13061: Philogene posts: HCI Cultural Events Update (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: Jerry Philogene <jqp7197@nyu.edu>

Listed below are a few programs taking place in the next coming weeks.

Hope you all can make these fabulous events!

Please share this information with friends, colleagues and all interested parties.


Jerry Philogene
On behalf of HCI
Haitian Cultural Institute


P.S.  I apologize if this is a duplication.


1.    La Maison Francaise of Columbia University Presents
DEYE MON - BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS CONTEMPORARY ART IN THE HAITIAN
DIASPORAAn Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Art by Haitian-American
Artists:
Constant, V. Cybil, Engels, Jean Patrick Icart-Pierre, Rejin Leys, MicheleMarcelin

Curated by Dorothy Desir, Guest Curator, NURTUREart Non-Profit, Inc.
Information: www.nurtureart.org

Reception, Friday, September 13, 6:30 - 9 p.m.

East Gallery, Buell Hall, Columbia University
116th Street and Broadway, New York City

Limited Seating. Ample standing room.  RSVP 212.795.5566.
Suggested donation, $3.

There will also be a live performance by video and performance artist, Constant.
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2.      Starting next week in New York, Jorgen Leth, Denmark's
Royal Honorary Consul to Southern Haiti, is being honored with a
film retrospective at Scandinavia House. Several of his Haiti
films will be screened, including the United States premiere of
"Dreamers," an immediate classic about the
talent, motivation, and imagination of many of Haiti's greatest
painters of the 20th century. The documentary, a series of
interviews with Haitian painters living in Haiti, includes a
conversation with Andre Pierre, who gives a Miles Davis-esque
performance.

http://www.scandinaviahouse.org/programs.html#fi

Scandinavia House
The Nordic Center in America
58 Park Avenue
(between 37th and 38th St.)
New York, New York 10016
Telephone: 212-879-9779
E-mail: info@amscan.org

Film Program

Tickets: $8 ($6 ASF members). ASF Members may make phone  reservations by calling 212-847-9746. Non-members may purchase tickets in person at Scandinavia House before screenings or up to one week in advance of screenings during public hours (Tuesday through Saturday, 12:00 to  6:00p.m.).


Wednesday, September 18, 6:30 p.m.
DREAMERS (DRØMMERE)
Written and directed by Jørgen Leth (2002). Cinematography by Dan Holmberg, Alexander Gruszynski, Teit Jørgensen, and Bo Tengberg. In English. 45 min.

A portrait of Haitian painters that celebrates their inexhaustible  creativity and optimism. They are shown as dreamers, mystics, and storytellers in a country where spiritual forces play an active role in everyday life.

Wednesday, September 18, 8:15 p.m.

HAITI. UNTITLED (HAITI. UDEN TITEL)
Written and directed by Jørgen Leth (1996). Cinematography by Tomas Gislason, Alexander Gruszynski, Dan Holmberg, and Jørgen Leth. In  Danish,Creole, and French with English subtitles. 78 min.

A personal documentary about Haiti, Leth's adopted home, where reality resembles fiction and often borders on the surreal. Leth and his crew have witnessed dramatic events over a five-year period in a country where death and horror are part of everyday life and voodoo plays an important
part in politics, but the film captures indelible moments of sensuality and beauty as well.