Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 7:00 p.m.
$9 general / $5 students, seniors, and Hallwalls members (with ID)
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Co-sponsored by Experimental Television center, co-presented by UB Institute for Research and Education on Women and Gender (IRWEG)
Market Arcade Film & Art Center
Hallwalls is pleased to partner with the University at Buffalo's Gender Institute and the International Women's Film Festival to present video artist Joan Braderman who will screen her recent documentary feature, The Heretics (2009, 95min). The documentary, which had its world premiere at the Museuem of Modern Art in 2009, explores the herstory of the Heresies Collective and its self-titled Feminist Publication on Art and Politics (1977-1992).
The hundreds of collective members, now scattered around the globe, are accomplished artists, writers, architects, painters, filmmakers, designers, editors, curators, and teachers. The film incorporates interviews with twenty-four of these women, including a number of Hallwalls alumnae such as Ida Applebroog, Mary Beth Edelson, Su Friedrich, Lucy Lippard, Marty Pottenger, Carolee Schneemann, Cecilia Vicuña and Braderman herself. These women speak intimately about the extraordinary times they shared, challenging the terms of gender and power and re-imagining the lives of generations to come. As it recounts the optimism, purpose and deep commitment of the "second wave" feminists, The Heretics signals the steps that must still be taken today. Written and Directed by Joan Braderman, Produced by Crescent Diamond.
About the Artist
Joan Braderman, award-winning video artist and writer, has been involved with film and video as a screenwriter, artist and producer for over 25 years. Born in Washington DC, she holds degrees from Harvard University and New York University. Her works are held in the permanent collections of museums such as the Stedelijk in Amsterdam, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and the Museum of Modern Art in NYC. Joan studied 16mm filmmaking in school, learning to shoot and edit black and white reel-to-reel video in NYC in the early 70's at various Media Access Centers. In 1975, Joan joined the group that founded groundbreaking journal Heresies: A Feminist Publication on Art and Politics. She is currently Professor of Video, Film and Media Studies at Hampshire College in Massachusetts.
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