Bimodal Press is thrilled to present “Gravity Spells II: Bay Area New Music and Expanded Cinema Art”. The publication consists of hand silkscreened double gatefold LP sleeves housing 2x LP’s and 4x DVD’s with eight 20-minute original films and sound/music works, a 60-page letterpress perfect bound booklet containing original essays by Bay Area artists, scholars and curators, images by all contributing artists, a silkscreened performance poster, and an announcement card.

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ABOUT:

For this edition, instead of commissioning eight artists as four designated pairs for the publication (one musician paired collaboratively with one filmmaker), this version asks the eight artists to work independently as indirect collaborators (whereby four individual works of sound and music are paired interchangeably with four individual films).

This approach emphasizes the project's focus on collaboration, as well as encourages the inherent dynamics of serendipity and chance. The overall look and feel of the publication remains similar, this time utilizing black instead of brown card stock, and color instead of grayscale graphics. As with the original, the included booklet contains an introduction and essays by Bay Area artists and writers, and uses color instead of black and white images contributed by each project participant.

PUBLICATION ARTISTS:

Paul DeMarinis Kudelski Palimpsest (sound/music), Keith Evans Amphoterism (film), Zach Iannazzi No Worries (film), Janis Crystal Lipzin Some Mistakes I Have Made (film), Suki O’Kane Texture (for John Davis) (sound/music), Laetitia Sonami Holding My Breath (sound/music), Scott Stark Night Out Of Song (film), Zachary Watkins For Paul Clipson (sound/music).

Music mastered by James Plotkin

WRITING CONTRIBUTORS:

Steve Anker Anatomy of a Live Cinema, Brian Darr Embrace The Vortex, John Davis Foreword, Paul DeMarinis Kudelski Palimpsest, Keith Evans, Amphoterism and the Unstable Image, tooth (arc) Light, Kathleen Quillian Signs Of Life in a Post-live Era, and Scott Stark on Night Out of Song: Interview with Tanya Zimbardo.

PERFORMANCE SERIES:

May 19th - Laetitia Sonami + Alfonso Alvarez, Keith Evans + Suki O’Kane, Zack Parrinella + Kevin Corcoran
May 20th - Paul DeMarinis + Bill Basquin, Zach Iannazzi + Lynn Marie Kirby, Greta Snider + Derek Gedalecia
May 21st - Scott Stark + Wobbly, Mark Wilson + Amma Ateria, Billy Gomberg + Anna Geyer
May 22nd - Zachary Watkins + Alix Blevins, Janis Crystal Lipzin + Molly Fishman, Joshua Churchill + Konrad Steiner

The project has received funding from the California Council for the Arts and Southern Exposure, with generous support from The Lab. The project’s fiscal sponsor is The San Francisco Cinematheque who graciously provide ongoing services and promotional support.

The project has received funding and support from the California Council for the Arts, Southern Exposure, and the San Francisco Cinematheque.