CATE: Radical Closure, Thurs., March 3 @ 6 p.m.

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Radical Closure Thursday, March 3, 6:00 p.m. Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State St. / 312.846.2600) Curated by Lebanese video artist Akram Zaatari (who presented a program of his own works at CATE in 2006), Radical Closure brings together documentaries, independent films, and video art from the Middle East and Europe produced in response to war, territorial conflicts, division, and political tension. Originally organized as an 11-part series for the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in 2006, this ambitious and thought-provoking program has since been released as a DVD box set by the Video Data Bank. This evening's program celebrates the VDB release with a selection of works from the set portraying unsettling situations and a post-screening discussion with Zaatari via remote. Works include: I Soldier (Kö ken Ergun, 2005), Homage By Assassination (Elia Suleiman, 1992), Birthday Suit with Scars and Defects, (Lisa Steele, 1974), Intensive Care (Hatice Güleryüz, 2001), The First Ones (Hatice Güleryü z, 2001), I've Heard Stories (Marwa Arsanios, 2008), and We Will Win (Mahmoud Hojeij, 2006), Co-presented by the Video Data Bank. 1974-2005, Canada/Lebanon/Palestine/Turkey, Beta SP video, ca. 70 mins plus discussion. AKRAM ZAATARI (b. 1966, Saida, Lebanon) is an artist who lives and works in Beirut. He has been exploring Lebanon's postwar condition through collecting testimonies and various documents, notably on the mediation of territorial conflicts and wars through television, and the logic of resistance in the context of the current geographical division of the Middle East. Zaatari studied Architecture at the American University of Beirut and received an MA in Media Studies from the New School in New York. He worked as an executive producer for the daily morning show Aalam Al-Sabah at Future Television-Beirut in the early 1990s, where he also produced most of his early video pieces. He is a founding member of the Arab Image Foundation in Beirut, and has edited three books on photography, The Vehicle: Picturing Moments of Transition on a Modernizing Society (AIF, 1999), Portrait du Caire: Alban, Armand, and Van Leo (AIF, 1999) and Mapping Sitting: On Portraiture and Photography (with C. Bassil, Z. Maasri, and W. Raad, AIF, 2005). CATE is organized by the School of the Art Institute's Department of Film, Video, New Media & Animation collaboration with the Gene Siskel Film Center and the Video Data Bank. We have a blog! Visit us at www.saic.edu/cateblog. UPCOMING PROGRAMS: 3/10 - Yael Bartana: A Declaration (Yael Bartana in person!) 3/17 - The Disappointment: Or, The Force of Credulity (Brian Springer in person!) 3/31 - Tony Cokes: Notes on Evil (and Others) (Tony Cokes in person!) 4/7 - Botborg! (Live performance! Joe Musgrove and Scott Sinclair in person!) 4/14 - Aberration of Light: Dark Chamber Disclosure (Live performance! Sandra Gibson, Luis Recoder, and Olivia Block in person!) LOCATION AND TICKETS Programs take place Thursdays at 6:00 p.m. at the Gene Siskel Film Center (164 N. State St.), unless otherwise noted. CATE is FREE to SAIC students with a valid student ID. Tickets are $10 General public, $5 Film Center members, $7 students, and $4 SAIC faculty and staff and Art Institute of Chicago staff. Any person with a disability who would like to request an accommodation for this program should contact the Disability and Learning Resource Center at dlrc@saic.edu or 312.499.4278 as soon as possible to allow adequate time to make proper arrangements. About the School of the Art Institute of Chicago A leader in educating artists, designers, and scholars since 1866, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) offers nationally accredited undergraduate, graduate, and post-baccalaureate programs to nearly 3,200 students from around the globe. Located in the heart of Chicago, SAIC has an educational philosophy built upon an interdisciplinary approach to art and design, giving students unparalleled opportunities to develop their creative and critical abilities, while working with renowned faculty who include many of the leading practitioners in their fields. SAIC's resources include the Art Institute of Chicago and its new Modern Wing; numerous special collections and programming venues provide students with exceptional exhibitions, screenings, lectures, and performances. For more information, please visit www.saic.edu.

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