REHAB 2003

7pm - Rehab Redux: The 5th Anniversary

co-curated by Carolynne Hew & Karyn Sandlos
sponsored by the Film Buff Video Shop
(73 Roncesvalles Avenue)

James O'Reilly in Parkdale - Alex Pugsley
9 mins, 1999,16mm

Moohead - Deirdre Logue
2 mins,1999,video

Cleansing of the Soul - Ed Makuch
4 mins, 2000,16mm

PIN (Rheostatics video) - Justin Stephenson
3.5 mins, 2002, video

Rich - Liz Singer
4 mins, 2002, video

Packin' - John Greyson
4 mins, 2001, video

Leftovers - Janine Fung
8 mins, 1994, 16mm

Hair Pie - Lex Vaughn & Allyson Mitchell
5 mins, 2000, video

Forever Young - Shary Boyle
4 mins, 1998, video

I Am Always Connected - Philip Barker
6 mins, 1998,16mm

Mothercraft - Roy Mitchell
4 mins, 2000, video

Green Box - Jeff Siberry
11 mins, 2001, video

Icarus - Curtis Wehrfritz
5 mins, 2001, 16mm

9pm - Through the Looking Glass: Down the Rabbit Hole

co-curated by Christina Battle & Michèle Stanley

Making $, Wasting Time - Jinhan Ko
2 mins, 1999, video
A story which first appeared in some German newspaper caught my fancy because it mentioned street/performance art...initially I was drawn to this story because this was a story that will never take place in North America. Jinhan Ko

Bucky & Fluff's Craft Factory - Carolynne Hew
4 mins, 2003, video
Lex Vaughan & Allyson Mitchell are 'Bucky & Fluff' - an arts 'n craft making dynamic duo. Their mission is to reclaim traditional craft practices and put their own 'urban dyke spin' on them. Last fall they were invited to mount 2 major exhibits back to back: first at the Bus Gallery, then Paul Petro Contemporary Art. Craft making mania ensued all month, as they worked hard to win over new audiences and art lovers galore.

Lured - Laurel Woodcock
4 mins, 2003, video
'Lured' affectionately investigates the morphing relationship of digital technology and cinema through the aesthetic of conceptual video. The techno/trance soundtrack hypnotically accompanies the absurd repetition of the sequences, with a digital smudge sound effect emphasizing each seemingly seamless edit. The viewer knows they are being played, but they're not stuck in the groove.

In Light & Motion - Greg Boa
3 mins, 2001, 16mm
This is a film whose every detail is composed to take us from our normal assumptions about film, and point us to the most basic realities of the medium.

Compound - Jason Ebanks
4 mins, 2003, video
An abstract visual konfusion.

Stills & Moving Pictures = Story - Stefan Chiarantano
4 mins, 2002, 16mm
The film explores the relationship between moving and still images and how the two evolve into a story. The filmmaker is of the opinion that memory is really just still and moving images that get continually played and replayed in the mind.

Lisa Lisa - Melissa Levin
10 mins, 1997, 16mm
Have you ever dated a woman named Lisa? Is it possible that more dykes are named Lisa than any other name? Find out what 22 women in Chicago had to say about it.

Regarding - Phillip Barker
4.30 mins, 2002, 16mm (screening on video)
A father brings his daughter a visitor she likes very much.

Burn - Michael Barker
4 mins, 2003, S8 (screening on video)
Fire artist Stef Lenk illuminates this short super-8 film.

Flying Without Wings, Propellers or Jets - Liz Singer
4 mins, 2002, video
Using found footage, this portrait of self falls in from somewhere over the moon, turns childhood around, pushes through with tunes of a time and lands in wild fields of plenty.

10pm - Through the Looking Glass: The Pool of Tears

co-curated by Christina Battle & Michèle Stanley

Mrs. Brown - Judy Cheung
3 mins, 2003, video
Mrs. Brown plays with a mundane scenario by diverting the viewers' perception from a 9.11/stock exchange TV event into the life of a stranger.

Revival - Don Shebib
12 mins, 1965, 16mm
A vivid cinema-verite documentary on street-corner revivalism in Toronto, this film probes the compulsions of self-appointed voices in the wilderness.

I Feel Blue - Michael Barker
2 mins, 2003, S8 (screening on video)
Blue bathtub depression.

if he wants to - Adam Segal & Lyndsay Moffatt
5 mins, 2003, video
Using black and white home video from the 1980's and 16 mm colour footage from the 1950's if he wants to offers a glimpse into the subtle ways in which small boys are made into men...or not.

Orange Crush - Jinhan Ko
2 mins, 1993, video
Six people, six little anecdotes about the soft drink

Field Trip - Lancefield Morgan
3 mins, 2002, video
Using photos taken on a grade 5 filed trip in 1981 Field Trip is Lancefield Morgan's reflection on an event he doesn't really remember, but he does remember a crush.

Slightseer - Midi Onodera
3 mins, 2001, video
"Vision is really a controlled hallucination."
- Dr. M. Harris, School of Psychology Birmingham University
People say that cinema in its present state is on the verge of dying. But cinema is much more than just the magical chemistry concealed within this format. It is imagination, faith, suspension of belief. It is our collective past, a reflection of ourselves.

Untitled - Patricia Rodriguez
7 mins, 2002, video
A post-industrial non-narrative narrative; playing with urban digital analog violet noise and light. Patterns appear reverse repeat disappear, tension builds, grids collapse.

destiny - Kirsten Johnson
2.30 mins, 2002, video
Lamb boy searches for love & meaning in the big city.

Spit Trick - Jinhan Ko
2 mins, 1999, video
A short video fit to be shown either on real teevee of stupid tricks or now that is incredible or dumb home movies if there were such programs on contemporary television, a woman who does spit tricks for the camera; you won't see this on national television.

Wish Dreamer (Trailer) - Craig Macnaughton
3 mins, 2003, video
This latest export from Sweden tells the story of a man who carries deception, loyalty and passion around with him in his bag of dreams.

Installations at Rehab:

1205 / 1730 - Craig Macnaughton
video loop, 2002
An installation piece simply showing every business number along Queen West from Dufferin (1205) to Roncey (1730). Meditative, reflective and an interesting look at how differences can live side by side. 

Killing Time - Kathleen Hearn
video loop, 2003
Single channel video for small tv w/ headphones.