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Tough Stuff from the Buff:
Experimental & Activist Video from the Fringes of Buffalo, NY
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Out of the post-industrial ghost-lands of Buffalo, NY a media scene has emerged with an urgency, tradition and aesthetic all its own. With roots in early media activism of the 1970s, and supported by a network of artist-run initiatives, the city has only recently started to become recognized for its lo-fi, experimental and, above all, uncompromising body of film and video. DVD contains 70+ Minutes of contemporary works from the Queen City, featuring works by: Esther Johnson, Chris Ernst, Tony Conrad, Marc Moscato, Critical Art Ensemble, Paris Henderson, Terry Cuddy, Kelly Spivey, Julie Perini, Meg Knowles, David Gracon, Stephanie Gray and Gabriella Citriniti. $20
Brains, Brilliancy, Bohemia: Art & Politics in Jazz-Age Chicago
Presenting photos and photocopies from Chicago’s ill-forgotten radical nightclub, The Dill Pickle Club, hobo gatherings and 1910s-20s ephemera, Brains, Brilliancy, Bohemia provides a timely look at the origin of American counterculture and working class art leading up to the Great Depression. New edition also includes a DVD of the short film, The More Things Stay The Same, a documentary on the life and world of hobo king and prostitute physician, Dr. Ben Reitman. $13
Art for the Millions: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA
Art for the Millions is an audio CD and 28-page guided tour of Portland public works projects of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), a federally-funded program that provided relief to millions of idle workers during the height of the Great Depression. The audio program includes interviews with David Millholand, Ginny Allen, Nina Olsson, Mark Humpal and Margaret Bullock, while the guidebook details over nine WPA sites in the Portland metro area. Also included is the essay “A Look Back and a Step Forward: The Relevance of the WPA Today,” and a list of WPA resources. $8