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Punto y Raya (Dot and Line) Festival, US Tour
WEST COAST TOUR DATES, CO-PRESENTED BY MAD-ACTIONS AND THE IOTACENTER
The Punto y Raya (Dot and Line) festival is the brainchild of Barcelona-based group mad-actions. The program has a clear curatorial vision - that of pure abstraction in its most basic form, to "reveal the limitations and achievements of our representation systems." Submission requirements are very specific regarding the use of dimension, perspective, volume and color. The result is a series of films "built up entirely from dots and lines as ends in themselves."
The festival's goals are clearly in line with iotaCenter's mission to promote the art of abstraction. We have partnered with mad-actions to bring this visionary program to the west coast. The US leg of the program will begin on November 13 in Seattle, continuing to Vancouver, Eugene, San Jose, San Francisco and ending in Los Angeles on December 2. The show's final tour date in Los Angeles will be exhibited by Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theatre, with programming partner Los Angeles Filmforum co-presenting this show.
The touring program will feature both finalists and award-winning films from the official competition; thirteen films with a total running time of 65:00.
Circle by Laurie Gibbs (2006, 3:14)
Rayas Blancas y Rojas (White and Red Lines) by Calpurnio (2007, 5:00)
Symmetry by Aleksandra Dulic and Kenneth Newby (2007, 2:00)
Mecanismo by Joaquin [Kino] Gil (2007, 5:00)
Esmolades (Sharp) by Albert Callejo Amat (2007, 4:40)
TaMura (MuraTa) by Katsuyuki Hattori (2005-07, 8:00)
Loop 12/06 by Astrid Hagenguth (2007, 4:00)
Puddle Jumper by Chris Casady (2007, 2:10)
Study for TestTest and Retinal Burn by Thomas Bey and William Bailey (2007, 4:34)
Velocity by Iconish and Foraudiofans (2002, 6:20)
Asperity by Tom Jobbins (2007, 1:58)
Terra Incognita by Danielle Ye (2003, 6:30)
Mercurius by Bret Battey (2005, 6:10)
Details on each screening are included below.
 Circle (2006) Laurie Gibbs, England |
November 13, 2008: SeattleWhen: 8:00 pm Where: Northwest Film Forum 1515 12th Ave Seattle, WA 98122 Ph: (206) 329-2629 www.nwfilmforum.org Full show page at mad-actions |
 Rayas Blancas y Rojas (2007) Calpurnio, Spain |
November 14, 2008: VancouverWhen: 7:00 pm Where: Emily Carr University Room 245, North Building 1399 Johnston Street, Granville Island Vancouver, BC V6H 3R9 www.eciad.cag Full show page at mad-actions |
 Symmetry (2007) Aleksandra Dulic & Kenneth Newby, Canada |
November 16, 2008: Eugene, ORWhen: 1:00 pm Where: DIVA (Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts) 110 W. Broadway Eugene, Oregon divacenter.org Full show page at mad-actions |
 Mecanismo (2007) Joaquin "Kino" Gil, USA |
November 17, 2008: Eugene, ORWhen: 3:00 pm Where: University of Oregon 318 East Broadway Eugene, Oregon uoregon.edu Full show page at mad-actions |
 Esmolades (2007) Albert Callejo Amat, Spain |
November 22, 2008: San Jose, CAWhen: 7:30 pm Where: Prairie Willow House 943 Willow Glen Way San Jose, CA 95125 prairiewillow.com RSVP to: tjt@nosuch.com, 408-292-4245 Full show page at mad-actions |
 Puddle Jumper (2007) Chris Casady, USA |
November 24, 2008: San Francisco, CAWhen: 8:00 pm Where: New Nothing Cinema 16 Sherman St. San Francisco, CA www.newnothing.org Full show page at mad-actions |
 Terra Incognita (2003) Danielle Ye, USA |
December 2, 2008: Los Angeles, CAWhen: 8:00 pm Where: Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theatre 611 N Fairfax Ave. Los Angeles, CA www.cinefamily.org Special guests Danielle Ye, Chris Casady, Larry Cuba and Joaquin Kino Gil will be in attendance. For tonight's program only, we will also screen 16mm prints of two classic dot and line films; Shapes and Gestures (1976) by Jules Engel and Two Space(1979) by Larry Cuba. Co-presented by Cinefamily and Los Angeles Filmforum. Full show page at mad-actions |
The iotaCenter is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, promotion, and celebration of the art of abstraction in the moving image.
The US West Coast tour of Punto y Raya was coordinated with assistance from iota by Larry Cuba, Stephanie Sapienza, and Derek Haugen