Pacific Film Archive presents:
SOUNDING OFF: MOVING IMAGES AND MUSIC
April 18 & 25, 2007
The Nintendo-modulated music of Xik inflects a report on the world of game hackers and chip tuners, and an ensemble of manic musicians riffs on the doc Noisy People. Come join in the noise.
Live performances at all screenings.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 18
8:00 8 Bit
Marcin Ramocki, Justin Strawhand (U.S., 2006)
Bay Area Premiere!
Joe McKay and Xik in Performance
Marcin Ramocki and Justin Strawhand's raving report about the demimonde of game hackers and chip tuners is complemented by the Nintendo-modulated sounds of Xik, a sound artist who authored an interface that allows MIDI to run the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment Station. Joe McKay is a media artist who specializes in unique, often whimsical, and non-combative videogames.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 25
8:00 Noisy People
Tim Perkis (U.S., 2007)
Bay Area Premiere!
Tim Perkis in Person, with Guest Performers
Perkis's documentary offers sonic sketches of aurally fixated Bay Area artists George Cremaschi, Tom Djll, Greg Goodman, Phillip Greenlief, Cheryl Leonard, Dan Plonsey, Gino Robair, and Damon Smith. A post-screening jam will practice what the film preaches.
PFA Theater: 2575 Bancroft Way at Bowditch, Berkeley, CA
Info: (510) 642-1124 Advance Tickets: (510) 642-5249
bampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa
SOUNDING OFF: MOVING IMAGES AND MUSIC
April 18 & 25, 2007
The Nintendo-modulated music of Xik inflects a report on the world of game hackers and chip tuners, and an ensemble of manic musicians riffs on the doc Noisy People. Come join in the noise.
Live performances at all screenings.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 18
8:00 8 Bit
Marcin Ramocki, Justin Strawhand (U.S., 2006)
Bay Area Premiere!
Joe McKay and Xik in Performance
Marcin Ramocki and Justin Strawhand's raving report about the demimonde of game hackers and chip tuners is complemented by the Nintendo-modulated sounds of Xik, a sound artist who authored an interface that allows MIDI to run the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment Station. Joe McKay is a media artist who specializes in unique, often whimsical, and non-combative videogames.
WEDNESDAY APRIL 25
8:00 Noisy People
Tim Perkis (U.S., 2007)
Bay Area Premiere!
Tim Perkis in Person, with Guest Performers
Perkis's documentary offers sonic sketches of aurally fixated Bay Area artists George Cremaschi, Tom Djll, Greg Goodman, Phillip Greenlief, Cheryl Leonard, Dan Plonsey, Gino Robair, and Damon Smith. A post-screening jam will practice what the film preaches.
PFA Theater: 2575 Bancroft Way at Bowditch, Berkeley, CA
Info: (510) 642-1124 Advance Tickets: (510) 642-5249
bampfa.berkeley.edu/pfa
