Staff Blog
Film archivists behind the worldwide-celebrated Home Movie Day and the dedicated folks over at the Philadelphia Independent Film and Video Association (PIFVA) are teaming up for a holiday film fest, with some mixing, mingling and even a little karaoke.
“We’re featuring artist/VJ Rich Wexler, aka Large Marge, who since 2000 has been using avant-garde footage, commercials, stop-motion animation, ’70s and ’80s videos, found films, old slides [and] manipulated Super 8 film that he has colored, bleached and scratched,” says Caroline Savage, experimental filmmaker and PIFVA development consultant.
This is where you come in: Bring in your old home movies (Super 8, Regular 8, 16 mm and DVD), at no more than 5 minutes long, and Large Marge will help you add your own live sound and/or narration. Improvisation is highly encouraged: “It allows for a spontaneous live experience that does not happen in front of the TV or at a programmed screening,” says Savage. “It leaves room for personal involvement and adds an element of surprise. Everyone becomes a curator.”
But it’s not just about rehashing the old — the Movie Mash-Up and Holiday Party just might inspire. “The idea of this kind of presentation form opens the door for a new way to see and hear, beyond the ordinary or usual way,” says Savage. “Everyone becomes a part of the story.”
Movie Mash-Up and Holiday Party with PIFVA & Home Movie Day | Wed., Dec. 17, 6:30 p.m.-mid., $5 (free admission with a home movie to share), Johnny Brenda’s, 1201 N. Frankford Ave., 215-382-2579, pifva.org
