The 2024 Evanston Experimental Video Showcase
Join us on Saturday, October 19th at 7:30 PM in the parking lot of the Evanston Art Center (1717 Central St, Evanston, IL 60201) for an unforgettable evening of innovative short films and groundbreaking creativity. Get ready to be inspired by a diverse lineup of visionary talent celebrating the power of experimental video art. Bring your friends and enjoy this unique outdoor experience!
The 6th Annual Side/Lot Evanston Experimental Video Showcase features short, experimental videos by film and video makers who live or work in the Chicagoland region.For the 6th annual Evanston Experimental Video Showcase, we are partnering with Mezcla Media Collective. a Chicago-based non-profit arts organization transforming the local film industry for over 700 women and non-binary filmmakers who identify as ALAANA (African, Latinx, Asian, Arab, and Native American). As the only non-profit dedicated to women and non-binary filmmakers of color in the Midwest, Mezcla supports our community to realize their full potential as storytellers and agents of change.
Film Screening:
Saturday, October 19, 7:30 PM
Outdoor screening, weather permitting
Evanston Art Center
1717 Central Street
Evanston, IL 60201
Selected Filmmakers and Projects
Follow Side/Lot on Instagram (@side.lot) and Facebook for updates and to share the event with your audience. This program is supported by a grant from the Evanston Arts Council.
2024 Curators and Organizers
Joyy Norris, Curator/Filmmaker/Producer
Naeema Jamilah Torres, Curator/Filmmaker
Mezcla Media Collective
Mat Rappaport, Artist/Filmmaker/Curator
Anne Hayden Stevens, Artist/Curator
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The 2023 Evanston Experimental Film Festival Program
The 5th Annual Side/Lot Evanston Experimental Video Showcase features short, experimental videos by film and video makers who live or work in the Chicagoland region. The showcase aims to present short, experimental work by diverse creators, highlighting their unique visions and approaches to media.
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Artists
Charles Cadkin
Pump
Chris Churchill
My Flag and Anthem
Johannes DeYoung
Headshots
Soyeon Jung
White Noise
CK (Kaia) Olsen
Bug
Hailing Liu
The first United Ice Cream closes today
Eleanor Pavich
Appropriation.Pavich
Alan Perry
Tracing the Materiality of a Cellular Connection
William Ojeda
Jude Silvertree
HELLO WORLD
Walt Smits
in which the lilac ghosts ask me of what i’m doing in march
Walt Smits
in which they were not yet hermit crabs
Heather Snyder-Quinn
I was just trying to help.
Ramin Takloo-Bighash
Last Thursday
John Thomas
NOLS
Jamie Lou Thome
Dreamscape
Qianwen Yu
The Blueness in Zhuang
Curators:
Mat Rappaport
Naeema Jamilah Torres
Anne Hayden Stevens
September 23, 2022
8:00pm
Evanston Art Center parking lot
1717 Central Street Evanston, IL 60201
The 4th Annual Side/Lot Evanston Experimental Video Showcase features short, experimental videos by film and video makers who live or work in the Chicagoland region. The showcase aims to present short, experimental work by diverse creators, highlighting their unique visions and approaches to media.
This screening is free and open to the public. The screening will begin after dark outside on a large wall at the Evanston Art Center. We will start with some music and invited pieces just after sunset and screen the juried work beginning at 8:00pm.
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2022 Filmmakers:
Beth Ashby
Julia Pello
Claudia Bucher, Anni Holm & Rose Camastro Pritchett
Chris Churchill
Christopher Donahue
Alana Ferguson
Emeer Hasanpoor
Lan Makes
Maya Nguyen
Caldwell Peterson
Alyssa Sammons
Hamed Shafie
Shiloh Washington
Michael Workman
2022 Curators and Organizers
Anne Hayden Stevens, Artist/Curator
Annestevens.com
Naeema Jamilah Torres, Curator/Filmmaker
naeemajamilahtorres.com
Mezcla Media Collective
Mat Rappaport, Artist/Filmmaker/Curator
https://www.meme01.com
https://rangemobilelab.com
2020
Thursday July 30th @ 8pm (Gates close at 8:20) Program begins promptly at 8:30 ending by 9:30.