lucier, recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an American Film Institute Independent Filmmaker Grant, and Ramzy Telley, whose work has screened at Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC and the Shanghai Art Museum, among a number of other artists. The full list of films featured includes:
Hoedown from Rodeo, Eleanor Stewart, 3 min
Death in Vegas, Ramzy Telley, 6 min
Selection of Historic Rodeo and Cowboy films, Texas Archive of Moving Image, 6 min
Arabesque, Mary Lucier, 7 min
Legend of El Limbo, Michael Suter, 11 min
Excerpts from American Bullfigther II and Ty Murray King of the Cowboys, Ramzy Telley, 7 min
Sweethearts of Prison Rodeo (trailer), Bradley Beesley, 3 min
Red Rider’s Lament, Jeremy Bessoff, 16 min
No Expectation, Guillaume Caron, 2 min
Special thanks to Saint Arnold Brewery, Natachee's Supper 'n Punch, Sprinkles Cupcakes and CultureMap for their support of this program.