Roots & Culture Gallery (1034 N. Milwaukee Ave.) – Sunday, 8pm
Roots and Culture gallery
continues its Zummer Tapez series with local videomaker Kent Lambert
presenting a collection of his own video work intermixed with pieces
from his favorite kindred contemporaries. Perhaps better known as the
lead songwriter and singer of the band Roommate, Lambert has also
produced a number of often-hilarious found-footage videos over the
years. Mining mainly VHS era clips, his work has roasted such stalwarts
as Ken Burns (KEN BURNS GIVE YOU SOMETHING), John Ashcroft (SECURITY
ANTHEM), and Philip Michael Thomas of Miami Vice fame (WHACK).
Graced with a keen sense of editorial timing, Lambert uses his
subject's own words to twist their egos into knots without going
straight for the cheap laugh. But beyond humor, Lambert can turn his
source material into sonic landscapes with a beat—à la EBN—and
juxtapose images to unlock the cultural bias contained within. He will
also present two new pieces, WHSVHS #1 and FANTASY SUITE, along with
work by Animal Charm, Shana Moulton, Emily Kuehn, Michael Robinson, and
more. (1999-2009, approx. 75 min, Video) JH - Cine-File.info
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