2005: The Illuminated Corridor Project

The Cinepimps, a collaboration of filmmakers Alphonso Alvarez and Keith Arnold and vocalist Laurie Amat, will improvise collages of found and abstract 16mm film loops, combining found and processed sound to create cinematic dreamscapes.

EPIC[abridged], a collective of Bay Area experimental filmmakers / musicians led by Christian Bruno and Charles Kremenak and embracing a roster of intermedia artists (Steve Dye, Ben Furstenberg, Liz Albee, Dina Maccabee, Arturo Cesares, Caroline Chung, Stefan Gustafsson, Joel D. Miller and Steve Yamane) will create live performance soundtracks to super-8 “digest” films.

Franz Keller, multimedia artist recently immigrating from Southern California, will present Transcape, a multi-projection live video collage of the artists and audiences of the Corridor itself.

Oaklandish, Oakland's local gallery collective of film, music, visual art and spoken word artists will be screening Bay Area Aerosol Heritage Society's "Legendary Eightees" digital slideshow from their second story windows.

Sound Shack, a collaborative of video and sound artists will construct a installation that immerses visitors in an exploration of site-specific imagery and audio.

The Sprocket Ensemble

What performance art companies like New York's Wooster Group did to create a forum for unusual stage talents like Spalding Gray, The Sprocket Ensemble project attempts to do for the rich new talents of independent filmmakers and animators. A collaborative performing arts endeavor between composer/performers of live music and directors of short film and animation, The Sprocket Ensemble liberates the excitement of live concert performance to create a new milieu for the appreciation of diverse new forms and talents in the cultural development of American film. The Sprocket Ensemble's collaborative series of screenings set to original live musical performance is entitled Ideas in Animation.

Whore, a visual art, film and rock music ensemble will present the original films of co-founder Jol Butler. Whore features the vocals of visual artist Katherine Copenhaver, George Cremaschi (bass), John Hanes (drums), and notorious guitarist Myles Boisen (Club Foot Orchestra, Splatter Trio, Tom Waits, David Lynch).

Artist (photo by Photographer)