Thursday, July 28, 2016
6:30 to 8:30 pm
StoreFrontLab is pleased to host Domestic Affairs #2: CATALYST, the second in a series of housing symposia examining new models of housing, density, and affordability in San Francisco.
We have received a number of questions regarding Season 4: NOW! Call for Proposals. Responses are now available on our website. To allow proposers additional time to consider this new information, we are extending the deadline for Friday, June 24, at 5PM.
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Tribute to the Abstract Poetic Object: the Letter.
In 1922, Czech Surrealist writer Vítezslav Nezval challenged poetic form by rejecting the meaning of language altogether, looking instead to the aesthetic formalism of the printed word. He generated twenty-four poems, which were then interpreted by Avant Garde dancer Milka Mayerová --“She was thus the poems’ poetic medium.” Karel Tiege, (l’enfant terrible of the Czech modern avant-garde, ] designed the scenography using Constructivist typographic symbols as motifs for dynamic compositions. The 1926 publication, Abeceda, celebrates the simple, graphic beauty of the letter which, Nezval suggests, is a pretext for gymnastics of the mind.
Tuesday, May 31, 6:30-8:30pm
Join The Absurdist for an evening of cinematic excerpts that inspire the existentialist mind. Scenes from films and documentaries present the audience with a sense of theological ambiguity: To God or Not to God. Including cinephile favorites such as Holy Mountain, The Stranger, Daisies, and the Albert Camus documentary, The Madness of Sincerity.
Thursday, May 26, 6:30-8:30
The Absurdist presents-
Semantic Deviation: Simultaneous Poetry and Performance
Within words we are found. Without words what is left? Prepare for an evening of semantic excursions. By speaking everything all at once, we say nothing at all. Join The Absurdist and the The Dead Alleys in a simultaneous poetry recitation punctated with startling performances intent to rip the veil of meaning from the grunts and bleatings we label as human language.
