The other day Marcy Freedman (JSF, Vol.2) tipped us off on her latest project. She has been working with collaborator Gene Panczenko on an experimental video piece called Misconvergence. They’ve been independently shooting video according to a set of rules that they established months before. In August, they’ll meet up and edit the footage into a 3-5 minute work. What’s most novel is that the piece will debut on wheels. They’re building a VIDEO VEHICLE with monitors and speakers. Their first location will be the Peekskill Project, in New York. They’ll be building audiences one sidewalk at a time. We’re gonna want to see some pictures, Marcy!
Her news brought to mind two other mobile video projects that we wish were more common. (though Marcy bests these two in pure mobility.) These two outfits are inspired by the drive-in. (1) Mobile Movie holds impromptu drive-ins and, on its website, instructs you on how to build a mobile projector and audio transmitter. (2) The Santa Cruz Guerrilla Drive-in holds screenings every other weekend during the summer. Their list of upcoming movies is great. Their events are more “walk-ins,” however. People bring blankets, everything’s free, space is reclaimed for the public, etc. Check them both out. The world needs more cinema anarchists.
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