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“The most exciting week in a year of New York filmgoing.” - BOMB

Now in its eighth annual edition, Migrating Forms spotlights a range of moving-image work from international festivals, museums, biennials, and microcinemas in the common context of the cinema.


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PAST EVENTS
Cauleen Smith, Prog 1, Migrating Forms
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Cauleen Smith, Program 1
 

A program of shorts by Cauleen Smith, including two shot in post-Katrina New Orleans.

Fri, Mar 24, 2017
 
 
Migrating Forms, Leslie Thornton
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Leslie Thornton, Program 1
 

A program of shorts by the experimental American filmmaker and artist.

Sat, Mar 25, 2017
 
 
General Idea, Program 1, Migrating Forms
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General Idea, Program 1
 

A program of conceptual and experimental works by artist collective General Idea.

Sat, Mar 25, 2017
 
 
Route one usa , Migrating Forms
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Robert Kramer: Route One/ USA
 

Expat filmmaker Robert Kramer’s work inspired by a road trip from Maine to Florida.

Sun, Mar 26, 2017
 
 
Broadway, Migrating Forms
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Tomonari Nishikawa
 

A career-spanning program of one of the most beguiling avant-garde filmmakers of today.

Sun, Mar 26, 2017
 
 
Cauleen Smith – Afro-futurism Tapes, Migrating Forms
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Cauleen Smith: Afro-futurist Tapes
 

Smith’s long engagement with Afrofuturism is explored in this program.

Sun, Mar 26, 2017
 
 
Peggy, Migrating Forms
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Leslie Thornton: Peggy and Fred in Hell: Folding
 

The latest iteration of Leslie Thornton's open-ended serial.

Mon, Mar 27, 2017
 
 
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Arthur Jafa
 

A program of works about being black in America by the legendary cinematographer.

Tue, Mar 28, 2017
 
 
Cauleen Smith - dryslongo + Lessons in Semaphore, Migrating Forms
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Cauleen Smith: drylongso + Lessons in Semaphore
 

Smith’s first narrative feature drylongso screens with Lessons in Semaphore.

Tue, Mar 28, 2017
 
 
Jonathas de Andrade, Migrating Forms
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Jonathas de Andrade
 

A program of single channel video works by the contemporary Brazilian artist.

Wed, Mar 29, 2017
 
 
General Idea, Program 2, Migrating Forms
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General Idea, Program 2
 

A program of works inspired by beauty pageants, primetime investigations, and soap operas.

Wed, Mar 29, 2017
 
 
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Sondra Perry
 

A career-spanning program of work exploring identity, power, and representation.

Thu, Mar 30, 2017
 
 
 
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