FRI MAY 6 – SUN MAY 8
PERFORMANCES : ROBERTO SIFUENTES & ARAM HAN SIFUENTES+ WANNAPA P-EUBANKS + NUNN + GAGE SIXKILLER + JOHN THOMURE + NIKA KOSTYUK + MAYA NGUYEN & POLINA S.+ PEGAH PASALAR
VENDORS : ASHANTI OWUSU-BRAFI + FROG AND HANK + KALI BUTTERFLY + MARZ BREWING COMPANY + OH WELL PRESS + PERFECTLY ACCEPTABLE + PRAMUK PRINTS + KIKI’S QUILTY PLEASURES
COVID safety measures: Vaccination cards will be checked at the door + 40 people in the space at one given time + wear masks + hand sanitizer will be available at the door
* Zvenigora is a forgotten masterpiece of Soviet era film, not only serving as Alexander Dozhenko’s introduction to his Ukraine trilogy, but also as a thesis statement on the boundary pushing avant-garde cinema that Dovzhenko would create throughout his career as a director. A contemporary of Sergei Eisenstein, the famed director of Battleship Potemkin, Dovzhenko’s films took a more positive view of the world where common people persist and eventually succeed in the face of war, violence, and oppression. While there are no real heros in Dovzhenko’s films, we do see the heroics of everyday people: kindness, solidarity, and kinship. Zvenigora’s retelling of the history of Ukraine as a mythical fantasy epic establishes the country itself as the main character of the film. Ukraine has survived much in its storied past and the message at the end is that it can survive no matter what the circumstance. The benefit will conclude with a screening of Zvenigora at 8PM on Sunday, May 8th, with an original live score by Nika Kostyuk.
- FRI 06 MAY
8-11PM performances: Roberto Sifuentes + Wannapa P-Eubanks + nunn
- SAT 07 MAY
1- 7PM :: ART FAIR
8-11PM performances :: Gage Sixkiller + John Thomure + Pegah Pasalar
- SUN 08 MAY
1- 7PM :: ART FAIR + a durational performance by Maya Nguyen + Polina S.
8-9:30PM :: Zvenigora screening with an original live score by Nika Kostyuk.
