Kathy Rose: Performances and Rituals

Kathy Rose in person!  Multiple Los Angeles premieres!

Tickets $10 general, free for students and seniors; free for Filmforum members
Available in advance athttp://kathyrose.bpt.me or at the door.

Kathy Rose’s work has evolved from her early drawn animated films of the 1970s, through her unique, pioneering performance work combining dance with film in the 1980-90s, to her current surreal performance video spectacles and installations, and videos, with influence from symbolist art and the Japanese Noh theater.  We are screening an array of work, focusing primarily on her performance-based videos of recent years, most of which will be making their Los Angeles premieres!

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Screening:

Animation excerpts (1972-1978, 3 min.)

Performance Excerpts (1983-2011):

Life in the Web (2007, 8 min.) Los Angeles premiere!

Inn of Floating Imagery (2007, 5 min.)
In this piece, a sea of richly colored floating figures are accompanied by eerie sounds. The imagery continues until the artist’s involvement with her “canvases” is revealed, with her performative self finally emerging.

City of Lost Moons (2008, 4 min.)
A poetic vision of the self and the moon, carpeted with voices; a ritual of the mind. Made in 2008, but ever relevant for its rhythms and butoesque qualities.

She (2009, 4 min.)
A dance video surrealist fantasy with music by C.P. Roth. This piece is a re-interpretation of a live performance with film that I created in 1994. This piece was created in 2008 with video and performance by myself. The other performer is Chi Kit Tso a student from Image and Performance - my course at The University of the Arts.  The work reflects my fascination with Japanese theater and butoh dance.

Metaphysical Paintings (2011, 6 min.)
A 6-minute non-narrative digital video, exploring Japanese supernatural and goddess imagery in a rich kinetic video painting. The piece is a magical spectacle portraying a mesmerizing world of the interior, of thought, and meditation in which figures flow and drip in a universe of their own.

The Realm of Nothingness (2014, 4 min.)This non-narrative video is a dance of puppet-like figures, and mesmerizing forms, accompanied by percussive rhythms. It is a magical spectacle portraying a mesmerizing world in which figures flow and drip in a universe of their own as they proceed to a greater void. The artist, enraptured by what she sees, sheds her iconographic puppetry selves, and returns to a reality. The Realm of nothingness continues my fascination with Noh and Japanese theater with their attachment to the supernatural; enchantment and all things strange. Some of the scenes are creating using a miniature stage.

Cubistimenco (2014, 5 min.) Los Angeles premiere!
A dance in which the stylized personae impart a world of rhythm and pattern.This music by Walter Giger was originally used by the artist for a live dance of the same name, in which she integrated flamenco with a Japanese sensibility.

Rapture of the Petals (2014, 4 min.) Los Angeles premiere!
Rapture of the Petals continues my fascination with Noh and Japanese theater with their attachment to the supernatural; enchantment and all things strange.

Ritual of the Fall (2015, 4 min.) Los Angeles premiere!
A ritual in which birds are portrayed as magical beings. The audio and movement depict a hybrid of Kabuki and the aviary world. Ritual of the Fall continues my fascination with Japanese theater with its attachment to the supernatural; enchantment and all things strange.

Opera of the Interior excerpts (2015, 4 min.) Los Angeles premiere!

Silence of the Snow (2016 4 min.) Los Angeles premiere!

The Unpainted Woman (2016, 4 min.) Los Angeles premiere!
Part Fantastic Voyage, part celebration of my younger self, this is a finely crafted jewel in which I am looking for those who are not immune to splendor.Reality is both harsh and wondrous. I am trying to circumvent it all.

The Sleepers (2016, 5 min.) Los Angeles premiere!
In this video I am delving into Walt Whitman's magnificent "The Sleepers" - reflecting what in the poem is most dear to me. It also draws upon my childhood love of dollhouses and puppets, as I work in a miniature set, creating a doll universe.
And "The Sleepers" is a recognition of my Jewish heritage, with images of my mother, my niece, myself.

More information on Kathy Rose and her work can be found at Los Angeles Filmforum's website:

http://www.lafilmforum.org/schedule/fall-2016/kathy-rose-performances-and-rituals/