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Found Footage Festival
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Wed Dec 19
6:30 pm
Found Footage Festival at Turner Hall Ballroom
Even before the Internet came along and gave every dope with a smartphone the ability to broadcast to the entire world, the 20th century’s advancements in technology provided people of even modest means the ability to document their lives. Gadgets like pocket tape recorders, camcorders, and Polaroid cameras became common household items, affordable and widely available. Of course, as more and more people used these tools, the ostensibly worthless garbage they produced quickly piled up. But while most would be content to let these recordings, photos, and bits of paper be consigned to landfills, a few intrepid explorers have taken it upon themselves to preserve and celebrate these unique and ephemeral artifacts. A McDonald’s training video called “Inside And Outside Custodial Duties” first sparked Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett’s interest in the weird videotapes hiding in dumpsters and at garage sales. With the Found Footage Festival, they share their found art and tell stories about its origins in a screening of clips from discarded home movies, corporate videos, and educational tapes.
Turner Hall Ballroom 1032 N 4th St, Milwaukee, WI
Even before the Internet came along and gave every dope with a smartphone the ability to broadcast to the entire world, the 20th century’s advancements in technology provided people of even modest means the ability to document their lives. Gadgets like pocket tape recorders, camcorders, and Polaroid cameras became common household items, affordable and widely available. Of course, as more and more people used these tools, the ostensibly worthless garbage they produced quickly piled up. But while most would be content to let these recordings, photos, and bits of paper be consigned to landfills, a few intrepid explorers have taken it upon themselves to preserve and celebrate these unique and ephemeral artifacts. A McDonald’s training video called “Inside And Outside Custodial Duties” first sparked Nick Prueher and Joe Pickett’s interest in the weird videotapes hiding in dumpsters and at garage sales. With the Found Footage Festival, they share their found art and tell stories about its origins in a screening of clips from discarded home movies, corporate videos, and educational tapes.
Updated 12/04/2012
