ONION CITY PROGRAM 7: CHEAT-CHEAT-LIED | JUNE 9-13
ONION CITY PROGRAM 7: CHEAT-CHEAT-LIED | JUNE 9-13
The 31st Onion City Experimental Film + Video Festival is streaming online from June 9 to 13. This year’s festival includes several in-person screenings and installations. Check out the full program at Onioncityfilmfest.org! Admission is a sliding scale suggested donation.
PROGRAM 7: CHEAT-CHEAT-LIED
Streaming June 9 – 13, Artist Q&A on Saturday, June 12 at 4:30pm
Who won the battle, and who’s losing the war? A profound disconnect between the political feeling in the air and its actual manifestation on the ground has defined daily life in recent years. With no clear end in sight, these brief dispatches from the United States, Germany, Sri Lanka, and Palestine focus on sacrifices made and victories won in a new era of exhaustion and fear.
Phasing the Electromagnetic Flux of Another Shit Moment, February 4, 2020
This video documents the very first studio experiments of a new four channel phase-controlled electromagnetic cathode ray tube hack developed by the artist, using footage from the 2020 state of the union address.
James Connolly
United States, 2020, 06:00 mins
PROPITIATION OF THE SUN
A plea from northern California's helldays September-October 2020.
Michael Campos-Quinn
United States, 2021, 05:00 mins
Citadel
Filmed from the artist’s window during lockdown, Citadel contrasts faceless corporate power with individual lived experience.
John Smith
England, 2020, 16:00 mins
The Canyon
A portrait of the urban residential development as it slips into oblivion.
Zachary Epcar
United States, 2021, 15:00 mins
Moving or Being Moved
The everyday performance of domestic labor is teleported into a surreal game world where an emotionally responsive AI chatbot provides no answers.
Sabine Gruffat
United States, 2020, 11:00 mins
Return to the Peach Blossom Wonderland
An animated exploration of the similarities and differences between the utopian world described in ancient Chinese fable Peach Blossom Spring and the modern landscapes in China.
Haomin Peng, Yue Huang, Yuchao Luo
China/United States, 2020, 18:00 mins
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Placid views of Hong Kong merge with dizzying, semi-abstract digital animations; avatars in a parable about control.
Simon Liu and Jennie MaryTai Liu
Hong Kong / United States, 2020, 09:00 mins
