The next Film Kitchen takes place Tuesday, July 8 at 8 pm at the Melwood Screening Room in North Oakland.

This Month:

Local Avant-Garde Filmmaker
tENTATIVELY a cONVIENCE

July’s Film Kitchen presents START by performance group Silly G. These comically thought-provoking rants, spear-headed by experimental artist tENTATIVELY, a cONVENIENCE represent his foray into the improve performance genre. An absurdist take on Greek mythology, the labyrinth of vignettes feature a colorful cast of collaborators performing a variety of roles. There’s a man-made synthetic android named Prostheseus and a human-sized sock puppet Gorgamesh, for starters.

Tent is well known in the Pittsburgh area, and recently had work in the Biennial 2008 and Media Tonic 3 exhibits. He has been making films for more than 30 years, even though he resists the term "filmmaker” or even “artist.”

Originally from Maryland, Tent has lived in Pittsburgh since 1996, but frequently travels across the country to screen his work. “Art to me is just an outmoded context for creativity,” the provocateur claims.

When asked to describe START, Tent offered this explanation:
“I am of the belief that this film is properly understood from a subatomic level. By studying the actual fibres of the tapes used in shooting its nearly 800 hours of footage, it is possible to discern a kaleidoscopic vortex of substances not intended to actually meet the glance of the movie-viewing public. I have conducted serious research into these tapes for the last 5 months, and I am convinced that the nebulous fibres inside the cassette shells are actually of Latvian origin. And I think that it's safe to assume, there are no DV tape factories in Outer Latvia.”

Tent and company will attend the July 8 show and participate in a Q+A session. Reception begins at 7:00pm; show begins at 8:00pm. Admission is $4.

Film Kitchen takes place at the Melwood Screening Room in Oakland. It is co-sponsored by Pittsburgh Filmmakers, City Paper, WYEP-FM, Tandoor Indian Grill and DH Creative.

For more information call 412-681-5449 x231.