Announcements
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New Artist Member: Paige Taul
Canyon Cinema is thrilled to welcome Paige Taul to the collection! Paige Taul (b.1996) is an Oakland, CA native who received her BA in Studio Art with a concentration in Cinematography from the University of Virginia and her MFA in Moving Image from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her work engages with and challenges […]
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Now Available: Multiple Works by Kirk Tougas
Canyon welcomes Kirk Tougas, noted experimental film artist, director of photography, producer, director, curator, and founder of Vancouver’s Pacific Cinematheque to the collection. With over 250 professional credits, Tougas is recognized as one of Canada’s pre-eminent feature documentary cinematographers. Representing many cultural, anthropological, social, and political themes, these films have been broadcast on every major […]
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New Acquisition: Jean Sousa’s Film Poem Octet
A new series of short films by Chicago-based artist Jean Sousa is now available to rent from Canyon Cinema, individually or assembled as a single, 32-minute suite. As Sousa describes: “The Film Poem Octet is a series of digital media works inspired by the poetry of my late aunt, Alice Gonçalves Sousa. Written in narrative style, Alice’s […]
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New Artist Member: Rajee Samarasinghe
Canyon Cinema is pleased to welcome Rajee Samarasinghe to the collection! Ten of Rajee’s films, which hybridize experimental and documentary methods and techniques, are now available to rent from Canyon. Rajee Samarasinghe is a filmmaker from Sri Lanka currently based in the United States. His work tackles contemporary sociopolitical conditions in Sri Lanka through the […]
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Now Available: Peter Hutton’s At Sea
Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce that Peter Hutton’s silent portrait of a commercial shipping vessel, At Sea (2007), is now available for distribution on 16mm. At Sea (2007, 60 min, color, silent, 16mm) “Hutton knows the sea. His experiences as a former merchant seaman have informed his film making practice, known for its rigour and […]
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New Acquisition: Lewis Klahr’s Circumstantial Pleasures
We are thrilled to announce that Lewis Klahr‘s omnibus feature Circumstantial Pleasures (2013-2019, 65 minutes) is now available from Canyon Cinema as a DCP or digital file! “Political figures, the body, drugs, and money represent just some of the exquisitely choreographed images in the newest, and perhaps most anxious, cycle from prolific collage animator Lewis […]
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New Acquisition: Kerry Laitala’s Knee Jerk
Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce the addition of a new title from Kerry Laitala to the collection! Knee Jerk (2018, 6 min, color, sound, digital file) Knee Jerk is a moving image work that was made in the advanced processing workshop of the personal cinema class at the San Francisco Art Institute that I taught in […]
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Canyon-on-Demand: Recent Acquisitions, now streaming until Dec 1
Canyon Cinema: Recent AcquisitionsOnline Nov 24 – Dec 1, 2020 As 2020 winds to a close, we look back at some recent additions to the Canyon Cinema collection and celebrate the work of our artist members in this latest “Canyon-on-Demand” offering. The program features films and videos by Bill Basquin, Elizabeth Block, Emily Chao, Janie […]
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New Acquisition: Tomonari Nishikawa’s Amusement Ride
Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce that the latest short film from Tomonari Nishikawa is now available for rent on 16mm film or as a digital file! Amusement Ride (2019, 6 min, color, sound, 16mm film or digital file) Shot with a telephoto lens from inside a cabin of Cosmo Clock 21, a Ferris wheel […]
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Now Available: 20 Exhibition Files from Janie Geiser
Canyon Cinema is pleased to announce the arrival of 20 exhibition files from longtime member Janie Geiser! Geiser is an internationally recognized visual/theater artist and experimental filmmaker, whose work is known for its investigation of the emotional power of inanimate objects, its sense of mystery, and its strength of design. Included amongst this new acquisition […]
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Lawrence JordanThe Ogre's Garden
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This short piece is somewhat romantic, despite its title. We do see the ogre however. He inverts himself into the... Read more »