Former San Francisco resident Jennifer Fieber returns from New York for her first in-person screening, along with Cinematheque staffer, filmmaker and audio artist Steve Polta. The luminous landscapes and abstracted urban structures of Fieber’s films resonate with a disquieting tranquility, while Polta transposes his rhythmic and sometimes rancorous audio syncopations with sensuous renderings of micro-landscapes. Fieber will show her films Letters are Yellow, Dual16, Their Idols Disintegrate, and her work-in-progress Swiss Alps. Polta will screen four new silent works, including the 16mm film Minnesota Landscape; three super-8 films: The Berries, 2001 in Oakland, and interval Oakland 99, all silent; and two older super-8 sound films, Estuary #1 and 1997C (Red Sketch). (Scott Stark)
Thursday, June 17, 2004
Landscapes Large and Small
Films by Jennifer Fieber and Steve Polta
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts