About this project
The first annual Chicago 8 Small Gauge Film Festival will take place in Chicago this October 21-23, 2011. We are a film festival dedicated to exhibiting works on small gauge film with the care and professionalism they deserve.
This festival has been created to celebrate small gauge filmmaking, to offer a unique event for Super 8 filmmakers to exhibit their work in its original format, and for viewers to experience the joy of seeing S8 the way it was intended. Our goal is to keep small gauge filmmaking alive, to encourage further activity in this format, and to provide an opportunity for these rare gems to be seen by the Chicago community. By fostering a continued interest in S8 as a viable, affordable, and a uniquely personal way in which to explore image making, we hope to inspire the next generation of small gauge filmmakers.
Super 8 has an intimacy and charm that comes from its home movie history, it’s personal diaristic sensibility, its small compact size, and it’s unmistakable visual presence. Highly identifiable, Super 8 is known for its vibrant color, surface, texture, and unmistakable grain. It was the gauge that was mass- produced for the consumption of the average consumer. Projectors, cameras, and editing equipment were made for home use. The artists that use this small gauge format today intrinsically work with the knowledge of the special issues and hurdles that accompany this gauge. In a time when one is able to work with digital video readily, on a tiny device, phone, or other hand held camera, this festival celebrates one of the first film formats with the same intentions, portability, accessibility, and ease of use. We intend to offer a platform for those who bravely continue to work in this delicate celluloid format.
With your donations we will:
Secure the use of multiple professional grade Super 8 projectors
Produce a festival catalogue and other print media
Cover operational costs and to secure venue rentals
To learn more about us please visit Chicago8fest.org or contact us at info@chicago8fest.org
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Karen Johannesen is an experimental filmmaker. She is the Co-Director and Founder of Chicago8fest. Karen Produced a number of screening in the Bay Area and has recently programmed a show entitled Phenomenal Body at Chicago Filmmakers. Some of the places Karen has shown her work are at the San Francisco Cinematheque, Anthology Film Archive, The Museum of Modern Art NY, The Center of Contemporary Culture in Barcelona, and The Experimental Film Conference in England. She holds a Masters degree in Filmmaking from The San Francisco Art Institute and a Bachelors in Painting from The University of Illinois at Chicago.
Josh Mabe is a filmmaker and archivist currently living in Chicago. He is the Co-Director and Founder of the Chicago8fest. His work has screened at Chicago Filmmakers, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Images Festival, and Views from the Avant Garde. He has a Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of South Carolina.
Jason Halprin is a media artist, teacher, and writer. He is a Co-Director and Founder of Chicago8fest. He previously served as Asst. Director of The International Experimental Cinema Exposition (TIE) and the Onion City Experimental Film & Video Festival, and as Print Traffic and Technical Director for Reeling: the Chicago LGBT Film Festival. His work has screened at the Austrian Film Museum, The Media City Film Festival, PDX, the Detroit Film Center, and in an alleyway in Buenos Aires, Argentia. He graduated from the University of Colorado-Boulder with a BFA in Film Studies and a BA in History, and earned an MFA in Film Production from the University of Wisconsin-Milwuakee.
