WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11 at 8 PM

Los Angeles premiere of Mike Stoltz’s new film Half Human, Half Vapor, presented alongside visual research that directed the making of the piece with reception and discussion afterwards. HALF HUMAN, HALF VAPOR (2015, 16mm, 12m) by Mike Stoltz “This project began out of a fascination with a giant sculpture of a dragon attached to a Central Florida mansion. The property had recently been left to rot, held in lien by a bank. Hurricanes washed away the sculpture. I learned about the artist who created this landmark, Lewis Vandercar (1913-1988), who began as a painter. His practice grew along with his notoriety for spell-casting and telepathy. Inspired by Vandercar’s interest in parallel possibility, I combined these images with text from local newspaper articles in a haunted-house film that both engages with and looks beyond the material world.” Shown with… THE SCREAMING SKULL (1958, Super 8, 9m) directed by Alex Nico; RHYTHMUS 21 (1923, 16mm, 3m) by Hans Richter; JACKIE VERNON’S CLASSIC SLIDESHOW ROUTINE (1981, Video, 5m) performed by Jackie Vernon; Excerpts from LEWIS VANDERCAR MEMORIAL (1989, Video, 10m) Tradewinds West Video Productions. FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE!

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