“ Media & Press”

April 15, 2007 PHOTOS AVAILABLE

Contacts:

Jim Dobson starpr@aol.com (818) 753-0700, (818) 753-0709 fax national press Dana Keith, MBC info@mbcinema.com 305 673 4567

"WayOUT", Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Centerpiece Party on Española Way!
The MGLFF Centerpiece Party
Presented by MGLFF, The Española Way Association, Miami Beach Cinematheque and Tylenol PM with support from the Miami Dade County Cultural Affairs Department.
Curated by Dana Keith, Miami Beach Cinematheque

The MGLFF Centerpiece Party is a "WayOUT" maze of video and performance art along Española Way!… after the festival centerpiece film at the Colony Theatre, check into the Miami Beach Cinematheque at 512 Española Way for your MAP and "stop #1" of the tour, featuring The Panty Scene which will get you in the mood for the rest of the show! Remember last year's infamous BEDART party? Well, MBC Curator Dana Keith is back with more surprises this year…from digital format art from such legends as Kenneth Anger and Barbara Hammer, to singing divas and wrestling rooster girls, to drag flamenco lessons…Your tour along the historic Española Way will include the digital and performance works Telepatia by Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez, Disposable by Jo Gell and Robyn Paterson, David + Jonathan by Jan Wandrag, performance by Octavio Campos, and many others. WayOUT will be THE party to be at this year!

The MBC Exhibition of Photography is also the work of Jan Wandrag:
David+Jonathan is set in modern day New York. After David defeats Goliath the King takes an interest in him. David quickly develops a relationship with Jonathan the King's son. When the King finds out about their relationship he forbids Jonathan to ever see David again. David and Jonathan secretly meet one last time. The Visual Building Blocks of the project are a series of still photographs that have undergone considerable manipulation. A visually distressed texture for the final images was achieved through a re-photographing process.

"WayOUT" is WEDNESDAY, May 02, 2007 at 9:30pm-11:30pm following the MGLFF Centerpiece Film, Anger Me, at the Colony Theater.

Exclusive serving stations throughout Espanola Way will offer complimentary cocktails and refreshments sponsored by Stolichnaya, Perrier and Monster. STOLICHNAYA® Russian Vodka. 40% Alc./Vol. 100% Grain Neutral Spirits. ©2006 Imported by Pernod Ricard USA, White Plains, NY

Tickets: $10 at the door, $35 including Centerpiece Film with ADVANCED TICKETS at www.mglff.com

MAP of your WayOUT! TOUR of Española Way:

Stop #1:
Hotel Segovia overlooking Miami Beach Cinematheque
515 Española Way
spec-ta-cle two channel video, 2004, looped
By Wendy Babcox
This two channel video installation combines imagery of female tourist attractions, and of men who frequent video chat rooms. The subjects of each channel are required/choose to make a spectacle of themselves for an audience. Video footage of the tourist attractions was transmitted into the chat rooms, and the male subjects were asked to blow a kiss to the camera as a sign of gratitude for the entertainment.

Stop #2 & #3:
Projection on MBC façade, and palm trees at Plaza de España, 512 Española Way
TREEART…
Fall Impression & A Sample Of Winter videoart, looped
By Roz Schneider
Fall Illusion explores landscape and water as a meditative abstraction. Most of the original footage was shot in negative, producing unusual color that transformed reality into a visionary experience. The transformation is further realized through digital layering. Water enters the landscape and progresses until it becomes the only image reflecting upon itself.
A Sample Of Winter is focused on the translation of a historic landscape into a new visual form. The starkness of the winter landscape, filled with linear patterning is transformed by video layers of transparency. These layered mediations redefine the landscape into a poetic reverie.
"My work investigates nature as a transformed reality. I restructure images through digital manipulation, including layered transparency and reordered time. My work speaks to a painting philosophy that is reformed into moving image media. I exhibit large-scale projected installations and smaller scale works seen as Video Painting."

Stop #4:
(Screenings: 9:10pm, 9:25pm, 9:50pm, 10:05pm, 10:30pm, 10:45pm, 11:10pm, 11:25pm)
INSIDE Miami Beach Cinematheque, 512 Española Way
(WRISTBAND ONLY area…BAR #1)
Jonathan + David
3 screen film 15min, and photography exhibition
By Jan Wandrag
David + Jonathan is set in modern New York. After David defeats Goliath the King takes an interest in him. David quickly develops a relationship with Jonathan the King's son. When the King finds out about their relationship he forbids Jonathan to ever see David again. David and Jonathan secretly meet one last time…
The MBC Exhibition of Photography is also the work of Jan Wandrag:
The Visual Building Blocks of the project are a series of still photographs that have undergone considerable manipulation. The images began as video shot on the street, in public spaces around the world, of young men who are unaware of the camera. Wandrag then chose poses or faces from the footage that would fit into the scene he was about to create. He then transferred selected frames (portraits) from video to his computer. Next, in Photoshop he composed fictional scenes from these images found in 'reality,' by placing the found 'actors' into new locations. A visually distressed texture for the final images was achieved through a re-photographing process.

And…

The Panty Scene performance with video
(SHOWTIMES: 9pm, 9:40pm, 10:20pm, 11pm)
By Heather Maloney with collaboration by Vivian Marthell
Inkub8: an open share collective presents an excerpt from Falling UP featuring the intense emotional choreography of Heather Maloney as she ventures through an autobiographical reality steeped in recollection and hopeful expectation. Heather is joined by Vivian Marthell in this creative venture. "The Panty Scene" is a vignette of self-discovery taking the viewer into an intimate journey of childhood innocence, exploitation and healing.
"In the dark place there is an overwhelming feeling of abandonment. In the end, during the months of deflowering the emotional pictures are just me looking out alone. Smelling the room, planning each move carefully so that the invasions happen in the shortest increments possible. I don't remember much except interludes of looking out and thinking to myself after I escape this I am going to have allot of work to do to make things ok again. There was that innocent real part of me that said as much as the landscape of body was pillaged what was really important couldn't be taken away."

Stop #5:
(SHOWTIMES: ongoing loop)
Chocolate Restaurant, Plaza de España (SW corner)
(WRISTBAND ONLY area…BAR #2)
Disposable
film made with disposable cameras. Devised and shot in 24 hours.
By Jo Gell & Robyn Patterson
The vast, arid emptiness of the Nevada desert provides a dramatic setting for this new-media film. Filmed entirely on disposable (single-use) cameras, the narrative follows two lesbian travelers as they engage in a fleeting romance along the road to Las Vegas. 'Disposable' is both the theme and title of this innovative short - exploring the fast-turnaround nature of Western culture, using one of the latest products to stem from it.
"Disposable" is a film both of us have been passionate about from the beginning. We're excited about the use of this new media in particular. To our knowledge, this is the first time single-use video cameras have been used in the making of a narrative film. Our motivation comes from a strong desire to push the boundaries of new technology, and reflectively use it to comment on an aspect of our culture that interests us - waste, refuse, and both physical and metaphorical disposability."

Stop #6:
(SHOWTIMES: ongoing)
Plaza de España
Sleepy Boys, Sleepy Girls interactive performance
By The Tylenol Boys and Girls
"POPPIES, POPPIES….SLEEEP…SLEEEEEEP"
- Margaret Hamilton as "The Wicked Witch of The West" in The Wizard Of Oz

And…

Orange Over Miami digital installation/looped
By Vladimir Banjanac
What is more "way out" than a floating orange?…hovering mysteriously over Española Way's Andalusian sky, above the Tylenol sleepy boys and girls, and winking, like the George Melies Voyage dans le Lune?…The work of Vladimir Banjanac portrays this eclectic and romantic mix with a Serbian slant, a focus of the rich colors of the sleep inducing poppies in The Wizard Of Oz, and of relationships… and the absurdity of living and loving in Miami Beach. Welcome to WayOUT!

Stop #7:
(SHOWTIMES: ongoing)
Tapas y Tintos Restaurant, Plaza de España (SE corner)
(WRISTBAND ONLY area…BAR #3)
Drag Flamenco Lessons interactive performance
By FernandiCute and Geraldine
YOU too can learn to Flamenco…if you can get by the antics of these two.

Stop #8:
(SHOWTIMES: ongoing)
Luna Designs, 438 Española Way
Tribal Bellydance performance
By the dancers of Bozenka's Belly Dance Academy
Sponsored by Luna Designs
Trial Fusion Belly Dance combines cultural influences of Middle Eastern, Indian and Gypsy dances with a uniquely modern, sensual and mesmerizing vibe.

Stop #9: TREEART…
400 block Española Way
Way Out On A Limb 16mm 1min. loops
By Clifton Childree and Nikki Rollason
Way Out on a Limb uses two 16mm projections onto trees that straddle Española Way. One projection is of the heads of a barbershop quartet filling out the shape of what seems to be….a phallic symbol? The quartet faces correspond with the actions of the symbol as it seems to move in excitement. Finally, an explosive fountain of musical notes bursts forth from the lead singer in celebration. Meanwhile, an old couple is gawking and is thoroughly offended by both what they see and anyone who happens to pass under the tree. The faces of the couple fade and shift, along with their hostility, as their genders change. The couple is sparked by the surrounding enthusiasm, and find a new attraction for each other.

Stop #10:
(SHOWTIMES: 9:20pm, 9:45pm, 10:15, 10:35pm, 11pm)
Bedrock Properties 432 Española Way
(WRISTBAND ONLY area)
The Mirror Makes No Sense: A One Man Journey performance and video projection
By Mark Angelo Cummings
In the face of hostile, even violent, opposition to their plight, members of the transgender community not only struggle with inner conflict, they also suffer isolation and persecution. Mark Angelo Cummings has been through the fire and has emerged a new man. He shares his inspiring story through his, artistic ecliptic approach of poetry, drama and comedy performance which touches his audiences' deepest hidden emotions. The Mirror Makes No Sense traces his journey, from a humorous, hypothetical scenario fresh from the womb to the life-altering decisions he has had to make in later years.
"It is a tool to point us in the right direction [so that we can] learn how to be more loving and unconditional, which is something we all need in a world full of death, hate and judgment. I welcome you to the mirror, I challenge you to look at your reflection and see if it makes sense."

Stop #11:
(SHOWTIMES: ongoing)
Bia's Jewelry, 428 Española Way
WINDOWART
The Kiss short film 8 min. on multi-dvd players
By Lamia Endara
This video is about the passion and essence of a kiss. Stripped bare of anything extraneous, the focus is on the mouths that fill the frame. Extremely sensual and intimate, the video portrays two mouths engaged in the act of "The Kiss". The piece is gender ambiguous in the sense that one might not be able to easily identify the gender of the subjects. The focus is on the lips and the act of kissing. It engages the viewer on a very intimate level. The video stands out as a piece that defies the politics of social categorization and gender preference by presenting the essence, the passion, and the drive of "The Kiss" regardless of who's doing the kissing.

Stop #12:
(SHOWTIMES: ongoing)
Dolce Vita Swimwear, 422 Española Way
WINDOWART
Tortas y Tacones interactive performance
By Juan Carlos Rodriguez, Santiago Sibert, & Pinky Davis
Miami based performers Pamela and Loli take turns enthralling audiences in their psycho-physical show piece Tortas y Tacones. The fearless twosome delve valiantly into the worlds of 1970s Nigerian funk and Reggaeton with break out renditions of Diane Vreeland and Jean Genet. Special Guest Pinky Davis makes a gender-bending appearance. Projections will feature original artwork and Pami and Loli will be engaging the crowd with survey questions and on the spot interviews. Tortas y Tacones ("Sandwiches and High Heels") takes the form of be a series of "vignettes" performed in ten to twenty minute cycles.

Stop #13:
(SHOWTIMES: ongoing loop every 4min)
Mojitos Lounge, 412 Española Way
(WRISTBAND ONLY area…BAR #4)
Our Trip short film 16mm, 4min. 1980
By Barbara Hammer
An erotic/political series of female/lesbian images, but leads into Hammer's later use of the confluence of mixed media in her films.
"Feminist filmmaker Barbara Hammer has celebrated her recent trip to Peru with her friend Corky Wick through a diaristic animation of photographs they took during their travels. Landscapes and portraits are given growing patterns of framing and texture with magic markers and tempera paint, expressing the richly evocative folk art of the Incan people they saw as we hear their native music resonate on the soundtrack."
--Anthony Reveaux
Legendary feminist filmmaker Barbara Hammer is visiting Miami Beach Cinematheque on May 15th! Visit www.MBCINEMA.com for advance tickets and info.

Stop #14:
(SHOWTIMES: ongoing with random breaks)
Oh Mexico! Cantina 408 Española Way
(WRISTBAND ONLY area…BAR #5)
Wrestling Rooster Girls performance
By Rachel Hoffman, Lauren Howard, and Shane Hoffman
WRESTLING ROOSTER GIRLS will exhibit extraordinary performances featuring three wrestling divas, who after the most unwearied perseverance, have been taught to execute cruel and torturous moves, amongst which may be enumerated, THE BACKBREAKER, THE HELICOPTER SPIN, THE CARTWHEEL KICK, THE PILE DRIVER, THE HAIR TOSS, and THE SLINGSHOT! With surprising and incomparable strength and dexterity, these violent beauties will battle it out in the most astounding spectacle ever to be witnessed in cockpits of Miami Beach!

Stop #15: Española Way Art Center, 405 Española Way
(WRISTBAND ONLY area)
Special Thanks to Howard Davis, HED Productions
Telepatia videoart loop. Music by Ricardo Lastre.
By Dinorah de Jesús Rodriquez …all the sex that we are having and not having across distance…
"I love to titillate the creative unconscious. I include celluloid in my pieces because I am preoccupied with the single frame and its immense power of subliminal manipulation. My work pursues visceral reactions to motion, light, texture, rhythm, gesture and semiotics. I believe in the ability of cinematic language to affect different levels of consciousness and alter the viewer's thought process."

And…

Modern Bride interactive performance
By David Rohn
"Esperanza" means both hoping and waiting in Spanish. Performance artist David Rohn becomes Esperanza, throwing garters and bouquets from the Española Way Art Center balcony, intermittently/periodically asking people to marry her, commiserating on how she was stood up, and especially, she does a lot of crying. Mucho crying. Could there be a connection between Esperanza and one of the Wrestling Rooster Girl brides at "Stop #14"? That's up to you to figure out!

Stop #16:
Heart and Soul, 411 Española Way
WINDOWART…
PYT mini-videoart times 4, on touch screen Mp4 players
Technology In The Palm Of Your Hand*…
(*NEW! Epoq Mp4 players available at Miami Beach Cinematheque)
Michael Jackson's music is the inspiration for this little peter pan. Consulting Curator Larin Sullivan

Stop #17:
Debbie Katz Boutique, 415 Española Way
WINDOWART…
STRINGS #8 video projections on linen
By Juan Carlos Zaldívar
"STRINGS" is a series of silent video projections on linen panels projected silently onto tightly-woven linen panels. Zaldívar has chosen to project doorways, which open and close at random, to evoke the enticing and exciting new possibilities lying beyond our present understanding of time, space and light.
With "Strings" Mr. Zaldívar alludes to the controversial new theory of modern physics, the Super String Theory, also known as string theory. String theory challenges the notion that our universe is made up of tiny solid particles, instead, it claims that it is made up of minuscule loops of energy, some of which vibrate in ways that give them their "solid" properties. The theory is controversial in that it opens up scientific explanations of 11 different dimensions as well as mathematical theories that would explain alternate worlds and realities, challenging our core understanding of the world as we know it.

Stop #18:
Contessa Rock Hair 417 Española Way
WINDOWART
Icons performance/installation
It's all about the icons…Marilyn, Lucille, Joan, Judy, and The Rolling Stones…
Hair and fashion…It's all about HAIR, and fashion…
By Fabio Moretti, Luca Castaldo, Jenny Rey, and Andrea Batista

Stop #19:
(SHOWTIMES: 9pm: 9:40pm, 10:20pm, 11pm)
Courtyard #1 417-419 Española Way
(WRISTBAND ONLY area…BAR #6)
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (38min)
By Kenneth Anger
Cinematic magician, legendary provocateur, author of the infamous HOLLYWOOD BABYLON books and creator of some of the most striking and beautiful works in the history of film, Kenneth Anger is a singular figure in post-war American culture.
His epic bacchanalia INAUGURATION OF THE PLEASURE DOME is a lavishly costumed magic masquerade party derived from the dramatic neo-pagan rituals of Aleister Crowley, featuring various characters from classical mythology and a pantheon that is distinctly Anger's. NOTE: Screening of other Anger works will follow at MBC on Sat. May 05 at 8:30pm.
With interactive performance By Octavio Campos
Octavio Campos, dance artist, will create an interactive performance installation. Spectators will be asked to decorate the performer's body with jewelry, paint, and fabric, accompanying the film by Kenneth Anger, Inauguration of The Pleasure Dome, which will be projected above his head.

Stop #20: (ONE SHOWTIME ONLY: 10:45-10:50pm)
Above Hosteria Romana, 429 Española Way
Special Thanks to Crea8tiv Juice Group
BALCONYART…
La traviata (excerpt) balcony performance
By Adora
La traviata is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It takes as its basis the novel La dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas, published in 1848. It was first performed at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice, on March 6, 1853. The title "La traviata" means literally The Woman Who Strayed, or perhaps more poetically The Lost One. ADORA sings it like no-one else!

Stop #21:
Synergy Yoga & Model & Talent Agency Courtyard,
435 Española Way
(WRISTBAND ONLY area…BAR #7, hosted by Model & Talent)
Bring this MAP later into Synergy Yoga and get 50% off on a 10 visit card! After Andy Warhol video
A woman's pleasure is inspired by one of Andy Warhol's most notorious short films….
By Eve Fowler
Consulting Curator Larin Sullivan

Stop #22:
Peaking Series, Phase One
Kaleidoscope PEEPSHOW
Plaza de España (NE corner)
3min, 2006, looped
By Christopher Vazquez
"I find myself intrigued by the inner child's perspective of adult content and the adult's perspective of childish subject matter. Visually fascinated with the kaleidoscope toy; the peaking series explores layers of visual poetry and pure aesthetics utilizing the male form and homosexuality in photography and video. The title of the show is used to metaphorically reference how the viewer may feel while experiencing the artwork. Zenith is the position when the observer is at the highest point or state of mind at the peak of the trip. Peaking can allude to the effects while under the psychedelic substance Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD)…Allured yet repelled, the viewer may find him or herself in limbo attempting to integrate a loss of innocence and naïveté."

Stop #23:
At Hotel Segovia lobby, 515 Española Way
Sissy Boy Slap Party PEEPSHOW
16mm 4min, 2004, looped
By Guy Maddin
A musical mantra derived from machine-gun micro-montage, meant to promote Maddin's The Saddest Music In The World, as well as sending up the vintage gay "entertainment" of the past. MBC screened a full Maddin retrospective in December 2005, and it included a Cowards Bend The Knee PEEPSHOW for Art Basel. Coming soon to MBC: Maddin's Brand Upon The Brain!
"You all better go back to the gym, you're gaining weight. I gotta go to the shop and buy some condoms. And remember: NO SLAPPING!"

The 9th Annual Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival takes place April 27 - May 6, 2007 at venues throughout Miami, Miami Beach and Ft. Lauderdale. MGLFF is presented by Avis, Sundance Channel and Flamingo South Beach in conjunction with Comcast.