Ocularis
at Galapagos Art Space
70 North 6th Street, Brooklyn
http://www.ocularis.net

Mary Ellen Bute Centennial
Monday, March 6 at 8 PM

Please join Ocularis in celebrating the centennial of pioneering animator Mary Ellen Bute. Responsible for some of the earliest abstract films in America, and later one of the first artists to use oscilloscopes, she is also known for her collaborations with the likes of Norman McClaren and Leon Theremin, among others. This evening, we present a selection of nearly all her shorts. Teaming the formal rigor of Oskar Fischinger with the zip of a Merrie Melody, Bute's visual music is renowned for its brilliant use of color, light, and lyrical geometries.

With an introduction by writer and historian Cecile Starr.

Work to be screened:

Synchrony, 5 min, 1932, B&W; Rhythm in Light, 3 min, 1934, B&W; Synchrony No. 2, 6 min, 1935, B&W; Dada, 3 min, 1936, B&W; Parabola, 9 min, 1937, B&W; Escape, 4 min, 1937, Color; Spook Sport, 8 min, 1939, Color; Tarantella, 5 min, 1940, Color; Polka Graph, 4 min, 1947, Color; Color Rhapsody, 6 min, 1948, Color; Imagination, 3 min, 1948, Color; New Sensations in Sound, 3 min, 1949, Color; Abstronic, 7 min, 1952, Color.

Ticket Price - $6

And be sure to check out Bute's feature-length adaptation of Finnegan's Wake later that week at the New York Public Library's Donnell Media Center. The screening, which also includes her animation Mood Contrasts, will be held on Saturday, March 11 at 2:30 PM.

About Ocularis

Ocularis is a 501©3 not-for-profit organization that provides a forum for the exhibition of independent, experimental and documentary film/video and new media, as well as international and repertory cinema. Established in 1996 as a rooftop film series catering to local audiences in North Brooklyn, it has since evolved into a weekly cinema, a producer of collaborative film/video work and a summer open-air screening series.