FORM AND PLACE

KEVIN JEROME EVERSON AND ROSS GAY 

SCREENINGS AND CONVERSATION

9/28

2PM

WELLS 048

IULMIA, 1320 E. 10^th St. 

BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA

FORM AND PLACE: Two artists from different locations on the Allegheny Plateau, working in the disciplines of film and of poetry, talk about gesture, flight and witness.

I

Polly Two is about ninety-nine percent totality. Filmed during 2017 eclipse across North America. (2018, 12:00, b&w, silent)

Music from the Edge of the Allegheny Plateau is loosely based on William Klein’s1980 documentary, The Little Richard Story. The city of Mansfield Ohio sits at the Allegheny Plateau and has an incredible range of musical talent. Commissioned by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. (2019, 7:00, color)

IFO is about three famous UFO sightings over Mansfield, Ohio. (2017, 9:50, b/w)

II

The Foothills of the Allegheny Plateau is where the city of Mansfield Ohio lies. (2019,1:24, b&w)

Mansfield Product Company is about receiving something new layered with something old. (2014, 2:15, b&w, silent)

Tygers is a glance at the fancy moves of the Mansfield Senior High football team in Mansfield, Ohio. (2014, 2:00, b&w, silent)

In A Good Fight a gentleman recalls the play-by-play of the 1978 boxing match between Sugar Ray Leonard and Art McKnight, local prizefighter from Mansfield, Ohio. (2017, 2 min, b&w, sound).

Three Quarters features two magicians in Philadelphia practicing their sleight of hand tricks. (2015, 4:37, 16mm transferred to digital, b&w, silent).

III 

Cardinal is a film about bird-watchers looking for the state bird of Ohio. (US, 2019, 16mm transferred to digital, 2:30, b&w)

During an Ears, Nose and Throat examination, Shadeena Brooks recounts a horrible event she eye-witnessed. (2016, 10:30, color) . Cast: Shadeena Brooks, Dr. Heather Honeycutt, Dr. Eric Mansfield.

Sponsored by IU BFC/A and hosted by the IU Libraries Moving Image Archive/Screening Room.

*This event is free, but ticketed, and open to the public.


*The Screening Room temperature tends to run cool, so please remember to bring a jacket or sweater. 

*No food or drink is permitted in the Screening Room.