SMART Project Space | 1e Constantijn Huygensstraat 20, Amsterdam


SMART Project Space presents free video programs in SMART Cinema, curated b=
y Lee Ellickson
Space Crafting, Part One: Literally, the Outer

Sunday June 2 and Wednesday June 5, 17.00 hrs
Al Reinert , For All Mankind, (1989, USA, 80 min)
Reknowned compendium of historic footage, interviews and transmissions docu=
menting the story of the space race and the creation of NASA.

Yuri Gargarin Screenings, a collection of twelve short works curated by Gai=
r Dunlop for the 40th Gagarin anniversary celebrations on April 12, 2001, b=
ringing together a wide range of perspectives on the relationship between a=
rt, space and science. (50 min)

Friday June 7 and Sunday June 9, 17.00 hrs.
Lili Fini Zanuck, We Have Cleared the Tower, (1998, USA, 58 min)
Third part of the epic television work From the Earth to the Moon focusing =
on the Apollo 7 mission, a turning point in the space exploration story. Z=
anuck creates a faux documentary approach, contriving to shoot a documentar=
y crew's attempts to capture historic events.

David Frankel 1968, (1998, USA, 58 min)
Another unusual entry in the From the Earth to the Moon series scripted by =
For All Mankind's Al Reinert, this time centering on the Apollo 8 mission, =
the first spacecraft that went into orbit around the moon. But the civil st=
rife of life on Earth is placed in bold perspective to the concentrated det=
ermination to reach the moon.

Wednesday June 12 and Friday June 14, 17.00 hrs.
Maggie Schneider In Space, (1999, Germany, 6 min)
Official NASA footage, deterioriated in the course of time, and the interga=
lactic sound from SunRa are deconstructed in little frames coming together =
in a battle of space technology

Mike Tyler, Nana Reflects on the Early Days of Nostoc (Feldman-Tekmitsu Mix=
), (16 min., US/NL, 1998)
A look back at the future: Tyler's biotech/terraforming company Nostoc form=
s the backdrop for an elderly womans' recollections of her work as naotechn=
ician and her immigration to Mars.

Andrew Knotting, Too g (Arts Catalyst), 2002 UK, 3 min 30
This video is the end result of a trip to Star City and a Zero G experience=
. A gravity poem for Yuri Gagarin.

Maciej J. Drygas, States of Weightlessness, (1994, Poland, 58 min)
Russian cosmonauts recall the actual experiences of being in space and the =
impact afterwards.

Sunday June 16 and Wednesday June 19, 17.00 hrs.
Lluis Escartin, Ivan Istochnikov, (2001, Spain-Holland, 30 min)
This fiction documentary poetically explores the mystery of a soviet astro=
naut, Ivan Istochnikov, who got lost in space during the cold war. The work=
is made using found footage that was only recently recovered and smuggled =
out of Russia. The story is narrated mixing ideas, films and documentaries.

Association of Autonomous Astronauts, 5 Years with the AAA, edited by Ewen =
Chardronnet and Regis Lescoublet (2001, France, 15 min)
The Association of Autonomous Astronauts is the first and only community ba=
sed space program which wants to make space travel a democratic right for e=
verybody. An overview of AAA activities in Italy, UK, France, New Zealand, =
Belgium including Conferenza Intergallactica in Bologna 1998, AAA Aoteroa (=
NZ) balloon launch against NMD program, Gravity Zero Festival France 2000 e=
tc.

ABC NEWS selects "High Points from the Archives" (USA, 60 min.)
Drawn from the archives of the American Broadcasting Company's News departm=
ent are a selection of excerpts covering forty years of developments in spa=
ce travel and technology.

Friday June 21 and Sunday June 23, 17.00 hrs.
Nathan Juran, Blast Off Into Space, (1966, USA, 53 min)
An episode from producer Irwin Allen's attempt to relocate the Swiss Family=
Robinson amidst the stars, the immortal Lost in Space with young Will Robi=
nson, the redoubtable Dr. Smith and the most belovedly taciturn robot in sc=
i-fi history"

Daniel Lane, Sunprobe, (1965, UK, 55 min)
An episode from another cherished touchstone of Pop Sci-Fi Space Opera, The=
Thunderbirds, where all the magnificent technical gadgetry is operated by =
a cast of thinking man's puppets!

Wednesday June 26 and Friday June 28, 17.00 hrs.
Nancy Yasecko, Growing Up with Rockets, (1986, USA, 58 min)
The filmmaker recalls her early years growing up near Cape Canaveral while =
providing a infusion of archival clips and footage that provides a differen=
t perspective of the space mania of the 50's and 60's

Pierre de Lespinois, Inside the Space Station, (1999, USA, 50 min)
A luxurious tour of the space station life and an examination of a few key =
missions

Sunday June 30 and Wednesday July 3, 17.00 hrs
Torsten Burns, Ship to Ship, (2000, USA, 3 min) and Exchange Program: Galac=
tica/Life Space, (2002, USA, 14 min)
A fusion between sculptural bodies and space time bodies. Re-imagining ones=
life aboard an improvisational space station.

Bob Baker, Dr. Who: Nightmare of Eden, (1979, UK, 90 min)
One of the longest running serial champions of outer space is Britain's Tar=
dis-travelling Dr. Who played by Tom Baker who brings the combined qualitie=
s of Sherlock Holmes and Harpo Marx to this difficult-to-pin-down character=
. Here is another thrilling adventure and, as ever, space is the place.

Sunday July 7, 17.00 hrs.
Thomas Lucas and Engels Brothers Exploding Stars and Black Holes, (1996, US=
A, 60 min)
From the series "Mysteries of Deep Space" comes this exploration of exactly=
those things that we can't quite explore.
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Journe=
y to Fra Mauro, NASA-JPL =
Archives for Apollo 14A broad selectio=
n of materials from the Apollo 14 excursion to the Moon: 16 mm footage take=
n by the astronauts, tapes, live transmissions; a wide array of visual and =
aural delights that conjure the sheer adventure of exploring the lunar surf=
ace.

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