Going Underground

On Tuesday, February 1 at 7:30 pm we will meet at ATA Gallery, 992 Valencia Street (near the corner of 21st and Valencia) in San Francisco for a studio visit/art salon gathering with Craig Baldwin (read on for more info about Craig).

If you hope to carpool, let me know in advance - I can take up to 4 others. Meet in JFKU/Berkeley parking lot by 6:45 pm sharp.

For those who are taking BART, the nearest stop is 24th Street Station in the Mission. Walk 1 block over to Valencia and 3 blocks down to 21st Street.

For those who are driving, there is a parking garage on 21st Street, between Mission and Valencia.

In addition to your curiosity and artistic spirit, bring beer/wine/or non-alcoholic drink of choice and money to throw down for your share of pizza (probably around $5-8 or so). If you don't want to eat pizza, bring your own snack/food of choice. We'll be there til 10pm, or so.

Craig Baldwin is an extraordinary underground filmmaker who has played an integral role in establishing an independent film scene in San Francisco's Mission District. His film program, Other Cinema, hosted at ATA Gallery (Artist Television Access), promotes the work of both emerging and established artists working in experimental, independent, or underground film. The programming occasionally includes performative elements, with improvised, multiple or hand-cranked projections, interactive installation and or music.

Craig has made numerous found-footage films, including his most recent feature-length feat, Mock Up on Mu, a collage-narrative which premiered at the San Francisco International Film Festival this past April. He 's adjunct faculty at California College of Art, San Francisco State University and UC Davis and teaches courses in Avant Gard Cinema and Media Archeology, to name a few. He also has an incredible archive of old films-16mm industrials, home movies, lost porn, commercials, 35mm feature film prints, rare to whatever---he's probably got it. And he sells (some of it) for $3 a shot.

I've included Other Cinema in the resources link on this blog, but for more information about Craig Baldwin and his work, just do a quick google search...you'll get an avalanche.

We'll hang out with Craig in his basement studio, hear his thoughts on time based collage, culture jamming and copyright, then move upstairs to the gallery pizza and drinks around 9:00/9:30pm.