Toronto, Jan. 26, 2015 – York University Professor Janine Marchessault will launch her book Reimagining Cinema: Film at Expo 67 on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at a Cinema Expo 67 event at The Gladstone Hotel. The launch will include special screenings of two films that have not been shown since the 1967 world fair in Montreal.
Co-edited with Concordia Professor Monika Kin Gagnon, and with contributions by York Professor Seth Feldman, Reimagining Cinema: Film at Expo 67 offers readers an in-depth look into why the experimental and revolutionary films shown at the 1967 World Fair had such an impact on arts and culture in the 1960s. The book includes essays and interviews along with 130 color reproductions of Expo’s most innovative and boundary-pushing films.
A professor in the department of film in York’s School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design, Inaugural Director of Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts and Technology Research Marchessault studies utopian cinematic spaces and experiences, excavating some of the 20th century’s most striking experiments within film and media.
“By The Time We Got to Expo,” a new film by Philip Hoffman, associate professor of production in York’s Department of Film, and York alumnus Eva Kolcze, with sound by York alumnus Joshua Bonnetta, will also be shown.
WHAT: Professor Janine Marchessault Book launch – Reimagining Cinema: Film at Expo 67
WHEN: Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, 7 to 10pm
WHERE: Gladstone Hotel Ballroom, 1214 Queen Street West
More info: www.cinemaexpo67.ca/book-launch-and-screening/
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