Notes from December 2010

New home for 40 Frames

As of today, Pam and I are the new owners of a live/work unit located at 5232 N Williams Ave in North Portland (between Alberta and Killingsworth). We begin moving our live possessions today, and will move our studio equipment during the month of February, leaving our short term tenancy at Cathedral Park Place. Many thanks to Ken and David who provided us with an affordable work space while we figured out our living situation. Use of the space allowed us to make progress on Empty Quarter, as well as preservation work on the 40 Frames collection of 16mm prints. The new location will be a dedicated work only space, as there is not enough room to conduct public screening events, which is fine given our transition to other projects (16mm Directory and personal film projects). We are very excited about the new space. After two years attempting to build a similar space in the far north peninsula (St Johns), it was great to finally find something to suit our (unique) needs. It's sad that it is not only hard to build spaces like the unit we are moving to, but that it has become so damned hard to finance them to buy as well. I hope this changes in the near future, otherwise artists and other non-commercial creative types are very limited in what they can find in affordable live/work space.

December 30, 2010  –  permalink

Local premiere of Empty Quarter

The local premiere of Empty Quarter will take place January 28, 2011, at the Portland Art Museum's Whitsell Auditorium. The presenters are the Northwest Film Center and Cinema Project. We are excited to have the support of these organizations, in what we hope will be a well attended event. We feel the scope of the project is something many locals will find of interest. The recent election could be viewed as a testament to a political divide and growing disconnect between urban and rural communities. We hope the film can work to open up a dialog, and at the very least bring some attention and awareness to rural life in Oregon's outback.

December 04, 2010  –  permalink