FIXATION: October 11 and 12 Anthology Film Archives New York hosts the Helsinki-based cooperative FixC for several programs of experimental films and videos by Erkka Nissinen, Seppo Renvall, Juha van Ingen, Maria Duncker, Jarkko Räsänen and Kari Yli-Annala. For more info and detailed program: www.fixc.fi/fixation2011. In psychology ‘fixation’ means the state wherein the individual develops obsessions in relation to some body or some thing. It can also mean gestures like maintaining one’s gaze in a constant direction, repetition, and /or rituals. The “Fixation” screening is a brief journey through the diverse worlds of the moving image. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Anthology Film Archives is an international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of film and video, with a particular focus on independent, experimental, and avant-garde cinema. Founded in 1969 by Jonas Mekas, Jerome Hill, P. Adams Sitney, Peter Kubelka, and Stan Brakhage: www.anthologyfilmarchives.org - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - FixC is an independent artists cooperative, which was launched to generate, distribute, and promote video art, media art, and experimental cinema, and to produce curated touring exhibitions and screenings.
